EU Food Cities: Advancing Urban Food Policies [Video]

On World Food Day 2024, the Food Trails project reached its conclusion after four years of collaboration with European cities. The initiative made significant strides in rethinking food systems for healthy and sustainable urban environments. Below, we highlight key outcomes from the project.

Achievements at a glance: 

• 11 cities and metropolitan authorities developed municipal acts, guidelines and goals for their food policies 

• 31 pilot actions were implemented, positively influencing local food systems  

• 8 tools were created to  support cities in developing food system interventions and measuring their outcomes and impacts 

Read on to find out more… 

Urban food policies & cities pilot actions 

Before Food Trails began, only three partner cities — Groningen (in 2012, and updated in 2024), Milan (2015), Copenhagen (2019) — had formal food policies in place.  

Today, thanks to the project, eight more cities have joined the effort to transform their local food systems:  

Thessaloniki, Bordeaux Metropole, and Grenoble-Alpes …