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Milan Urban Food Policy Pact: Regional Forum in Europe and Asia Pacific

Since 2015 the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) has grown, increasing the number of the city partners and reaching new important results as the last two Regional Forums in Almere (NL) and Bandung (IDN).

Oosterwold: an example of peri-urban agriculture in the Netherlands

One of the field visits organized by the Municipality of Almere during the NextAgri meeting was in a stretch of land between Almere and Zeewolde (NL). Oosterwold  is a self-sufficient, green district, unique in the Netherlands: 

"Foody zero waste" a new Hub in the Milan general market

“Foody Zero Waste” is a new initiative for the recovery of fresh fruits and vegetables in surplus at the general wholesale market in Milan promoted by Fondazione Cariplo, Municipality of Milan and Sogemi.

Communities of practice and stakeholder's involvement in the Urbact project

The sharing of knowledge and experiences among different actors that take part to a food system is very important in order to improve actions. This is particularly true in the process of defining a Food Policy at urban level but also in the implementation of new actions. What type of tools can be used in order to build a shared vision on specific issues?

NextAgri "groundshaking effect" and city responses

NextAgri’s project is a good example of the ground shaking magnitude caused by the UIA OpenAgri project. The 3 transfer partners are medium-sized cities from different climate type ecoregion and with different approaches to land use for agriculture. The development level of innovation and experimentation varies across the different cities. The Transferability Study reveals that NextAgri is a unique opportunity to explore new functionalities, as well as to review and improve their current functionalities considering different needs and contexts.

The second newsletter is all abuzz about Biodiversity

With this newsletter, we begin a series of theme dedicated newsletters, each linked to one of our partner cities.

This issue is all about biodiversity in cities which depends on pollinators as much as on responsible residents. This theme is in the hands of Osijek (Croatia) and was discussed in depth on our partnership thematic meeting in November 2021. You can also read all about it, find out what took place since the last newsletter was issued and what will be going on in our partner cities in the next few months and in the process learn a thing or two about bees.