The CoFarm4Cities Final Conference will take place on 19 March 2026 in Budapest, bringing together project partners, public authorities, researchers and practitioners interested in sustainable land use and urban farming solutions.
The conference will present the main outcomes of the CoFarm4Cities project, which has explored new approaches to managing urban and peri urban land through the Urban Farming based Sustainable Land Use (UFSLU) model. Developed with stakeholders in partner cities including Budapest, Kraków, Ljubljana, Turin and Zagreb, the model demonstrates how urban farming can contribute to protecting green areas, strengthening local food systems and improving urban resilience.
The programme will feature presentations from urban farms and initiatives across Europe, including examples from Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Austria. Experts will discuss the role of public institutions in transforming food systems, while project partners will present their experiences from local pilot sites.
A key part of the conference will be a roundtable discussion with managers of the CoFarm4Cities pilot farms, reflecting on lessons learned from implementing urban farming projects in different local contexts. The event will also present the UFSLU model and discuss how it can be adapted and replicated by other cities interested in developing sustainable urban agriculture initiatives.
The conference forms part of the final project meeting in Budapest, which also includes partner discussions and site visits to local urban farming initiatives in the Óbuda district.
Agenda:
Conference on Conclusions:
📍Flashback Studio Budapest, Bogdáni út 1, 1033
9:30 – Opening and welcome, Dániel Horváth, András Guti, ÓBVF
9:35 – Welcome and framing by Ferenc Burján, Deputy Mayor of Óbuda
9:40 – High-level remarks from Sándor Bardóczi, Chief Landscape Architect, Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Municipality of Budapest
10:05 – What is the role of the public sector in Food Systems Transformation? Why urban farming? ESSRG
10:20 – Introduction of Baráthegyi Majorság – Farm in Miskolc, (Hungary), László Jakubinyi, farm manager
10:40 – Introduction of the Food Strategy of Cascais and the urban farm of Quinta da Pisao (Portugal), Municipality of Cascais, online
11:00 – COFFEE BREAK (with finger food)
11:15 – Introduction of Budapest Bike Maffia Farm (Hungary), Ágnes Vinkovits, farm manager
11: 30 – Introduction of the FOODCITYBOOST H2020 Project,, Pierre Chopin, project manager
11:45 – Introduction of the urban farm of Wroclaw (Poland), project manager, online
12:00 – Speed date with the CoFarm4Cities pilot farms – poster session:12 minutes/farm
13:00 – LUNCH (on site)
14:00 – Introduction of Bio-Zentrum Löbau, the Organic Farm of the municipality of Vienna (Austria), farm manager, online/in-person
14:20 The Urban Farming-based Sustainable Land Use (UFSLU) model, Saša Fluher, Institute for Circular Economy (Croatia)
14:35 – The importance of integrated policies, FoodCLIC Strategy building process, ESSRG
14:50 – COFFEE BREAK
15:00 – Lessons learned by CoFarm4City managers – Roundtable discussion with the farm managers of Krakow, Turin, Óbuda (and other farms from the present speakers?), moderator: Óbuda, TBC
15:45 – Closing, András Guti, project manager