Citizen Food Assembly

The document examines a citizen food assembly in York, UK, highlighting how participatory processes can drive sustainable food system changes, such as relocalising supply and reducing waste through 'food hubs'.

• The York Citizen Food Assembly highlighted the role of 'food hubs'—community-based business models—in diversifying food supply, especially within disadvantaged communities, while aiming to reduce food waste and relocalise production.
• The assembly's analysis indicated that involving local stakeholders in the planning process assists in the design and sortation of the assembly.
• The assembly identified that city-level public procurement could be used to encourage more sustainable food sourcing within the region and noted that the process empowered participants to seek prosocial and environmental changes in the food system.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2020). Citizen Food Assembly. https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-food-assembly/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Citizen Food Assembly. 2020. https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-food-assembly/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Citizen Food Assembly |date=7 May 2020 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-food-assembly/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2020citizen, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Citizen Food Assembly}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/citizen-food-assembly/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }