Urban Lunch Talk #42: From Soil to City: Lessons on Urban Food Production

Urban food production provides multiple co-benefits for climate action, biodiversity, and circularity. It can also have an educational dimension, foster the inclusion of vulnerable groups, and strengthen community building. Yet, despite these far-reaching benefits, challenges remain in scaling urban food production. In this Urban Lunch Talk, we will explore key questions: Where is it viable to implement urban food production? How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence the practice? What lessons have our panelists learned? And can their research and innovation projects be replicated and scaled up? Lia van Wesenbeeck, Associate Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Coordinator DUT Feed4Food Project Cameron Kennett, Institutional Phd Candidate, Swedish Environmental Institute, Royal Institute of Technology, DUT FOCUSE Project Paulien van de Vlasakker, Founder Vegger, DUT HAT Project Moderator: Jakob Schabus, Communications Officer, IQS and DUT