Le supermarché solidaire de Montfavet

Le supermarché solidaire de Montfavet
Avignon, France

THE INNOVATION:

Le supermarché solidaire de Montfavet is a supermarket providing low-cost fresh produce to citizens in financial difficulties or with low income. The initiative is rooted both in the will to fight against food waste (both fresh and raw products but also processed food and meals coming from “classical” supermarkets) and to help and sustain vulnerable people who need to get a fresh, good quality food. The prices are very low but food isn’t free, differing from classical food assistance schemes. Public institutes are engaged to assist with cofinancing the initiative, whilst a team of citizen volunteers ensure that the supermarket can operate on a daily basis. Partnerships are also formed with local stakeholders who can provide food regularly.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Securing financing is key restriction, as this is largely reliant on external sources as income generated by the shop is limited. This, combined with the need for committed volunteers who can undertake technical tasks are key challenges to be addressed for the supermarket to provide long-term food support to those in need.

 

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FoodSHIFT 2030 aims to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant based diets. This transition is necessary in order to address the pressing challenges for food and nutrition security, contribute to the EU commitment of reducing GHG emissions by at least 40% by 2030, and revitalize urban-rural linkages and partnerships.

To do so, it establishes FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs for maturing, combining, upscaling and multiplying existing food system innovations across nine front-runner city-regions. In turn these innovations contribute to the FoodSHIFT vision.

An Innovation Catalogue called “Innovation Portraits” was created to snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions.

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The Innovation Catalogue will snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions. Each FAL has a dedicated innovation focus and each chapter will present innovation cases from a particular FAL. For each of the innovations presented, a snapshot of the innovation concept and purpose will be given, alongside the key impacts the innovation has in relation to the FoodSHIFT Impact Pathways and the acceleration ambitions of the innovation.

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