TerrAsol

Launched in late 2024, with 19 partners, the project aims to demonstrate the value of a new governance model for food transitions, based on the concepts of food solidarity and food democracy within the Montpellier food-producing region.

It seeks to develop three types of solidarity that interact to promote a sustainable regional food system:

• civic solidarity, to ensure access for all to a choice of high-quality food through more sustainable and inclusive schemes (notably the pilot scheme for a communal food bank, in which the Chair is involved in the evaluation work);
• solidarity between the consumer base represented by the city and its food-producing regions, to work together to develop agricultural production methods and food supply chains that are fair and negotiated in terms of their relationship with the environment and their impact on health;
• solidarity amongst stakeholders in the food system through governance arrangements involving residents, policymakers, civil society, businesses and the research community.

The Chair is jointly coordinating the project alongside the FR Civam Occitanie, taking charge of activities relating to impact assessment and training.