Independent Dialogue
Geographical focus:
Lithuania, Luxembourg, No borders, Serbia
Discussion topic outcome
Facilitator 1: Jennifer Avci, Founder & Project Development Manager at Sustainable Gastro, Nordic-Baltic region Facilitator 2: Julia Dalmadi, Director of Community Programs at Future Food Institute, Germany Topic - Policymaking, (Food) Diplomacy, Measurements, Democracy How might edible gardens be the catalysts of regulatory design to build equitable food systems? • We don't need new projects, we need to use what we have and exploit it. • We all have a connection to our food system at least in one way, because we all consume it. • Finding good food to eat is very difficult and expens
... Read moreive. Cooperative supermarket comes up as a solution; it empowered people to take charge of their food system. • How to scale out these initiatives: The most difficult issue is to make sure that all marginalised voices are taken into consideration when engaging in policy making. A platform is necessary to ensure these voices are heard (Civil Society), indigenous people, women, and small business ownership. They understand their needs and have better insight into solutions that might work. • Co-create and co-design is key to achieve real change. • Children are able to build conversations around food organically. • In order to create change in policy making we need to come up with creative solutions that allow all stakeholders to face the issues together and come up with solutions to them together. • Language integration (Speak food fluently) • Policy-making mind-set is short-term oriented. • At a municipality level it is important that projects are handled on a platform that allows for the continuity of the projects. • Ingredients: Clear financial plans, account for your resources, integrate technology in order to make the projects cheap and scalable, raise awareness in your communities and talk about the basics and openly share your solutions. • Create programs that lead to more interest of younger generations to engage in agriculture related professions. • Edible school gardens can give culinary confidence, product knowledge (Product ID, taste knowledge), culinary creativity (Recipe knowledge), and solution to unemployment issues. Consequently they solve food supply issues in communities’ dependant on others for food supply. Read less
Action Track(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment