• Read "Feeding Barcelona: A Practical Guide to Promote Local Food Strategies"

Food is a fundamental need of people, and guaranteeing its supply is a duty of governments. But, even though Catalonia has had a national food strategy since 2021, there is currently no town or city in the province of Barcelona that has an approved food strategy and is in the process of being implemented.

To try to fill this gap, the Barcelona Provincial Council publishes "Feeding Barcelona", the first practical guide to help local bodies that want to design and implement local food strategies, in addition to guaranteeing the supply of their population with local products. The publication is in digital format and aspires to become a reference work for towns and cities that want to move towards a healthier, safer and more sustainable food model.

With photographs by Patxi Uriz and a fresh and innovative design, the publication is the result of the joint, continuous and transversal work of three experts in the field: Sònia Callau, head of the Territorial Agrarian Directorate of the Barcelona Provincial Council and coordinator of the BCN Smart Rural strategy; Josep Montasell, co-founder and first director of the Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park; and Anna Roca, professor at the University of Girona and consultant for agri-food revitalization projects.

Easy to follow and extremely practical, the edition of the publication is part of the BCN Smart Rural strategy and has been co-financed by the Diputació de Barcelona and the FEDER funds of the European Union.

For more information about the publication 'Feeding Barcelona', please contact Sònia Callau, head of the Territorial Agrarian Directorate of the Barcelona Provincial Council.

— BCN Smart Rural Editorial —