STOCK TAKING OF ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Please fill one form for each initiative reported
Name of the Initiative: Sustainable Food Cities
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Individual
Collective
Respondent
Name: Tom
Surname: Andrews
Email: tandrews@soilassociation.org
Organization: Soil Association
Position: Associate Director
Are you responding?
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On behalf on the organization conducting the action/initiative
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As a member of it
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Because you know its existence
Name of the leading organization: Soil Association
Type of organization:
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National Authority (e.g. Government),
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Local Authorities
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Intergovernmental Organization
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Civil Society
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Non-governmental organizations
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Primary food producers (e.g. farmers, smallholder farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk)
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Private Sector (e.g. manufacturer, retailers, industry association, private research, etc)
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Research
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Multistakeholder
o Other:
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Partners (the case being): Sustain, Food Matters
Year of the beginning of the action/ initiative: 2012
The case being, year of end: No end
Geographical
scope of the
Initiative
Indicate precisely
Main
Targeted
Stage of
Food
Systems
If
appropriate,
indicate
precisely
Local
National
Regional
Currently 39
towns, cities,
boroughs and
counties in the
UK and
Ireland
England,
Scotland, Wales,
Ireland
UK and
Ireland –
beginning to
see uptake in
other
European
countries
Input or
service
provision
Primary
Production
Processing
Distribution
Global
Consumption
The Sustainable Food Cities programme covers all links in the food chain
from production to consumption and disposal
Main dimension(s) addressed (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
o Environment 2
o Economic 2
o Social (Health) 2
o Governance 1
Main issue(s) addressed (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
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Water
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Soil
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Land
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Air
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Climate change 3
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Biodiversity (including genetic resources) 3
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Specific ecosystems, if yes, please precise:
2
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Food losses and waste 3
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Energy
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Pollution
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Food consumption 1
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Consumer behavior 1
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Nutrition 2
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Animal welfare 3
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Fair Trade 3
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Rural development
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Land use rights
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Gender issues
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Youth issues
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Employment 2
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Workers rights and safety
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Vulnerable groups
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Poverty alleviation 2
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Other, please specify...
Main instruments used (if several of them, please indicate order of priority)
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Projects 2
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Regulations
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Policy dialogue 1
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Capacity development 1
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Research 2
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Knowledge dissemination 1
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Advocacy and awareness raising 2
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Data collection and sharing 2
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Training, extension
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Consumer information
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Voluntary standards, labels
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Payment for environmental services
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Other? If so, please specify:
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Description of the Initiative (in less than 10 lines), including, as appropriate elements on size and
scale of the initiative:
Sustainable Food Cities supports towns and cities to develop cross sector
partnerships - involving local governments, public agencies, businesses,
NGOs and community organisations – that work together to make healthy and
sustainable food a defining characteristic of where they live. The programme
transforms food culture and the food system that supports it by working on
all key aspects of food health, economy and sustainability simultaneously at
a local level. The Sustainable Food Cities Network - sustainablefoodcities.org
- facilitates learning and exchange of best practice amongst members. In less
than 3 years, the number of places taking this approach in the UK and
becoming active members of the Network has grown from 4 to 40.
Results:
Insufficient space here to include outputs and outcomes of the programme,
as they are too numerous and differ from place to place.
References ( Literature, web site, reports, etc):
sustainablefoodcities.org
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