Sustainable food systems

As the European Commission prepares its vision for agriculture beyond 2027, we are at a pivotal moment to rethink the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The […]

Namur is the picturesque capital of Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. This Energy Cities member is well known for its hilltop Citadel and its […]

Guimarães, a historic city in northern Portugal and Energy Cities’ member, is characterised by a mosaic of urban, peri-urban, and rural landscapes. In recent years, […]

Municipalities are aware of the need to design local food production plans which focus on sustainability to ensure food safety, preserve soils and reduce pollution.

After the Strategic Dialogue on the future of EU agriculture in 2024, the first exercise of this kind, the European Commission published on the 19th […]

There is a huge need in urban areas to develop green belts to boost local production and avoid unnecessary energy consumption to preserve soils and ensure the protection of ecosystems.

Limiting land use is one of the major challenges that cities face nowadays. How can this be achieved while, at the same time, providing citizens […]

More and more cities are leading the way to sustainable food system transformations. They are recognising that food is not solely a national and supra-national […]

A new report from a group of French organisations shed some light on the injustices related to the national food system and policies. “The unfair […]

Ghent has positioned itself as a pioneer in sustainable food systems, with peri-urban farming playing a central role in its urban food policy. The Gent […]