Cities on the grow : pathways to supporting the sustainable growth of urban food enterprises in London, Reading and Almere

Cities on the Grow is a cross-disciplinary project that has been funded by Climate-KIC, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. It seeks to support the sustainable growth of urban food enterprises toward the implementation of more commercially viable business practices. It also seeks to secure the social and climate benefits of these enterprises while enhancing their role in city-regional food economies. This pilot study was aimed at investigating the local food systems of London (UK), Reading (UK) and Almere (NL) with the intention of establishing how urban food enterprises operating in these locations can be supported to realise their goals of localised, commercially viable, socio-ecologically just food systems.