Pioneer Case
Urban farm supplying school canteens and managed by the municipality – Mouans-Sartoux Régie agricole du Domaine de Haute Combe – Mouans-Sartoux
| A short description of the NBS project |
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The project has two complementary components: 1°/ An urban farm: vegetable production (surface of 4+2 ha) and food processing Supply the school canteens of the city (around 1200 meals) => 85% of the fruit and vegetables consumed 2°/ A territorial project: Environmental education Help to farming development (farming land protection by modifying the local urbanim plan, subsidizing creation) There are four main objectives: -[Organic] food production -Supply school canteen with organic food products -Local food network -Environmental education 2sd rank objectives: Research/experiment, social dynamic |
NBS Implementation context
| Location | France, Mouans-Sartoux |
| Latitude | 43.626312 |
| Longitude | 6.968143 |
| Status | Project delivered |
| Dates | 2010.0 |
Description of the NBS
| NBS Scale | neighbourhood |
| NBS Impacts scale | neighbourhood |
| Urban density/ Soil consumption | low (suburb at the limit with rural areas, etc.) |
| Combined with other(s) environmental friendly solution(s)? | |
| if other |
NBS Typology
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NBS Uban Challenges
| Climate Issues | Climate mitigation | |
| Climate adaptation | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Urban water management and quality | Urban water management and quality | |
| Flood management | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Air Quality | Air quality at district/city scale | |
| Air quality locally | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Urban Space and Biodiversity | Biodiversity | |
| Urban space design | ||
| Urban space management | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Urban Regeneration and Soil | Air quality at district/city scale | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Resource efficiency | Food, energy and water | |
| Raw materials | ||
| Waste | ||
| Recycling | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Public health and well-being | Acustic | |
| Quality of life | ||
| Health | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Environmental justice and social cohesion | Environmental Justice: Recognition | |
| Environmental Justice: Procedural Justice | ||
| Environmental Justice: Distributional Justice | ||
| Environmental Justice: Capabilities | ||
| Environmental Justice: Responsibility | ||
| Social Cohesion | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Urban planning and governance | Urban planning and form | |
| Governance in planning | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| People Security | Control of crimes | |
| Control of extraordinary events | ||
| Other | 0 | |
| Green economy | Circular economy | |
| Bioeconomy activities | ||
| Direct economic value of NBS | ||
| Other | 0; | |
| Other |
Stakeholder and Governance
| Who Started this initiative? | A public institution, a local organization (city or metropolitan) |
| Contracting Authority | Mouans-Sartoux municipality |
| Project manager (leader and main partners): entities names, and know-how involved | Mouans-Sartoux municipality services |
| Who (else) was involved in the project ? (Inhabitants, local association, etc.) | |
| More detail on the process and the role of the different stakeholders (How did it happen?) | |
| OPTIONAL Considering the actual impacts, who are the primary beneficiaries of the project. | 1°/ Inhabitants 2°/ People directly employed in the project (farmer, technical coordonator of the project) |
| Cluster | Governance Model | Description |
| cluster1_traditional_public_administration | Hierarchical_governance |
Financing
| Global Estimated cost of the project | 200k€- 1M€ |
| Cluster | cluster1_public_financing |
| FM | Other |
| Description of the financing mechanism | The urban farm is partly financed by the families contribution to the canteen, and partly by the municipality. |
Business Model
| Class | Type | Description |
| Organizational | Re-purpose the business for society/environment | The BM is based on the ownership and the management of the whole chain of supply of vegetables of the municipal school canteen, by the municipality. |
Temporal Factor
| Expected time for the NBS to be fully effective after its implementation | short (immediately to few months) |
| Expected life time of the intervention | more than 30 |
| Already feedbacks on the project? In case, the project has already been adapted to new requisites, please explain the modifications brought | The farm has been extended |
Success and limiting factors
Process Enablers
Process Inhibitors
| Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
| Governance_drivers | Self_governance | Grassroots_and_transitions_initiatives | A continuity of the environmental engagement at the municipality scale. (Introduction of organic food at the canteen from 1999, etc.) |
| Class | Subclass | Type | Description |
| Knowledge_barriers | Uncertainty | Operation_unknow | It was a quite innovative project, therefore it was difficult to get the experience and the feedback of pre-existing cases |
What makes this project a pioneer?
| Field | The_implementation |
| Criteria | |
| Brief description of the innovativeness | One of the only cases of urban farm directly managed and governed by a municipality. |
| Has the project received a prize, an award? | "Zéro phyto 100% bio" (awarded in 2015, category city from 5000 to 15 000 inhabitants, national level) |
| Has the project received a media coverage? (in reviews, in press, etc.) | Brochen Philippe, 2016, Les cantines mettent du bio dans les épinards, Libération, 3 mai, pages 20-21. Faure Isabelle, 2014, Mouans-Sartoux, une régie agricole pour approvisionner ses cantines bio, Nature&Progrès, n°99, pages 18-19. |
IM Keywords
urban farming
local initiative
References
Website of the MEAD (Maison dEducation à lAlimentation Durable):
http://mead-mouans-sartoux.fr/
Mouans-Sartoux Municipality, 2017, Eating organically and sustainably in Mouas-Sartoux, Press Release (Claudel Julien), 5pages.
Pérole Gilles, 2017, À Mouans-Sartoux, une restauration collective issue intégralement de lagriculture biologique depuis 2012 -
In Mouans-Sartoux, a municipal catering entirely coming from organic agriculture, Agronomie environnement & société, Vol.7, n°1, pages 119-121.