For all our differences, food is one constant that binds every one of us. The way nations and cities handles that food makes a considerable impact on the natural and social worlds we live in, requiring more thought and action if we’re to build resilient food systems that sustain us in the future. The industry is a major contributor to emissions and as the climate changes, so too does our handle on food security. Demand is increasing as we face a decline in cultivatable land, and heavy water use in the production of some foodstuffs lead us to question whether we should be eating them at all. It’s no longer possible for CityChangers to ignore the complex issues around nutrition, international supply chains, packaging, and diet, or the roles that policy, local administrations, and we as individuals must play in creating a more sustainable food ecosystem.

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Urban Agriculture

Terras de Cascais: Connecting People and Nature Through Community Gardening

“Giving new life to natural spaces and promoting organic urban culture” is the motto...

Urban Agriculture Projects in Europe

With the increase in cities’ populations comes the higher need for food in an,...

Improving Cities Through Technology: Aude Vuilliomenet

When it comes to transforming cities, most think of implementing green spaces, retrofitting buildings,...

Back to the Farms of the Future: A Viennese Vision for Urban Agriculture

What will the farms of the future look like in an increasingly urbanised world?...

Food Waste

CityChanger Ronni Kahn: Don’t Waste Food – Use It Up!

While people go hungry, there’s no justification for food waste – itself a massive contributor to destructive climate change emissions. What began as a one-woman mission to redistribute unwanted...

The Case for Reducing Food Waste

Waste not, want not – why not? Changing the way we manage food waste is an important step toward improving the global food system and making the cities we...

Farm to Fork

Systems & Food Justice

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