Local and Regional Governments Have a Key Role to Play in the Transition to Territorial Food Systems

Published on February 5, 2024

This policy brief is part of COACH, a EU funded project which aims to facilitate collaboration between farmers, consumers, local governments and other actors to scale up short agri-food chains whic rebalance farmers’ position, create win-wins for producers and consumers and drive innovation in territorial food systems.

As a result of the work developed in the COACH project and in the EU Food Policy Coalition, The document provides policy recommendations on how local and regional governments could successfully link public canteens with small-scale farmers.

COACH is an EU funded project which aims to facilitate collaboration between farmers, consumers, local governments and other actors to scale up short agri-food chains which rebalance farmers’ position, create win-wins for producers and consumers and drive innovation in territorial food systems.

Sustainable Public Sector Food Procurement (SPSFP) can directly support small-scale farmers. It can be seen as an agent of change to achieve social, environmental and economic goals through a demand-driven approach.