Granollers

Expected Annual Projected Benefits

5,100 tCO2eq

REDUCTION IN GHG EMISSIONS

2,378,320 US$

EXPENDITURES SAVED

80,759.7 US$

BENEFITS INCREASE

9.9

PREVENTED DEATHS

6.05

JOBS GENERATED

30,000 m3

SAVED WATER

Actions commited

Action 1.1

Create a working group/Department responsible for coordinating sustainable and healthy food policies within local government, ensuring transversal cooperation between at least the following municipal departments: economic development, health, environment, education, security, social rights and equality, in order to strengthen the agro-ecological transition, provide multilevel policy coherence, whilst ensuring urban/rural partnership.

Action 1.5

Embed food and climate nexus in existing municipal policies, plans and strategies.

Action 2.1

Procure Planetary Health Diet alignment of compliant foods for all public sector catering (school canteens, hospitals and other public bodies).

Action 2.2

Run campaigns to raise public awareness and to commit residents to the Planetary Health Diet or a similar diet based on locally produced, sustainable and healthy food, rich in plant-based foods (fruit, vegetables, cereals, legumes and nuts), with a reduced consumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed food high in fat, sugar and salt.

Action 3.1

Enable access to local, sustainable and/or organic food in social food provision facilities such as food banks, community kitchens, social supermarkets, delivery services for the vulnerable, voucher schemes, in line with the requirements of the Planetary Health Diet or a similar diet.

Action 3.2

Enhance community food initiatives by providing access to collective facilities (community kitchens, food hubs, etc.) to promote the management of and access to sustainable food and healthy diets for all, as well as supporting local production and consumption networks (food cooperatives, buying groups, etc.).

Action 3.3

Ensure wide access to local and organic food through public food procurement policies, founded on the Planetary Health Diet or a similar one.

Action 4.1

Train farmers in organic and agro-ecological production practices.

Action 4.2

Promote multifunctional peri-urban agricultural parks that incorporate land banks, farm business incubators and community seed banks, which will promote sustainable agri-food production and boost local food supply.

Action 5.3

Produce updated maps and online directories of local agro-ecological food supply chain actors, including producers, processing units and distribution points.

Action 6.1

Organise communication campaigns to encourage consumers to change their habits in order to prevent food loss and waste.

Targeted inputs

Overall aspiration of the food policies committed to The Barcelona Challenge.

nº residents assuming the Planetary Health Diet.

7,000

nº residents shifting to an organic diet.

3,000

nº residents consuming food regionally and locally produced.

3,000

nº residents shifting to an organic and regionally/locally produced diet.

2,500

nº of agricultural hectares converted to organic farming schemes in the City-Region.

30

nº of municipal, non-sedentary and farmers market promoted by the local authority.

2

nº of residents adjusting food intake and assuming food waste reduction options.

1,000

Local partners

Local entities developing coordinated food actions in the municipality.