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The Nourishing Neighborhood
The 5 ingredients of a nourishing neighborhood are essential elements to its existence!
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Productive territory
â—† Plan agricultural areas sustainably to protect and enhance them.
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â—† Build the city within the city to limit urban sprawl.
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â—† Allocate spaces for urban agriculture and recognize its catalytic role in promoting a local food system.
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â—† Rethink urban-rural relationships by creating productive green networks.
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â—† Include food systems in municipal planning by adapting regulations accordingly.
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Prosperous and Responsible Businesses
â—† Create solidarity networks between farmers, local artisans, distributors, and citizens (e.g., community-supported agriculture).
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â—† Encourage and support the development of responsible practices (e.g., financial support, land banks for small-scale organic or agroecological farming).
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03
Improved Access to Quality Food
â—† Optimize the location and design of food infrastructures (e.g., place food facilities close to living areas)
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â—† Improve transportation to these infrastructures (e.g., facilitate active transportation).
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â—† Enhance the food supply (e.g., increase the availability of fresh, high-quality products in stores and public institutions).
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â—† Fight food insecurity (e.g., strengthen people’s empowerment and purchasing power).
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Increased Demand for Local Products
â—† Integrate local foods into traditional distribution channels for consumption (e.g., prioritize regional producers during the season).
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â—† Promote local marketing spaces (e.g., strengthen short supply chain initiatives).
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â—† Educate people about gardening, cooking, and responsible eating.
05
Optimized Life Cycle (Circular Economy)
â—† Prevent and reduce food waste from farm to plate (e.g., optimize practices).
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â—† Use food to its full potential (e.g., share food surpluses).
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â—† Give a second life to food resources for people (e.g., process downgraded foods, repurpose by-products through the circular economy).
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â—† Give a second life to food resources for animals.
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â—† Transform organic matter into resources (e.g., composting, biomethanation).