Campaign
Urban Eats
Globally, 150 million urban residents are food insecure, while cities generate 2.8 billion tons of organic waste each year.
We are calling on cities, private sector and investors to take urgent action to reduce and repurpose food waste around the world.
Urban Eats is a campaign launched by the Resilient Cities Network, which seeks to mobilize its network of nearly 100 cities to take action to improve food circularity and sustainable waste management. By looking at urban food security through a circular and resilience lens, cities can see the critical steps they should take to affect change.
The campaign calls on donors and investors to support the network and its cities to develop and implement circular food solutions towards more resilient urban food systems. The campaign will drive partnerships and garner city commitments to eventually develop and implement a circular and resilient food program.
Cities for circular food
Create value out of food waste
Little food scraps making a big difference in Sydney
Treating food waste at source and reducing dependency on cooking fuel in Chennai
How Milan is winning the fight against food waste
Produce more locally
Canopy is eating local and sustainable towards food resilience in Singapore
Hortas Cariocas – Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Green Gardens
The Paris urban agriculture agenda – Parisculteurs
Promote food habit changes among city residents and businesses
Building Resilient Food Systems: The Chennai Urban Farming Initiative
Challenging hospitality businesses in Glasgow to reduce food and bar waste
Strengthen collaboration across the whole food value chain
The Transformative Impact of Quito’s Resilient Food Security Program
Six Things the City of Calgary is Doing to Build a More Resilient Food System
Washington DC’s Emergency Food Supply Chain
Redistribute excess food
Tell us your city’s food resilience story!
Get in touch with our Urban Eats campaign team.
How cities can leverage opportunities to build resilient food systems through circular pathways
White Paper | Urban Eats: How cities can leverage opportunities to build resilient food systems through circular pathways
Resilient Cities Network and Arup launched a new white paper in July 2022 Urban Eats: How Cities Leverage Opportunities to Build Resilient Food Systems through Circular Pathways. The report highlights vulnerabilities in our urban food systems, but also presents opportunities for cities to reduce food insecurity through resilient and circular economy approaches
Speaker Series | Urban Eats: Cities Tackling Food Resilience
The economic recession and supply chain-disruption caused by Covid-19, as well as the global fallout from the Ukrainian war have made global food security and food affordability a growing concern. These threats are further exasperated by embedded food access inequities and the rise in severe climate events affecting food systems. As major food consumers, cities have an opportunity to support the development of more resilient and regenerative food systems. Featuring speakers from Arup, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and State of Nuevo León.
Partners
News and Resources
New York City’s hospitals, schools, and businesses are committed to reducing food-based emissions by 33% by 2030
The Paris urban agriculture agenda – Parisculteurs
