The Bruges Food Lab
is a network that connects and empowers several actors working on sustainable food
is a driver of initiatives and overarching projects within the topics of the Bruges food strategy
Read our concept note
Vision
The Bruges Food Lab want to implement sustainable food in every way possible within and surrounding Bruges, doing so from a bottom-up approach. More on that approach in our conceptnote
Mission
The Bruges Food Lab connects policymakers, civil society, and consumers on sustainable food. We drive actors to work on initiatives & cooperations by focusing on activation, participation and co-creation. The Bruges Food Lab has the food strategy of Bruges as guiding principles of its actions. More on those actions in our concept note
How it started
The Bruges Food Lab was founded in 2015 as a result of the Food Smart Cities for Development project. The city developed the Bruges food strategy ‘Bruggesmaakt’ and organised actions for it in co-creation with founding members of the Bruges food lab.
Since 2018, the Bruges Food Lab has evolved into an independent overarching platform with a divers scala of members. A representative steering group has been formed to strategically advice the organisation and guard the actions relevance to the food strategy. The founding paper can be found here.
Get to know us
Coordinator - Thibault Lejeune
Steering group - Alderman M. Esquenet - Lobke Vermeire (Avansa Bruges) - Stijn Van Wynsberghe (De Republiek) - Jens Mouton (Boer Bas) - Karine De Batselier (Departement of Climate) - Tim Jacobs
