Barcelona aims to raise percentage of population that eats local food to 40% in 8 years
Changing school menus, reducing obesity and promoting organic food among local council's goals
Barcelona wants to promote the consumption of locally-grown food among the population by the end of the decade.
The local council aspires to see the percentage of people consuming 'quilòmetre zero' food – a common Catalan phrase to describe locally-grown products – from 20% to 40% by 2030.
The city presented a 200-point program to reach this aim. According to mayor Ada Colau, transforming nutrition is "no longer an option, but a clear emergency."
Raising the number of people who eat organic products is also a priority, with the politician wanting to see the percentage grow from the current 14.5% to 30% in eight years' time.
One of the main aims of the campaign is to fight climate change, reducing the city's food system's carbon footprint by 15%.
Changing menus of at least 75% of primary schools is one of the planned measures as this is thought to contribute to another goal: reducing obesity.
According to the local council, 15.4% of the population is obese, a figure that needs to drop to at least 12% by 2030.