The MUFPP at Terra Madre 2026 "Biodiversity. Be Diversity"

From 24 to 27 September 2026, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact will take part in Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, the leading international event dedicated to good, clean and fair food and food policies, taking place in Turin. Organised by Slow Food, the City of Turin and the Piedmont Region, with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and Ismea, this 16th edition will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of Slow Food Italia.

This year’s edition of Terra Madre is centred around the powerful claim “Biodiversity. Be Diversity”, highlighting the value of biodiversity in all its dimensions: natural, agricultural, gastronomic, cultural and social.

The MUFPP will contribute to the event with a rich programme of activities, organised together with the City of Milan, as well as by taking part as a speaker in sessions promoted by the City of Turin and Slow Food.

Among the highlights are the MUFPP’s participation in two conferences organised by the City of Turin: Feeding the Future: Food Education and the Right to Good, Clean and Fair Food (24 September) and Good, Clean and Fair Food in Public Catering, where the MUFPP will participate as the lead of the Cities Feeding the Future initiative of the School Meals Coalition.

The programme also includes the third and final CLEVERFOOD National Dialogue (25 September), Nourishing the Cities of the Future: Markets at the Core of Policy Agendas a political debate on the role of markets in urban life and how to integrate them into food policies, as well as the presentation of the results of the Feed Your Future project, Feeding Tomorrow: Where Art Meets Food Policy (25 September).

Below you can find all the events and sessions involving the MUFPP during Terra Madre 2026.

For further information and details on the programme, visit the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2026 website and make sure to register for the sessions you are most interested in. We look forward to meeting you in Turin!

September 24th
10:45-12:15CLEVERFOOD International Roundtable The role of urban markets for sustainable urban food policies (EN, ES)
Organised by: The MUFPP and the Municipality of Milan, as part of the Horizon Europe project, CLEVERFOOD.
Please note that this event is not open to the public and participation is by invitation only.
12:30-13:30Opening event of the Food, Cities and International Cooperation” General Assembly and the space “Feeding the Cities of the World (IT, EN)
Organised by: The Municipality of Turin
16:00-18:00Conference Feeding the Future: Food Education and the Right to Good, Clean, and Fair Food. Organised by: The Municipality of Turin.
16:30-18:00BEAUTIFOOD Final Conference Who Decides the Future of Food? Cities and democracy in Europe’s food systems
Organised by: Slow Food Europe
September 25th
10:30-11:30Conference Good, Clean, and Fair Food in Collective Catering (IT, EN)
Organised by: The Municipality of Turin
12:00-13:00Conference Territories that transform: Circular Strategies and Redistributive Mechanisms to Fight Food Waste (IT, EN).
Organised by: The Municipality of Turin
13:00-14:30Conference Nourishing the Cities of the Future: Markets at the Core of Policy Agendas (IT)
Organised by: The Municipality of Milan / Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, as part of the Horizon Europe project, CLEVERFOOD.
14:30-15:30Conference From Farm to City: Economic Access, Short Supply Chains, and Public Infrastructure for Food (IT, EN).
16:30-18:00Conference La via italiana alle food policy: Dalle piazze alle mense (IT)
Organised by: Slow Food.
17:30-18:30Conferenza Nutrire il domani: dove l’arte incontra la politica alimentare (IT)
Organised by: The Municipality of Milan / Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, as part of the Creative Europe project, Feed Your Future

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