The Atlas envisages the creation of an open and participatory process aimed at building a shared representation of the local food system in the Isonzo and cross-border area and providing useful elements to promote policies and projects based on the enhancement of local knowledge, cultures, and identities linked to food.
The Atlas configures a knowledge system that can be implemented and modified over time. Its form is not codified, and it brings together different types of material: territorial representations, stories, shared maps, projects, etc. It is not a single document, but a series of documents that contribute to the construction of a systemic (and transcalar) representation of the city and its territory through food.
The outcome is not so much in the representations produced, but in the potential of the knowledge base contained therein to strengthen and promote local food supply chains and to foster the emergence of new, sustainable, and/or solidarity-based economies linked to them.
The research activities aimed at constructing the Atlas can be grouped into three phases, to be carried out simultaneously, which include:
Cartography: the local food system;
- Crowdmapping: shared mapping for new sustainable local economies;
- Stories and narratives: restoring local memories and identities.
- Crowdmapping: shared mapping for new sustainable local economies;
- Stories and narratives: restoring local memories and identities.
The aim of the research project is to verify the conditions necessary for the creation of a cross-border food hub in the Isonzo area. Although the concept of a food hub is still evolving, here it is understood as a space, both physical and virtual, that offers opportunities (economic and social) to redesign the network of relationships between the various players in the local food supply chains.
As a virtual space, the food hub can promote collaboration and integration among supply chain actors, foster stronger market relationships, and ensure positive impacts on agricultural production.
As a physical space, the food hub serves as a venue for interaction between producers and consumers. This supports not only the exchange of goods but also the sharing of knowledge and practices that can promote a more integrated and sustainable food system in urban contexts.
As a virtual space, the food hub can promote collaboration and integration among supply chain actors, foster stronger market relationships, and ensure positive impacts on agricultural production.
As a physical space, the food hub serves as a venue for interaction between producers and consumers. This supports not only the exchange of goods but also the sharing of knowledge and practices that can promote a more integrated and sustainable food system in urban contexts.