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Edible Park
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TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM
Multi-actors approach
Innovative farm model
Small but scalable ideas
Site specific
Peri-urban areas as an opportunity
REGGIO EMILIA a rural vocation
EDIBLE PARK
Inspired by dr. Giuseppe
Bonazzi
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What is the Edible Park
Edible Park development
Photos and video
PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
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LANDING AT THE PARK
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COMMUNITY GARDEN + MULTIFUNCTIONAL FARM = EDIBLE PARK
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ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
mulberry trees to restore the traditional landscape and
CO2 sink
ENVIRONMENTAL
precision irrigation
organic farming
A SUSTAINABLE PERI-URBAN FARM
disadvantaged workers
educational farm
involvement of local community branding
Product
innovation
direct sales/local GDO
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ORGANIC FARMING
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PRECISION IRRIGATION
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MULBERRY TREES
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DISADVANTAGED WORKERS
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INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY
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EDUCATIONAL FARM
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PRODUCT INNOVATION…
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…PREPARATION AND BRANDING
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DIRECT SALES
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LOCAL SUPERMARKET
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TIMELINE
2021 2019 2015
You are
here
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FACTS AND FIGURES
• OVERALL BUDGET: 272 k€ (70% financed by RDP)
• 5 PARTNERS
• BIODIVERSITY - many cultivated (and non-cultivated) plant
and animal species on one hectare
• ENVIRONMENT – Nitrate reduction in both soil and soil water (less than in groundwater)
• LCA - Carbon footprint reduced by 4 times
EIP AGRI OPERATIONAL
GROUP
2015-2019
CRPA/FCSR
UNIPR
COOP. ORTOLANI
CIELO D’IRLANDA
COMUNE DI REGGIO EMILIA
2015
• Resolution n. 153 of the Municipal Council: peri-
urban agriculture strategy
2016
• EIP AGRI Operational
Groups call for proposals by Emilia-Romagna Region
• the Operational Group
“Edible Park” is approved
• land preparation and planting of mulberry trees
2017-2019 • Three years cultivation
• Trees management
• Edible Park presentations
• Sales experiences
• Edible Park soups & jams
RESEARCH AND PILOT DEVELOPMENT an innovative eco-lo(gi)cal
value chain
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2019 • Local election
• Operational Group ends
2020 • Living lab starts (H2020 Liverur)
• COVID
THE INNOVATION VALLEY OF THE DEATH
AD HOC CONTRACT
2020
CRPA/FCSR
CIELO D’IRLANDA
COMUNE DI REGGIO E.
Need to find a new structure/governance
bureacracy vs seasons
How to involve citizens?
How to identify the
entity in charge of the park for the next years?
Public-private: a complex
relationship
THROUGH A
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS!
LIVING LAB
MANAGING THE TRANSITION…
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2021- 2024 • Call for interest by Reggio
Emilia Municipality
• New partnership established NEW
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
2021-2024
COMUNE DI REGGIO EMILIA
ORTO DI LUCIA
COOPERATIVA L’OVILE
CRPA
THE FUTURE
LET IT GROW!
• the Living Lab brought a renewed interest in the initiative
• 3 applications received for the management of Edible Park 2.0
• The selected proposal foresees greater involvement of the local community
Wise governance for
project viability
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•BRAND REGISTRATION
•CSA
•ETHIC FINANCE
•PUBLIC FUNDINGS
•AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL «ZANELLI»
• Local varieties
• Students involvement
• OTHERS
•Edible park STARTER PACK
• Scouting for NEW LOCATION
•«CANALI» COMMUNITY CENTRE
•Dissemination
•Monitoring and co-creation
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WHAT’S NEXT?
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LESSON LEARNT
PLAN THE PROJECT FOLLOW UP IN ADVANCE…
… BUT PREPARE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
INSTITUTIONS/BUSINESSES ARE MADE OF PEOPLE: FIND THE RIGHT ONES
(HAVING POWER IS GOOD, BUT REAL COMMITTMENT IS GOLD)
RESEARCHERS SHOULD GET HANDS DIRTY (LITERALLY!)