zuky: fuckyeahsustainability: The City that Ended Hunger This is an amazing story about Brazil’s fourth largest city, Belo Horizonte, which has made access to food a fundamental democratic right of citizenship and has thereby practically eradicated hunger, with a mixed-economy model which is benefitting city dwellers and regional farmers alike. Using participatory budgeting, the city has implemented a number of innovative initiatives to make it happen, establishing 34 low-cost fresh food markets, three large People’s Restaurants which serve local food to 12,000 people per day for less than 50 cents per meal, school lunch programs, and community gardens.

zuky:

fuckyeahsustainability:

The City that Ended Hunger

This is an amazing story about Brazil’s fourth largest city, Belo Horizonte, which has made access to food a fundamental democratic right of citizenship and has thereby practically eradicated hunger, with a mixed-economy model which is benefitting city dwellers and regional farmers alike. Using participatory budgeting, the city has implemented a number of innovative initiatives to make it happen, establishing 34 low-cost fresh food markets, three large People’s Restaurants which serve local food to 12,000 people per day for less than 50 cents per meal, school lunch programs, and community gardens.

(via theoneandonlyouxu)