Semi di Vita

Semi di Vita
Bari, Italy

THE INNOVATION:

Semi di Vita is a social cooperative managing an urban garden in Bari since 2011, and 26 hectares of land confiscated from Mafia land since
2018. Semi di Vita promotes social inclusion activities and organic agriculture practices, also benefiting from the support of a wide number of volunteers and citizens that join the “community” growing and harvesting campaigns. In two years, Semi di Vita has involved more than 500 volunteers, set-up an own brand which has been launched (Bontà comune) to sell preserves made from produce grown on the land and developed social inclusion projects to retrain young people in the correctional system for entering the labour market.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Semi di Vita aims to grow productively on the full 26 hectares of confiscated land, with the aim of converting the property into a common good for the wider community (maturing). Facilitating access to credit will be essential to support this evolution and maintain social activities.

 

More Information:
Website: www.semidivita.com
Contact Person: Angelo Santoro
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/