En Direct de nos Fermes

En Direct de nos Fermes
Avignon, France

THE INNOVATION:

En Direct de nos Fermes is a group of approximately 10 local farmers surrounding Avignon that are collaborating to be able to supply public
institutions and individuals with high quality, local products. The platform aims to supply products such as fruit, vegetables, honey, dairy products and cold meats, and hopes that with this larger supply capacity through joint efforts that they can attract institutional customers such as schools. This has required the group to adapt by the packaging types/sizing, as well as offering alternative delivery and retail options. For example, for individual customers, there are now fresh produce lockers set-up where you can purchase a selection of out-of-grade vegetables for a cheaper price.

LOOKING AHEAD:

En direct de nos fermes hopes to expand it’s reach by cooperating with more farmers (combining) to offer a larger assortment, whilst reaching more customers (upscaling). In addition, developing a sustainable logistics system that avoids multiple short trips is also of interest to reduce the climate impact of the produce (maturing).

 

More Information:
Website: www.endirectdenosfermes84.drivefermier.fr
Contact Person: Guillaume Sinard
Email: [email protected]

 

Info about the Innovators and the Innovation portraits Catalogue

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.

Info about the Innovation Portraits Catalogue

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.

In addition, each innovation portrait is also categorized according to its Innovation Dimension. These dimensions indicate what kind of innovation is being presented, and where in the value chain it plays a role. This is indicated by these tabs. The dimensions are defined as follows:

Product – Innovations in this category address new or updated products, including quality, safety and market impact.

Process – These innovations are relevant to new technologies for processing, logistical improvements, infrastructure and new/improved services.

Social – Innovations in this category are relevant to changes in behaviour (e.g. consumers/citizens), development of new relationships and inclusiveness.

Governance – The innovations address policy developments, including food planning, subsidies, taxing, certificates & labelling.

Learn more about all the Innovation portraits: https://foodshift2030.eu/meet-the-people-changing-your-food-system/