Sustainable Food

Explanation of the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park as a metropolitan agricultural area that produces food locally for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area. A public-private entity that aims to preserve the farmland and encourage the development of a professional agriculture that ensures the supply of fruits and vegetables to local markets and the viability of farms. During the talk we will discuss projects like the Parc Agrari farmers markets, the Producte Fresc del Parc Agrari brand, and the creation of a “test” area to encourage young people to get involved in farming.   

Ramats de Foc is a prescribed-silvopasture project aimed at boosting the contribution of livestock in fire-risk management through pasture in strategic forest areas.

Prescribed silvopasture is the practice of extensive livestock feeding following established a priori guidelines and goals to achieve a type of fire-resistant forest mass and Ramats de Foc is an initiative to promote this work, and help to extend it through our forests and bring it added value.

The project also aims to promote continuity of livestock activity in the region, through its twofold food and landscaping work, and to strengthen the ties between shepherds and local butchers.

By promoting the consumption of livestock animals that manage our forests, the aim is to encourage a change of perception in society so people understand how a certain kind of regional management will enable protection against the big fires that cause the most damage and that initiatives as simple as consuming local livestock are already helping to maintain fire-adapted landscapes.

Alternatives from the global south to the impact of our unsustainable food system: the case of the Mercado Central del AMBA (Buenos Aires metropolitan area).

The activity, which is aimed at all members of the public, is part of the agreement for implementing the “Barcelona menja bé i just” project.