BioCanteens is an URBACT transfer network gathering 6 partner cities to explore sustainable and healthy food practices in school canteens. This Network is about ensuring the distribution of sustainable school meals in participating cities as a key lever towards the development of an integrated local agri-food approach, protecting both citizens’ health and the environment.
Driven by the lead expert, François Jégou, the project aims to transfer Mouans-Sartoux’s Good Practice in the field of collective school catering, to other highly committed cities across Europe. Mouans-Sartoux’s Good Practice is based on the daily distribution of meals that are 100% organic and mostly composed of local products, the drastic reduction of food waste thereby fully compensating the higher cost of switching to organic products, and the organisation of dedicated educational activities to raise children’s awareness about sustainable food.
One of the resources, OrganicSkeptic, is a game that gathers the counter-arguments heard from farmers, traders, consumers, municipal services, etc., while providing all the knowledge and arguments to overcome stakeholder’s distrust. We believe that organic certification is essential for the food transition, human health, and societal resilience. However, it is not without its problems, and can be improved.
Partners
LAG Pays des Condruses – Belgium
Rosignano Marittimo – Italy
Torres Vedras – Portugal
Trikala – Greece
Troyan – Bulgaria
Vaslui – Romania
Links
https://urbact.eu/networks/biocanteens
Copying Neighbors Lessons of BioCanteens Transfer Network
Food Sovereignty Posters
Kitchen Micro Good Practices
Food Education Micro Good Practices