Since 2018, Blutopia acts for the preservation of the ocean, to do this they encourage citizens to review their food by relying on the production of content to bring out new stories (documentary, podcast, photo exhibition and book), developing educational programs to train future ocean ambassadors and organizing events and workshops to support change. Their latest educational program? Seaweed is good! This project aims to discover the benefits of algae and encourage young people aged 8 to 12 and their Rochelaise families to integrate them into their daily diet to preserve the climate and biodiversity.
Blutopia
Vert le Jardin
Created in 2000, Vert le Jardin aims to develop and promote shared gardens. The “From Vegetable Garden to Plate” project aims to raise awareness of food self-production and its transformation into healthy, local meals. The association, thanks to a mobile truck, offers a social service where, the inhabitants of the priority neighbourhoods of Brest metropolis will be led through a cycle of thematic workshops to discover how composted biodechets are used for the production of vegetables and then turn into a seasonal recipe at lower costs. They are workshops on the theme of food and health, focusing on the cultivation and cooking of locally produced fruits and vegetables.
Association Aïda
Every year in France, 3,500 young people are affected by cancer before the age of 25. Created in 2015, the Association Aïda, aims to improve the quality of life of teenagers and young adults affected by cancer by breaking their isolation on a long-term basis and to support and promote young people's involvement in science and health. The "Highway to Health: food for rebuilding after illness" project is a programme born out of the difficulties associated with managing the aftermath of cancer and the need for support. Its aim is to enable 200 young people recovering from cancer to get together for 4 days around the theme of land and sea and eating healthy.
AVEEC
Created in 2022, the Association Villenoyenne for Employment and Ecology (AVEEC) aims to grow organic permaculture fruit and vegetables on almost 2 hectares of land, while promoting the professional integration of people with disabilities. Its aim is to supply the school canteens of Villenoyenne and the general public in the form of baskets, as well as a catering service for disabled people. Most of the produce is grown by disabled people. Eventually, the project plans to employ 10 people.
Alim'Mater
Established in 2023, Alim'Mater brings together maternity and nutrition professionals to offer prevention programs for healthy and sustainable nutrition for future and young mothers, especially the most precarious. The first “9 Months to Eat” program is for pregnant women. It includes a workshop and a digital support offering food advice adapted to each person’s habits and budget.
Emmaüs Solidarité
Created in 1954 by Abbé Pierre, Emmaus Solidarité fights unconditionally against the exclusion of individuals and families on the street. In 2023, Emmaüs Solidarité launched a new initiative in Île-de-France called “Emmaüs COOK”, which offers people who have been accompanied by the “Early Hours Programme” (DPH) to get involved in a professional activity for a few hours a week. They will have the opportunity to be involved in three activities in favour of the circular economy and the fight against waste: collecting unsold food, transforming food collected into dishes and cookies and selling processed products.
Le Passe Muraille
The Passe Muraille has been developing its know-how since 1997 in the professional integration and enhancement of cultural, natural and now gastronomic heritage.The Association runs professional integration projects, educational projects and citizen involvement projects. Their project "Pour une restauration collective bio, locale et inclusive" consists in offering an alternative to traditional industrial catering. These organic, local and homemade meals are prepared at a professional integration site and are distributed to schools, EHPAD and businesses.
Pôle Bio Massif Central
Since it was set up in 1998, the Pôle Bio Massif Central's mission has been to increase the proportion of local, sustainable and fair-trade organic farming accessible to all. The BioAdapt MC project mobilises market gardeners as "field observers", so that they can report their observations on their vegetable crops. Once consolidated, these observations will be used by the association to identify the varieties that seem best suited to their needs and to the vagaries of the weather. The results will also be circulated to contributing observers.
ESPOIR-CFDJ
Since 1914, Espoir-CFDJ’s mission has been to serve children and youth, families in great difficulty or in the process of being so, but also underprivileged adults, rejected or excluded by social reintegration and support in open environments and boarding schools. The association created a third-place food in 2021 for people staying in hotels. The nutrition support of these families is deployed in the third place where they have access to kitchen equipment. The organization of socio-educational workshops on nutrition and health helps meet the needs of families for access to healthy and sustainable food, but also to the challenges of the territories.
Association du Pays Terres de Lorraine
Since 2005, the Pays Terres de Lorraine has been a tool for consultation, pooling resources, strategies and actions to serve the region and its residents. The association is developing a support service for those developing shared food garden projects, to give everyone access to high-quality, decent and sustainable food. This support takes several forms: help with governance and fundraising, running collective gardening workshops in the shared gardens, organising seminars and training courses on good gardening practice and sustainable food: processing and preserving vegetables, sharing recipes using seasonal vegetables grown in the garden, etc.