Green Supply Chains

Locally Grown Food Exchange

Since 2018, as part of this project, four Locally Grown Food Exchange have been organized, which connected local food producers with restaurateurs and hoteliers, representatives of primary schools and nurseries, and representatives of other public institutions in the Ljubljana Urban Region.

The Locally Grown Food Exchange builds on the Green Supply Chains project in a sustainable development context since it raises awareness of the importance of locally produced ingredients even outside the sphere of tourism.

The project has since won important awards - in 2018 the project was awarded the Moving Forward award that honours best practices in public administration, the international award Best of Cities 2019 for the best sustainable practice in the category of cities and special recognition of the International Travel & Tourism Awards, awarded at one of the most important global tourism fair - WTM London.

Ljubljana Tourism has organised the Locally Grown Food Exchange in conjunction with the City of Ljubljana’s Environmental Protection Department, the Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region, the Ljubljana Agriculture and Forestry Institute and EKOmeter.

With the aim of shortening the supply chains Ljubljana Tourism is implementing other successful projects, such as the Ljubljana Breakfast, the Culinary Calendar and the culinary guided experience Yummy Market Walk.