The FLOW Regions
The FLOW Partnership includes institutional and community partners in eleven regions across five countries:
- Melbourne, Australia, focused on municipal and regional food policy
- Migori County, Kenya, focused on Indigenous crops, women, and youth
- Southern Brazil, focused on traditional crops, sustainable livelihoods and agroforestry
- Veracruz State, Mexico, focused on organic citrus supply chains
- Sri Lanka, focused on participatory governance in food system transformation
- Andhra Pradesh, focused on small-scale agroecological production
- Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe, focused on conservation agriculture and integrated governance
- Northwest Territories, Canada, focused on using participatory research to support work on traditional food systems and climate change
- Vancouver Island, Canada, focused on bioregional food systems
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, focused on community farm innovations and food strategy development
- Montreal, Québec, Canada, focused on food security and food policy
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Montreal, QC, Canada
Northwest Territories, Canada
Southern Brazil
Migori County, Kenya
Melbourn, VIC, Australia
Veracruz State, Mexico
Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe
Andhra Pradesh, India
Sri Lanka
The heterogeneity of FLOW is the basis for exploring and leveraging the commonalities and shared challenges across our regions. This will enable improved understanding about both the differences and shared characteristics across these regions, and within others globally. The diversity of our regions also provides opportunities for co-design and co-learning about agroecology and city-region food systems policy, while reinforcing holistic understanding and outcomes. The multi-faceted nature of food means that challenges and solutions are often interconnected. We believe that FLOW can help build cross-cutting regional capacities that improve food systems sustainability and long-term resilience.
