The Food Strategy for Montemor-o-Novo was signed in a commitment letter in 2019. The initiative of developing a food strategy for this city followed the participative processes of Local Agenda 21 and the Strategic Charter Montemor-o-Novo, 2025, with the purpose of "(re)connecting the food system with the territory, including inhabitants and consumers, farms and local agro-food industries". The food strategy and its charter aims at working towards the affirmation and consolidation of local food systems based on the positive integration between production, processing, marketing, and consumption that respects the sustainable management of resources and the food security needs of people and the territory. The promotion and consolidation of the Mediterranean Diet are acknowledged in this initiative. The objectives are: 1) to stimulate the adoption of good practices in local productions and healthy eating habits, in the policies and public initiatives in the areas of agriculture, education, health, environment, and management of the territory's resources; 2) to value scientific and empirical knowledge as well as initiatives in the management of natural resources and agri-food production and management, bringing the scientific and and technical community, producers' associations, and public entities (local, regional and national), in an innovation and development agenda for the achievement of the objectives associated with the gradual consolidation of a sustainable and inclusive food system; 3) To contribute to a regional and national movement committed to finding responses to ensure the right to food, based on the rational management of resources and the valorisation of family farming and local production chains and circuits, in order to share value more fairly; 4) to share local experiences at European and global levels in order to build knowledge in the sustainable valorisation of natural resources as a basis for economic development and wealth creation in low-density territories.

• Local government

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