Public production of vegetables in the centrally located Food Hub created by the municipality in an area of 2ha in the context of FUSILLI. The production was at 3 tons in 2023. It is expected to grow in 2024/2025 since the area cultivated is expanding. Differdange Municipality in LUX has doubled its efforts to communally produce organic fruits and vegetables via municipal allocation of land for organic gardening. The production is mainly distributed to public kitchens and amounts to 20% of all vegetables consumed by the children in local childcare centres. Main challenge is to increase the amount of organic produce consumed by children. The products are organic, locally co-produced in...

The municipality has developed and helped to develop (with materials, knowledge, support and training) school gardens so that schools can produce something for their canteens, albeit on a small scale. The municipality helped with the installation of the gardens, Contributing as hands on examples to sustainable techniques towards less water agro-food production, these examples serve very well as education materialsAccompanying educational/training materials and a field notebook were also prepared for adults and children. It could be a great help for some canteens, especially schools in villages and smaller schools, and it could be a potential local help on agricultural and sustainable...

The pilot project uses AI-powered smart bins from Dutch start-up Orbisk to track and reduce food waste in a public kitchen. The city installed two bins in a public kitchen managed by Servior, the public establishment responsible for housing for seniors in Luxembourg. The intelligent bins pilot project in Differdange addresses a significant problem in the agricultural and food sector: food waste. With approximately one-third of all food produced globally going to waste, this issue has critical environmental and economic implications. AI-powered intelligent bins offer a cutting-edge solution by automatically measuring and recognizing the type, quantity, and timing of food waste in...

Creation of vertical gardens in the municipal market with species of public interest (aromatic) and available to those who want to take them and use them in their food. The municipality of Castelo Branco has created vertical gardens in the municipal market to beautify the place, use it as a place to teach children and adults, appeal to sustainability and help those who want to take some aromatic herbs with them to eat, thus replacing salt. Contributing as hands on examples to sustainable techniques towards less water agro-food production. A number of awareness-raising and explanatory actions on the subject have been and are being carried out for market attendees and visitors, as well as...