Abstract
Interest in local food networks and the reconnection between production and consumption has been growing since the mid 1980s. The goal of relocation has come to permeate urban agendas, and research, proposals and recommendations have increased which posit the importance of territorial planning and the spatial plans to relocate food systems. However, neither the agricultural sector nor the agents that effectively manage territories perceive the spatial and management component as a relevant factor. The ArimNET DIVERCROP project analyzed the Vega Baja del Jarama zone near the Madrid metropolitan area. Participatory methodologies were used to work with agents from the agrarian and research sectors, and from local institutions, as well as with social economy entities and social movements. The results of the research show that these agents have the desire and will to restore horticultural and livestock production and link it to local markets, but the role of urban and territorial planning plans, at different scales, remains outside their imagination. They do not identify the spatial plans as elements that have a bearing on achieving their objectives, beyond traditionally defensive strategies against plans for the expansion of artificial soils, infrastructures and extractive activities.
Highlights
RELOCATING FOOD SYSTEMSThe globalization models, which transformed the food systems and relationships between cities are at a crossroads (Marsden, 2013)
as a voluntary treaty signed by cities
This in a frame of action based on rights
Summary
RELOCATING FOOD SYSTEMSThe globalization models, which transformed the food systems and relationships between cities are at a crossroads (Marsden, 2013). The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), launched in October 2015, has become a frame of reference, as a voluntary treaty signed by cities on committing to working in the development of sustainable, inclusive, resilient, secure and diversified food systems, to guarantee healthy, accessible food for everyone. This in a frame of action based on rights, aiming at reducing food waste and preserving biodiversity, while mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change. The crisis and the proximity to the city induces changes in agricultural practices, adapting to the urban context and the growing urban demand for healthy nearby food and new relationships between producers and consumers
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