{"id":5428,"date":"2014-07-08T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T12:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2014-07-08T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T12:45:20","slug":"urbact-ii-athens-metropolis-of-taste-event-27-06-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/?p=5428","title":{"rendered":"URBACT II, &#8220;Athens, Metropolis of Taste&#8221; event, 27.06.2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/urbact-banners.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/urbact-banners-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"urbact banners\" width=\"268\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/urbact-banners-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/urbact-banners.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5434 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/chef2-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"chef2\" width=\"303\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/chef2-300x199.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/chef2.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On 27 June, three Urbact II programs united at \u201cVarvakeios\u201d Athens Central Market to celebrate the event \u201cAthens, Metropolis of Taste\u201d. The event took place on occassion of the\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u201cDeclaration for the International Days of Markets\u201d as advanced by URBACT \u201cMarkets\u201d partners.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan2.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In particular, \u00abSustainable Food in Urban Communities\u00bb &#8211; City of Athens, \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/urbact.eu\/fr\/projects\/human-capital-entrepreneurship\/gastronomic-cities\/homepage\/\">Gastronomic Cities<\/a>\u00bb &#8211; City of <a href=\"http:\/\/urbact.eu\/fr\/projects\/human-capital-entrepreneurship\/gastronomic-cities\/partner\/?partnerid=814\">Korydallos <\/a>and \u00ab<a href=\"http:\/\/urbact.eu\/en\/projects\/urban-renewal\/urbact-markets\/homepage\/\">Markets<\/a>\u00bb &#8211; Region of <a href=\"http:\/\/urbact.eu\/en\/projects\/urban-renewal\/urbact-markets\/partner\/?partnerid=711\">Attica <\/a>participated in the event hosted by the City of Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Four well-known Greek chefs operating restaurants that use organic and quality <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5433 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan2-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"afghanistan2\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan2-224x300.jpeg 224w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan2.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>local products, \u201cNigerian Women\u2019s Association\u201d and \u201cAfghanistan Immigrant and Refugee Association\u201d cooked and offered food to everyone. In this way they promoted the idea that taste can unite and befriend all civilizations, thus focusing on sustainability as social inclusion and the richness of food cultures in Athens. At th\u00a0e same time visitors were informed about the three Urbact programs running in the two cities and the region of Attica.<\/p>\n<p>With regards to Urbact \u201cSustainable Food in Urban Communities\u201d, a number of visitors expressed their interest concerning the program content and the participative bottom-up methodology. At the same time a number of them who are related to the food sector were interested in participating in the Local Support Group. Seemingly participants coming from civil society and the private sector shall increase a bit in number, and we expect that this shall have a positive effect in elaborating and promoting the Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, everyone has agreed that similar events can be multiplied in Athens in order to promote sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5435 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/nigeria-300x194.jpeg\" alt=\"nigeria\" width=\"309\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/nigeria-300x194.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/nigeria.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan-women-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"afghanistan women\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan-women-300x199.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/files\/2014\/07\/afghanistan-women.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information are available here (in Greek) :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gastronomos.gr\/epiloges\/6029\/I-Barbakeios-giortazei?sc=7\">www.gastronomos.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifo.gr\/team\/peina\/49711\">www.lifo.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanea.gr\/opinions\/blogs\/article\/5135839\/sthn-agora-ths-athhnas\/\">www.tanea.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetoc.gr\/webtv\/ontheroad\/ekanan-to-trapezi-me-afganiki-kai-nigiriani-kouzina\">www.thetoc.gr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On 27 June, three Urbact II programs united at \u201cVarvakeios\u201d Athens Central Market to celebrate the event \u201cAthens, Metropolis of Taste\u201d. The event took place on occassion of the\u00a0\u201cDeclaration for the International Days of Markets\u201d as advanced by URBACT \u201cMarkets\u201d partners. In particular, \u00abSustainable Food in Urban Communities\u00bb &#8211; City of Athens, \u00abGastronomic Cities\u00bb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,43,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athens","category-enjoying","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5443,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/5443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}