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Right now it has twenty plots, which represents an increase of 35% since the official start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in the supply of land makes it possible to accommodate the growing demand of people looking for a new model of life…

BCN Smart Rural organizes a new webinar on competitive creativity with mayors, councillors, technicians, and experts in agricultural development from Bages and Moianès counties.

Do municipalities in the Barcelona region have enough agricultural land to supply their citizens with local food? Check out this newsletter, and you'll find out! You can also read an interview with Carolyn Steel, an architect, researcher, and author…

With 34,916 hectares of available land, Berguedà could feed its citizens abundantly: it has a degree of self-sufficiency of 255%.

Oriol Estela Barnet, general coordinator of the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona (PEMB), explains how the capital of Catalonia faces the challenge of feeding its citizens sustainably.

The central goal of the May 7th workshop is to discuss with the territory's experts how to improve their agri-food systems.

The commitment of the Agriculture Commissioner of the European Union to organic food is one of the topics highlighted in the latest BCN Smart Rural Press Digest.

The workshop highlights the importance of creating welcoming spaces for new agricultural initiatives, providing the region with infrastructure that facilitates local food production and processing, and adapting urban planning regulations to the…

The architect Carolyn Steel analyzes in "Hungry City" (Capitán Swing Books) the main elements that need to be transformed to make the transition towards more sustainable food systems.