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Food Sharing Calculator
to gather the evidence I need.
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Menu of Good Governance
to shape evidence into policy options.
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Library of Citizen Engagement
to involve communities in delivery.
Overview
Welcome to the Food Sharing Compass, a platform about Food Sharing Initiatives with five tools that help navigate, scale, and strengthen food sharing. Each tool has a different purpose, so take a look to choose the right tool for you!
Guided Journeys
Every tool works perfectly on its own. But to reach a specific goal, follow a journey — it combines three or four tools in the order that makes them most useful together. Choose your goal to begin.
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Food Sharing Map
to connect with initiatives and examples that already exist.
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Library of Citizen Engagement
to choose the right engagement methods.
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Community of Practice
to keep learning from peers.
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Food Sharing Map
to set my initiative in its local context.
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Food Sharing Calculator
to demonstrate the value it creates.
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Community of Practice
to learn how to communicate impact and attract support.
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Food Sharing Map
to identify initiatives I could partner with.
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Food Sharing Calculator
to assess the impact of donating or collaborating.
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Menu of Good Governance
to draw on collaboration and governance examples.
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Community of Practice
to build peer exchange and trusted relationships.
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Food Sharing Map
to see where food sharing already exists.
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Food Sharing Calculator
to estimate the value it creates.
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Menu of Good Governance
to define the right policy responses.
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Library of Citizen Engagement
to adapt locally through engagement methods.
The Tools
Community of Practice
Peer-learning programme where food sharing initiatives share knowledge, scale practices and grow their impact.
Food Sharing Calculator
Assessment tool measuring the costs, benefits and sustainability impacts of food sharing initiatives.
Food Sharing Map
Interactive, multilingual database tracking food sharing initiatives across cities in real time.
Library of Citizen Engagement
Catalogue of tools, games and stories for inclusive, participatory food sharing.
Menu of Good Governance
Decision tool offering policy options and governance scenarios for resilient food sharing.
About
The CULTIVATE Food Sharing Compass is an online platform whose five tools help food sharing initiatives, policymakers, food actors, researchers and citizens navigate, scale and strengthen food sharing, fostering resilient, sustainable and inclusive urban and peri-urban food systems.
Many food sharing initiatives (FSIs) already contribute to this transition, yet their work is often held back by complex, fragmented food governance, uncertain finance and insecure land tenure.
Through the Food Sharing Compass, CULTIVATE addresses these barriers and helps cities move towards resilient, sustainable food sharing. The project identifies the drivers and implementation gaps, and challenges the theories and practices that currently constrain food sharing.
