Food production and consumption – target for 2050

The residents of Lappeenranta eat healthy and sustainably produced domestic food. 100% of waste generated through food production and consumption is utilised.

An action plan and schedule for achieving the target:

2016–2017

• Stimulating an attitude change: campaigns in public kitchens and workplace restaurants and a civil campaign.
• A procurement strategy for the city, which is taken into account in the budget.
• Urban farming is promoted.

2017-2021

• New value chains emerge in local food production. New projects are launched for finding and creating new value chains.
• Development of procurement systems and education.
• Increase people’s awareness of the type and quantity of the waste that they produce.

2021-2025

• Development and production of alternative domestic sources of protein.
• More effective utilisation of food production side streams. A biogas plant that uses biowaste to produce, for example, CNG for use as transport fuel.

2025-2029

• Efforts to change consumer behaviour: meat consumption has been reduced by half and domestic meat is being used.