Abstract
Neighborhoods can be seen as experimental hubs where innovative design strat-egies are tested within local communities, addressing the social and environ-mental issues that impact global cities and promoting more equitable futures. In current times of crisis, amid substantial food waste, urban areas are witnessing a growing phenomenon of vulnerable groups suffering from food poverty, often coupled with limited access to fresh food. This scenario has led to a proliferation of diverse charitable initiatives, concurrently fueling researchers' exploration of sustainable food commons and circular systems. However, to foster community-driven development of such models, it becomes imperative to structure services around local, proactive, and situated stakeholder networks. This paper delves in-to the core insights concerning inventive design solutions to establish situated partnerships with the double aim of fighting food waste and supporting a neigh-borhood-centric circular food redistribution service for vulnerable residents, en-acted by Off Campus Nolo (Polimi DESIS Lab) within Nolo neighborhood in Milan, Italy.
Keywords
circular food systems; food service; food commons; neighborhood-based
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1307
Citation
Fassi, D., and Ferreri, V. (2024) Situated partnerships to face food waste within a neighborhood-based food redistribution Service: the case of "SOSpesa", in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1307
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Situated partnerships to face food waste within a neighborhood-based food redistribution Service: the case of "SOSpesa"
Neighborhoods can be seen as experimental hubs where innovative design strat-egies are tested within local communities, addressing the social and environ-mental issues that impact global cities and promoting more equitable futures. In current times of crisis, amid substantial food waste, urban areas are witnessing a growing phenomenon of vulnerable groups suffering from food poverty, often coupled with limited access to fresh food. This scenario has led to a proliferation of diverse charitable initiatives, concurrently fueling researchers' exploration of sustainable food commons and circular systems. However, to foster community-driven development of such models, it becomes imperative to structure services around local, proactive, and situated stakeholder networks. This paper delves in-to the core insights concerning inventive design solutions to establish situated partnerships with the double aim of fighting food waste and supporting a neigh-borhood-centric circular food redistribution service for vulnerable residents, en-acted by Off Campus Nolo (Polimi DESIS Lab) within Nolo neighborhood in Milan, Italy.