Circular City Wuppertal
For a long time, the idea of a city farm was just a vision. But that vision might become reality in the City of Wuppertal, in the district of Arrenberg. The district of Arrenberg lives on a vivid interaction of...
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Urban horticulture develops competence and self-confidence in disabled young people
Young people with disabilities can sometimes struggle with self-confidence and autonomy. Urban horticulture is an increasingly popular way of helping them address these issues. Scientists from Department of Agricultural Sciences of University of Napoli Federico II meet Ivan, Chiara, Claudio,...
Minister of Agriculture and Food learns from Nabolagshager
Nabolagshager is recognised as one of the most respected and innovative stakeholders in urban agriculture in Norway. From their start in 2013, the company has been a renowned pioneer. As one of the partners of the FoodE project, it aims...
And the winner of our FoodE mascot contest is… Terrix!
In the search for a FoodE mascot, primary school pupils from all over Europe took part in a mascot drawing competition. After a careful and critical evaluation of all the designs that were received, the jury decided that Terrix will...
The Urban Farmer – Growing Food in the City
Cooking food with freshly harvested vegetables from your garden may seem like a fiction for cities’ inhabitants. But this is not impossible. Over the last years, urban farming has gained in popularity and solutions have started to emerge. People with...
Participate in “Draw your FoodE superhero or superheroine” contest and your drawing can become a cartoon!
FoodE opens the contest “Draw your FoodE superhero or superheroine” to children in primary schools. The climate is changing, the world population is growing more and more, cities become megalopolises, and the land to cultivate food becomes scarcer. How will...
Young, urban beekeepers are creating a buzz
In this year’s annual Norwegian Honey Championship, a remarkable group of young, urban beekeepers from Oslo has won the silver medal in the category “honeydew”. The group was founded at the Oslo Living Lab, a project of Nabolagshager, and a...
Symposium “Productive urban landscapes – benefits, co-benefits and new modes for planning”
This symposium will explore how landscape ecology can provide the knowledge needed to better address the relationship between agriculture and the urban environment. Contributions, which focus on functions and processes related to productive landscapes, as well as the role of...
Ambition ZERO – Reducing the Environmental Footprint at CUIB
“Urban Centre for Good Initiatives” (CUIB) is the most sustainable bistro in Romania. It aims to mitigate the negative effects of climate change by implementing (1) Zero Food Waste, (2) Zero Waste, and (3) Zero Food Kilometres. “Ambition ZERO” describes...
FoodE at Science Week France
On 7 October 2020, the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRAE) and the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (AgroParisTech) presented FoodE during Science Week France. The project was discussed in the context of the online event “Science en direct”...
