{"id":54039,"date":"2025-12-11T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/2025\/12\/supporting-the-transformation-of-urban-food-systems-the-food-network-of-the-city-of-dortmund\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:21:44","slug":"supporting-the-transformation-of-urban-food-systems-the-food-network-of-the-city-of-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/12\/supporting-the-transformation-of-urban-food-systems-the-food-network-of-the-city-of-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/uar2.70029\">Supporting the transformation of urban food systems: The food network of the city of Dortmund<\/a>."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>ILS researchers Melissa Leimk\u00fchler, Kathrin Specht, Chiara Iodice, and Barbara Schr\u00f6ter have published an article in the journal Urban Agriculture &amp; Regional Food Systems. The article examines how Dortmund&#8217;s food system can be made sustainable. It focuses on the key actors, their roles and relationships, and the obstacles to transformation. The analysis shows that close cooperation between civil society and local authorities is crucial and that the Dortmund Food Policy Council plays a central networking role. Successful further development requires, above all, better coordination, financing, political participation, visibility, and networking. The results provide concrete impetus for strengthening urban food systems. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/uar2.70029%20\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/uar2.70029<\/a>. Further current selected papers can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/professional-publications\/selected-papers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publikationen-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supporting the transformation of urban food systems: The food network of the city of Dortmund. - ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/12\/supporting-the-transformation-of-urban-food-systems-the-food-network-of-the-city-of-dortmund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supporting the transformation of urban food systems: The food network of the city of Dortmund. - ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/12\/supporting-the-transformation-of-urban-food-systems-the-food-network-of-the-city-of-dortmund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-11T09:20:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-11T09:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/publikation-ils-book.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ils-admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Supporting the transformation of urban food systems: The food network of the city of Dortmund.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"ILS researchers Melissa Leimk\u00fchler, Kathrin Specht, Chiara Iodice, and Barbara Schr\u00f6ter have published an article in the journal Urban Agriculture &amp; Regional Food Systems. 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