Study of food flows and the potential for relocalization in the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg

Clients
eurometropole strasbourg logo
Eurometropolis of Strasbourg
Period
2025-2026
EXPERTISE
Territorial Strategy

Context

Understanding food flows to relocalize in the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg

The Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, with over 30 municipalities and 500 000 inhabitants, constitutes a major consumption basin. As part of its Territorial Food Project, it aimed to strengthen its food system by building on work already undertaken in several sectors: legumes, wheat-flour-bread, grass-fed meat, fruits, and vegetables.

The challenge today is to go further: to better understand food flows, the dependencies of the territory, and the levers for relocalization.

L’Eurométropole devait comprendre le fonctionnement de son système alimentaire avec une analyse précise des flux (production, transformation, distribution et consommation) ; identifier les potentiels de relocalisation par filière et par maillon ; définir des actions prioritaires pour relocaliser les filières ; mobiliser les acteurs publics, privés et les citoyens ; et retravailler la planification alimentaire du territoire (gouvernance, coopérations et infrastructures).

service

Analyze the food system and its dependencies

Led by Vertigo Lab and Let's Food, the mission is organized into 2 complementary phases.

A first diagnostic phase allowed for the structuring of a database, mapping of actors and infrastructures, analyzing food flows, both physical and monetary, and assessing food autonomy using a resilience calculator. This work was enriched by a census of existing initiatives and a multi-actor validation workshop.

A second phase aims to transform the diagnosis into action by analyzing the levers of reterritorialization for several priority sectors and modeling the socio-economic impacts of scenarios using our ImpacTer tool and a resilience calculator.

BENEFITS

Moving from food flow data to public action

The ongoing mission should result in a concrete roadmap for relocalizing food. We need to produce prioritized recommendations, action sheets, including for citizen mobilization, and operational deliverables.

The + Vertigo Lab

Expertise in food flow analysis, territorial modeling, and multi-actor co-construction for the benefit of an eurometropolis.

Project partners

Let’s Food

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