FEASTing report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The FEAST Deliverable 4.3 presents the FEASTing Report, documenting case studies on the impact of co-developed community-based interventions implemented through FEAST Living Labs. Building on earlier work to identify local “burning issues,” the report examines how Living Labs co-created, implemented, and assessed interventions aimed at supporting healthier and more sustainable dietary behaviours, with particular attention to vulnerable groups and gender-relevant dimensions. The report covers a diverse set of Living Lab contexts, including food literacy interventions in schools, kindergartens, and anti-poverty networks; work with smallholders and food growers in Cork; and the reconfiguration of food environments for senior home residents in Łódź. Across the case studies, FEAST applied a flexible PICO-based approach to structure interventions, measure outcomes, and enable comparison across sites while respecting the participatory and context-specific nature of Living Labs. The findings highlight both the potential and the challenges of community-based food system transformation, showing how interventions can generate health, environmental, social, and economic benefits, while also requiring adaptation to local governance structures, stakeholder needs, resource constraints, and opportunities for scaling. The deliverable also provides an evidence base for the FEASTing “How To” guide for replicator cities, supporting wider uptake of practical strategies for co-creating healthier and more sustainable food environments. More information can be accessed at www.feast2030.eu
Authors: Exner, Andreas, Cepoiu, Livia, Ferravante, Chiara, Milani, Francesca, Massei, Valeria, MURANTE, Anna Maria, Torri, Luisa, Chirilli, Chiara, Onorati, Maria Giovanna, Piochi, Maria, Biella, Cristina, Gjorgjioska, Marija Adela, Kopp, Jess, Woollhead, Carina, Chiffard-Carricaburu, Elsa, Harrington, Janas M, Bertin, Sandrine, Hussey, Shannen, Modliński, Artur, Zapedowska-Kling, Kaja, Jani, Anant
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G6085817497, FEAST
OpenAlex ID: W7202397522