Contexte
The share of sustainable, healthy, and local products in the urban market is very limited, while various recent market studies show that the potential market is considerable. The challenge is how we entice/convince urban consumers to eat sustainable, healthy, and local products from their own region at fair (inclusive) prices—in other words:
Local, the New Normal.
Ultimately, with the "Local, the New Normal" project, we hope to achieve substantial sales and market share for sustainable, healthy, and local food through short supply chains in the urban consumer market. The potential demand/needs of urban consumers form the starting point. Crucially, the development of new revenue models combined with marketing concepts tailored to the various target groups is essential to capitalize on sustainability performance and added value (food as a "carrier" of ecological, social, and societal values) in the urban market.
Objectives
Realizing substantial sales and market share of sustainable, healthy and local food via short chains in the urban consumer market, where the potential demand/needs of the urban consumer forms the starting point. What is essential is the development of new revenue models in combination with sales concepts tailored to the various target groups in order to "capitalize" on the sustainability performance and added value (food as a 'carrier' of ecological, social and societal values) in the urban market.
Objectives
Realiseren van een substantiële afzet en marktaandeel van duurzaam, gezond en lokaal voedsel via korte ketens in de stedelijke consumentenmarkt, waarbij de potentiële vraag/behoefte van de stedelijke consument het vertrekpunt vormt. Wezenlijk is daarbij de ontwikkeling van nieuwe verdienmodellen in combinatie met afzetconcepten afgestemd op de verschillende doelgroepen om de duurzaamheidsprestaties en de meerwaarde (voedsel als ‘drager’ van ecologische, sociale en maatschappelijke waarden) te “verzilveren” in de stedelijke markt.
Activities
The activities within the project are as follows:
- Develop a project plan
- Establish and organize an urban partnership and collaboration between urban farmers and regular farmers/growers for joint marketing
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative market research
- Develop revenue models, specifically the input for a "quality system" from the urban consumer/buyer and the scaling up of the added value strategy to 20-30 farmers/growers
- Develop new marketing concepts (3 to 5 for the various target groups) depending on the market research results
- Develop an action plan and involve/jointly supervise the consumer/buyer
- Report on the detailed and tested marketing and communication strategy.
Activities
- Opstellen projectplan
- Opzet en organisatie stedelijk samenwerkingsverband en samenwerking van “stadsboeren” en “reguliere” boeren/telers t.b.v. gezamenlijke afzet
- Kwalitatief en kwantitatief marktonderzoek
- Ontwikkelen van verdienmodellen, m.n. de input voor “kwaliteitssysteem” vanuit de stedelijke consument/afnemer en de opschaling van de meerwaardestrategie naar 20 – 30 boeren/telers
- Organisatie nieuwe afzetconcepten (3 tot 5 voor de verschillende doelgroepen) afhankelijk van resultaten marktonderzoek
- Opstellen van plan van aanpak en betrokkenheid/medeverantwoordelijk consument/afnemer
- Rapportage uitgewerkte en geteste marketing- en communicatiestrategie.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014NL06RDNP001 Plattelandsontwikkelingsprogramma voor Nederland 2014-2020 (POP3)
Emplacement
- Main geographical location
- Arnhem/Nijmegen
EUR 393600.00
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Ressources
1 Practice Abstracts
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Gerard Titulaer - Gebiedscoöperatie Oregional
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Natuurkoeien Jos Bolk en Kwekerij de Beijer
Project partner