Major practice-oriented output from the Foodlinks project:
Short Food Supply Chains as drivers of sustainable development
This document provides evidences on the diversity of short food supply chains in Europe and their contribution to sustainable rural development.
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An Action Plan for Sustainability
This report reflects innovative approaches to public sector food procurement, and offers an Action Plan to encourage urban governments to engage in sustainable purchasing practices.
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Urban Food Strategies
This guide provides motivation and support for those actors interested in building more sustainable food systems in urban contexts.
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Project results
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Documentation of the Final Conference
Knowledge brokering activities (work package 2)
- Knowledge Brokerage in Communities of Practice: Literature Review (1.9 MB)
- A Compilation of tools and methods for Knowledge Brokerage (736 KB)
- Knowledge Brokerage in Communities of Practice - Hands on recommendations (406 KB)
More about knowledge brokerage in Foodlinks
Publications of the Community of Practice Short Producer to Consumer Food Supply Chains (Work package 3)
- Final Report CoP Short Food Supply Chains (4.3 MB)
- Short Food Supply Chains as drivers of sustainable development - Evidence document (4.8 MB)
- Executive summary of the Eviddence document (679 KB)
- Short food supply chains as a policy tool (679 KB)
- Short food supply chains - Timeline from January 2011 to October 2013 (3.6 MB)
More about the Cop Short Food Supply Chains
Publications of the Community of Practice Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement (Work package 4)
Publications/Deliverables
- Final Report Work Package 4 - Re-valuing Public Sector Food Procurement (RPP) Community of Practice (CoP) (3.5 MB)
- Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement in Europe. An Action Plan for Sustainability (829 KB)
- Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement in Europe- Executive Summary (363 KB)
- Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement (RPP) - Timeline from January 2011 to October 2013 (4.1 MB)
Webinar of the Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement COP in June 2012
Documents of the CoP Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement, presented at the Foodlinks project meeting in Pisa, Italy, February 14 to 17, 2012
- David Barling: Revaluing Public Procurement: COP overview June 2011- Feb 2012 (223 KB)
- David Barling: Revaluing Public Procurement of Sustainable Food: Reflections on best practice (209 KB)
- Robin Gurlay: The Value of Public Food in Social, Economic & Environmental Terms (238 KB)
- Gunilla Andersson: Sustainable food procurement in the city of Malmö (2.5 MB)
- Francesco Di Iacovo: Sustainable food in public procurement (312 KB)
- Annemiek Canjels: EU policy on Green Public Procurement (370 KB)
More about the COP Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement
Publications of the Community of Practice Urban Food Strategies (work package 5)
- Final Report CoP Urban Food Strategies (2.4 MB)
- Urban Food Strategies- the Rough Guide to Sustainable Food Systems (2.4 MB)
- Urban Food Strategies: The Rough Guide to Sustainable Food Systems. Summary and recommendations for local governments. (228 KB)
- Städtische Ernährungsstrategien: Wege zu nachhaltigen Ernährungssystemen. Zusammenfassung und Empfehlungen für lokale Regierungen (220 KB)
- Urban Food Strategies - Timeline from January 2011 to October 2013 (3.5 MB)
More about the Foodlinks Community of Practice Urban Food Strategies
New integrative modalities of linking research and policy (work package 7)
Dissemination: broadening the science - policy dialogue beyond the consortium (work package 8)
- Policy brief (937 KB)