Beyond the lunch tray: building sustainable school food systems
The session School Meals Procurement: Beyond the lunch tray: Building sustainable school food systems, co-organized by ICLEI Europe, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the School Food for Change project during the MUFPP Global Forum (University of Milan, 16 October 2025), explored how schools can drive healthier, fairer, and climate-friendly food systems. The session began with two keynote on the transformative power of sustainable […]
Beyond project lifetime. Ensuring lasting impact for Food Policies in Africa
The session Ensuring lasting impact for Food Policies in Africa, held on October 15th as part of the MUFPP Global Forum 2025, addresses a question that is crucial for anyone working on food policies: what strategies have proven most effective in transforming the short-term outcomes of 3–4-year projects into lasting policy frameworks or institutional practices? AfriFOODlinks project partners – ACRA and ESTà, invited five cities – four African (Chefchaouen, Dakar, Mbale, […]
Agroecology-based food systems in municipal policies: lessons from the Global South
The session “Agroecology-based food systems in municipal policies: lessons from the Global South” took place during the MUFPP Global Forum 2025, held on 15 October 2025 at the University of Milan. Organized by the Agroecology Fund, the session brought together experts and city representatives from the Global South to explore how municipalities are advancing agroecology to build more […]
Insights from the webinar “Fair Istanbul: rights-based social support and food security”
The regional webinar Fair Istanbul: rights-based social support and food security, held on 18 November 2025, was developed by MUFPP in collaboration with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, a Steering Committee member representing Eurasia and South West Asia. Organised as part of the regionalization process of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the webinar contributed to strengthening peer-to-peer learning and the exchange of best practices among cities across the Region. The webinar opened with welcome remarks from Filippo Gavazzeni, Director […]
Countdown to 2030: supporting cities to reduce food loss and waste as a catalyst for agrifood systems transformation
Cities at the heart of global efforts to tackle food loss and waste through innovation, partnerships, and shared learning On October 15, 2025, the session “FOOD WASTE – Countdown to 2030: Supporting Cities to Reduce Food Loss and Waste as a Catalyst for Systems Transformation” took place at the University of Milan, during the MUFPP Global Forum 2025. Co-organized by the Food […]
MPA 2025 – Meet the cities receiving special mentions in the Social & Economic Equity Category
After exploring the Special Mentions for Governance and Sustainable Diets and Nutrition in our previous articles on the Milan Pact Awards 2025, we now turn our attention to the initiatives awarded in the Social and Economic Equity Category, developed by the cities of Nairobi (Kenya), Nilüfer (Türkiye), La Paz (Bolivia), and Bangkok (Thailand). As highlighted by Thom Achterbosch, Senior Researcher on Sustainable Food Systems at Wageningen Economic Research and member of the Milan Pact Awards Evaluation Committee, among the 61 […]
Art Feeds Open Call: Info-Session recording and FAQs now available
On 11 December 2025, Feed Your Future hosted an online Info Session dedicated to the Art Feeds Collective Residencies Open Call, bringing together artists from across Europe interested in exploring the relationship between art, food systems, and climate action. During the session, the project team presented the structure of the Art Feeds Collective Residencies programme, the curatorial framework “Edible Commons: Performing the Future of Food”, and the five residency contexts in Milan, Almere, Brașov, Thessaloniki and Paphos. Practical information on eligibility, application requirements, […]
Transforming urban food systems through food markets
Markets are living systems that sustain communities, economies, and ecosystems, restoring dignity and voice to farmers, strengthening local economies and nutrition, and serving as powerful levers for equitable and resilient urban food systems. During the MUFPP Global Forum 2025 session Local markets – Transforming Urban Food Systems Through Food Markets (October 15), promoted by the […]
MPA 2025 – Find out more about the Special Mentions of the Sustainable Diets & Nutrition Category
After the first article on the Special Mentions for Governance of our series on the Milan Pact Awards 2025, we now continue our journey through the practices that received Special Mentions in Sustainable Diets & Nutrition Category of the MUFPP Framework for Action. This year, the Special Mentions for Sustainable Diets & Nutrition were awarded to the cities of Baltimore, Turin, Quezon City and Berlin, each demonstrating […]
Art Feeds Open Call: Join the Info-Session on 11 December to learn more
Following the launch of the Art Feeds Open Call for Collective Art Residencies, Feed Your Future is pleased to announce the next step in the application process: an online Info-Session on 11 December at 16:00 CEST. This session is designed to support artists who wish to apply by offering clarity on requirements, selection criteria, curatorial themes, residency […]