FOCUSE

Urban farming systems offer promising solutions to secure food supplies in cities. This alternative food production system can make urban areas more resilient and reduce the vulnerability of cities to supply-chain shocks. However, many urban farming systems rely heavily on external material and energy inputs, with little integration within their surrounding urban infrastructure, materials, and energy flows. The FOCUSE project’s main objective is to explore, envision, develop, experiment with and analyse strategies to promote circular-based food production in cities to enable sustainable and resource-efficient food provision. Through an international consortium of municipalities, private organisations and researchers with diverse backgrounds, the project will emphasise and facilitate circular methods and approaches in distinct contexts in European cities.