Cities

Our work spans seven diverse cities. Three Trailblazers cities and four Twin cities. . Each city with it’s unique geographies and societal contexts. By engaging local governments, businesses, and communities, we ensure that our interventions are well-anchored, adapted to the local context and designed to last.

What is a Trailblazer City?

Trailblazer cities are cities that have already shown strong engagement in uniting diverse communities through social spaces and food; nature based solutions; developing food literacy and strengthening community infrastructure; or locally tailored solutions in developing food literacy and strengthening community infrastructure. Our trailblazer cities are Birmingham, Fundão, and Zagreb.

Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham is England’s second largest city and the largest municipality in Europe. The city is renowned for its young and diverse population. ...

Fundão

Fundão, Portugal

Fundão is a small town in the Central region of Portugal, in an essentially rural county. ...

Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, positioned on the south-western edge of the Pannonian Basin and just 120 km from the Adriatic coast, serves as the gateway to the Adriatic for many Central European countries. ...

What is a twin city?

Twin cities are cities that are committing to strengthen their engagement in uniting diverse communities through social spaces and food; nature based solutions; developing food literacy and strengthening community infrastructure; or locally tailored solutions in developing food literacy and strengthening community infrastructure. Our twin cities are Murska Sobota, Ostend, Palermo, and Sarajevo.

Murska Sobota

Murska Sobota, Slovenia

Murska Sobota is a town in northeastern Slovenia and will be represented by the Centre for the Development of Sustainable Society in the Bauhaus Bites project. ...

Ostend

Ostend, Belgium

Ostend has a strong fishery history, with locally caught shrimp as the flagship species for the local fisheries. ...

Palermo

Palermo, Italy

Palermo – on the northwest of the island of Sicily by the Tyrrhenian Sea – is a cultural capital of Sicily. ...

Sarajevo

Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sarajevo boasts a resilient food culture forged during the Siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995. ...