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 1.3

Actively work with international platforms and networks and commit to declarations of action aimed at improving the sustainability of local food systems (such as MUFPP, C40, national networks or/and Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration).

Action 2.1

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

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 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 5.2

Provide public and accessible spaces for the distribution of local, nutritious and organic produce: wholesale, municipal or farmers markets; local food networks; small food retailers, etc.

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.