Practica Abstract #16: (Urban) Living Labs: A Practical Method to Strengthen Local Food Systems and Short Food Supply Chains

Addressing complex and urgent sustainability challenges such as producing and distributing food locally requires the collaboration of multiple disciplines. Urban Living Labs (ULLs) are real‑life environments where farmers, advisors, policymakers, researchers, and citizens work together to test new solutions for local food system challenges. Using the (Urban) Living Lab Way of Working (LLWOW) developed by AMS Institute, EU4Advice Living Labs follow a structured, step‑by‑step approach: understanding the local context, engaging stakeholders, defining shared ambitions, co‑creating interventions, testing them in practice, and learning collectively. ULLs offer a hands-on, place-based method to develop and strengthen Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs).