Policy decision taking on urban food policies and intentions

The REFRAME project aims at influencing and supporting large scale urban consumers (public and corporate) to prepare and formalise decision making on urban food policies and express intentions for regional sourcing as a basis to cooperate with regional suppliers. Below you find a number of best practices from our five participating pilot regions.

 

undefined     Farming for the Food Bank (photo: Huisman Media)
Due to the corona crisis, the project 'Farming for the Food Bank' gained momentum. Organic arable farmer Gert Noordhoff from Bellingwolde – in the East of Groningen - decided together with Jos Meijers from social enterprise Toentje and Sjoerd Pool from educational institution Terra to grow vegetables for the food bank in the city of Groningen. (A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough food to avoid hunger).
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Toentje: producing fresh vegetables for the food bank
Despite that most people find it a sympathetic idea to make our food system more local and sustainable, critics say local and sustainable food will only be feasible for the rich. The group of people having difficulties to purchase their daily meals are not able to afford it.
Growing food is more than money, that is why Reframe has teamed up with Toentje.
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Some structural aspects of food production, food retail markets and procurement in Denmark
To understand development and challenges of specialty/local food production and marketing it has been necessary to highlight in retrospect some structural aspects of the food landscape in Denmark. 
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What to keep in mind when formulating a food-policy
REFRAME is about local food – about promoting local food in the different partner regions. REFRAME aims at creating better conditions for local producers to make profitable business on a regional market. There is an increasing demand for local produce. More sustainable, healthy and local has become mainstream. REFRAME aims to stimulate buyers of institutional kitchens and caterers to buy local. Influencing public buyers will have a major effect and big spin off in local communities.

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Influencing behavioral change through effective communication strategies
The REFRAME project aims at establishing regional cooperative arrangements between regional suppliers and large-scale consumers. At the moment, however, regionally produced food is only a small part of all the goods that are offered to the large suppliers. Therefore, a transition must take place. Solid communication strategies could help with this transition as they have the ability to influence behavior.
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New Danish legislation on small-scale local food production and sale
As a major food exporting nation, Denmark has a long record of developing legislation-based regulation of farming and food production for the purposes of controlling diseases in husbandry, animal welfare, and food safety. This is the trademark of food "Made in Denmark”. Regulations are though often considered very rigid by small food entrepreneurs.
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 undefined     Dorpstuun: a multifunctional green meeting place
The green meeting place where a flower/picking/experience/ learning/school/vegetable/ folk/butterfly/bee and moving garden come together. The garden is used as a means of improving the quality of life and strengthen the social cohesion in the town of Grootegast (the Netherlands).
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Healthy and sustainable food in institutional kitchens
Purchasing products from smaller and more local producers is still a challenge for institutional kitchens. However, hospital AZ Zeno and hotel school Ter Groene Poorte prove that it is possible. VIVES, Inagro, EROV and PCG organized an inspirational afternoon to inspire other organizations.
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Inspiration and networking for the public consumer
With an increasing demand from public organizations to purchase products from smaller and more local producers, new questions and challenges arise together with different approaches to tackle theses new challenges. Consequently, an increased need for benchmarking and networking have arisen among public procurers. To aid this process Naturbruksförvaltningen have arranged several theme days specially adapted for public procures interested in reaching smaller businesses.
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Public procurement by partnership with local food business
Teaming up with a local food business can be a way for public organisations to acquire local produce to their kitchens while at the same time creating a unique educational opportunity. The involved food business can reach a new market and find new potential labour for the future.
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Public procurement – Divide and conquer
Divide and conquer has become a popular method for public kitchens to acquire more local food. In this method the public procurement is divided into smaller parts based on specific products in order to help smaller suppliers or producers to meet the set criteria.
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Tender for municipal canteens: chances for SMEs in Groningen
The Municipality of Groningen has adjusted its procurement strategy in such a way that it enables more food-related regional SMEs to participate in the tender for municipal canteens.

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