University of Helsinki's Food SystemiCity model integrates local food production into urban infrastructure for resilience and business creation
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Laura Forsman
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The Food SystemiCity programme, led by the Viikki Food Design Factory at the University of Helsinki, presents a co-creation process model for building joint ventures that integrate local, sustainable food systems into urban built environments. It positions buildings, neighborhoods, and urban infrastructures as sites for local food production, distribution, nutrient recycling, and community building. The article argues that circular and decentralized food systems are no longer just about sustainability but also about resilience and food security amid growing instability in fossil-dependent supply chains, turning them into global business opportunities.
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It positions buildings, neighborhoods, and everyday urban infrastructures as potential scenes for novel types of local food production, distribution, nutrient recycling, and food‑related community building.
Circular and decentralized food systems are no longer just a sustainability matter.
Because of growing instability in fossil‑dependent supply chains, local food production and distribution solutions are now about resilience and food security too, turning them into new global business opportunities.
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