Baltimore is actively promoting the MUFPP in the United States
Baltimore, winning of the MPA awards 2016 with the highest score for the “Baltimore Food Policy Initiative”, has started to spread the objectives of its good practice and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) in the United Stated. Since winning the award, Holly Freishtat, Baltimore City Food Policy Director has served as the Chair in […]
"Cities can make our food system more sustainable" says Mayor of Milan on the eve of Eat Forum 2017
On the eve of the Eat Forum that will be held on 12-13 June 2017 in Stockholm, Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan has spoken with Eat Foundation on the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the role of cities in tackling food insecurity «Cities can really trigger the change needed to make our food systems […]
The 2017 Milan Pact Awards edition is launched!
The City of Milan and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) secretariat in collaboration with Fondazione Cariplo is launching the second edition of the Milan Pact Awards (MPA). The MPA purpose is to stimulate Mayors’ action on food policy and practice from learning and exchange among MUFPP signatory cities. The deadline for signatory cities […]
Food Smart Cities for Development recommendations and good practices
All the cities partners of Food Smart Cities for Development project contributed to drafting the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, which was adopted in October 2015. In 2016 Cities and CSOs participating in FSC4D decided to broaden the scope of the initial MUFPP Framework for Action by including further recommendations, with a specific focus on food governance, […]
The World of MUFPP: Mexico City winner of the Milan Pact Awards for the community dining rooms programme
Mexico City won the Milan Pact Awards (Challenging environment) for the Community Dining Rooms Programme established by the government of Mexico City in 2009 in order to ensure universal access to healthy, nutritious meals at affordable prices (10 MXN equivalents to 0.52 USD). The dining rooms are set up in areas with very high, high and […]
The City of Milan and Eurocities win project to map innovative food strategies
The City of Milan and Eurocities in collaboration with the academic expert Roberta Sonnino (Cardiff University) won a EU funded project on ” Innovation for a sustainable and health production, delivery and consumption of food in cities”. The study will start on January 2017 and during 8 months it will concentrate on mapping the food strategies […]
A fellowship empowering young people to champion local pathways to sustainable development
By 2050 almost 70% of global population will live in urban areas. This means that the success of the Sustainable Development Goals will ultimately depend on our ability to transform the cities we live in. Representing the largest generation of young people the world has ever seen, today’s youth must play a central role in […]
MUFPP to collaborate with the EU platform on Food Losses and Food Waste; follow the kick off meeting
Sustainable Development Goal 12 calls for a paradigm shift in production and consumption patterns. Target 12.3, in particular aims to “by 2030 halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses”. The most recent estimates of European food waste […]
The World of MUFPP: Baltimore winner of Milan Pact Awards for the Baltimore food policy initiative
The city of Baltimore won the first Milan Pact Awards (Highest Score Award) for the Baltimore food policy initiative (BFPI). In 2010 mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dcided to hire a food policy director to enhance collaboration among city’s agency to achieve two main goals: 1. Establish Baltimore as a leader in sustainable local food systems 2. […]
The world of MUFPP: Valencia hosting city of 2017 Annual Gathering
In 2017 Valencia will host the MUFPP annual gathering. This video explains some of the peculiarities of Valencia food and agricultural landscape and highlights the efforts the city is undertaking to become more sustainable. One of the best examples is La Huerta: the Green Belt of the City: over 23,000 hectares, where cultivations and orchards […]
