Because food is much more than a stomach to be filled, actions on the ground in France are focusing on the social barriers to local, healthy food for all.
There is one sole EU Green Deal, but many ways to democratise local food policy. In part 1 of this analysis, we dissected the financial shortcomings of France’s Territorial Food Programmes (PAT). In part 2, we look to Germany and the democratic potential of Food Policy Councils (Ernährungsrat).