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Sustainable Development and Food Sovereignty: Creating Value through the Common Good (NEUEWEGE)
Project duration: 01.07.2023 - 30.06.2026
Project coordination: Dr. Lilliana Stefanovic (University of Kassel)
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Assignment to / anchoring in three research priorities of the FG: System
Official website of the project:http://www.foodhub-leipzig.de
Project objectives: To contribute to the strengthening of bio-regional and more sustainable value chains in the context of the announcement of the Federal Program for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture (BÖLN) in the area of "Regional Organic Value Chains" and to develop bio-regional value creation areas for the community catering sector.
Project description: The aim of the project is to develop a Food Hub Leipzig model
(hybrid) as a bundling instrument for regionally and sustainably produced products, which simultaneously stimulates cooperation and networking within the bio-regional value chains and leads to an increase in demand for regional products. Five to six test canteens are taking part in the pilot phase, in which the products, most of which are sourced via the Food Hub, are used to create strategic menus based on the principles of the Planetary Health Diet. The criteria of regional and seasonal availability, individual requirements depending on the target group, procurement price, processing stages, seasonality, nutritional and cultural aspects, culinary feasibility and sensory aspects are taken into account. The pilot phase will be accompanied by information campaigns and menu feedback forms. In addition, the public goods generated by this model will be calculated, linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals at the sub-goal level and transferred to the integrative SustainScore indicator model in order to assess the performance and impact (in the environmental, social, economic and food culture dimensions) of the bio-regional value chains created. Ultimately, the Food Hub will also serve as an instrument for knowledge transfer and contribute to capacity building.
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