BioCanteens#2

Education - Food - Environment - Local Economy - Governance

Edited on 30/04/2025

01/09/2019 15/03/2022

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  • Transfer Network
  • Climate action
  • Circular economy
  • Climate adaptation
  • Education
  • Food
  • Urban-rural

BioCanteens#2 Transfer Network is about ensuring the distribution of sustainable school meals in participating cities as a key lever towards the development of an integrated local agri-food approach, protecting both citizens’ health and the environment. The project aims to transfer Mouans- Sartoux’s Good Practice in the field of collective school catering, to other highly committed cities across Europe.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Mouans-Sartoux - France
  • Liège - Belgium
  • Gava - Spain
  • Wroclaw - Poland

Timeline

  • Kick-off meeting
  • A Table ! Mouans-Sartoux Food Forum

Library

Mouans-Sartoux Food forum

Food forum in Mouans-Sartoux

Useful links

Stories

  • Article
    Copying Neighbours

    Copying Neighbours - augmented edition

    More lessons learned about how to transfer inspiring practices between cities on sustainable food?

    Take a look at last BioCanteens URBACT Transfer

    Clara Garrone

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  • Food Sovereignty

    Food Sovereignty: back to basics

    Each food-related action carried out by a local authority must be backed by a food sovreignty vision. This has been a key message during the

    Clara Garrone

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  • Lunch at the canteens

    A Table! for an EU food sovreignty

    Clara Garrone

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Articles

  • News

    The European Heritage Hub showcases Chalandri's Cultural HIDRANT project

    "Where there is water, there is civilisation" reads the European Heritage Hub's article on the project that kicked-off Hydro-Heritage Cities.  

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Suceava Municipality: Green vision in "One Health 4 Cities" mission

    Located in the Bukovina region in the northeast of Romania, 450 km from the capital Bucharest, Suceava is a city of 84,322 people (2022), according to 2022 last data provided by the National Institute

    Augustin Kohler

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  • “Small Sports for Big Achievements” – A Children's Sports Day in Pula

    On Monday, May 12, 2025, Marsovo Polje in Pula was transformed into a large sports playground, bringing together more than 220 students from 5th to 8th grade for the full-day event “Small Sports for

    Desiree Zucchi

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Related content

URBACT stories

  • Articles

    Liège makes purchasing a key ingredient of a local and sustainable food ecosystem

    Liège brings public procurement into the mix for a more local, seasonal and sustainable food system.

    François Jégou

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  • Articles
    Group of people visiting the urban garden in Mouans-Sartoux (FR). Photo by European Urban Initiative.

    5 bite-size morsels for cities to transform local food systems

    Cities have a strategic role to play when transforming food habits for a more sustainable system. Here are five ways to help kickstart the change.

    URBACT

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  • Articles
    Urban garden in Mouans-Sartoux (FR) - Photo by François Jégou

    EU City Labs take on agriculture and food systems

    How can we put the transition issues related to food back on the table and in the minds of policy-makers and citizens?

    URBACT

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Additionnal activities

  • BioCanteens

    BioCanteens Transfer Network is about ensuring the distribution of sustainable school meals in participating cities as a key lever towards the development of an integrated local agri-food approach, protecting both citizens’ health and the environment. The project aims to transfer Mouans-Sartoux’s

    See more

  • Collective school catering

    A sustainable initiative for a territorial agri-food policy

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  • Food and sustainable local systems

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