As the aim of the Closer to Farm projective was to create a blended approach to raising awareness of the SFSC and food sustainability through innovative and gamified approaches, the main objectives were identified as follows: 1. Enhance young people’s knowledge about the key role of the Short Food Supply chains for food sustainability and a healthy and accessible food consumption; 2. Improve skills of youth workers and farmers in the use of gamification and QBM in awareness-raising activities for young people; 3. Bring consumers closer to producers supporting the SFSC; 4. Raise awareness of successful initiatives related to SFSC to facilitate their replicability supporting active youth citizenship. By utilising this creative approach, the objectives were realistic and achievable, providing a genuine learning opportunity through actively engaging young people that are at the centre of the food choices being made now and into the future.
The Closer to Farm project aimed to enhance young people’s knowledge about the key role of the Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) for food sustainability and a healthy and accessible food consumption system by improving the skills of youth workers and farmers in the use of gamification and QBM in awareness-raising activities for young people. In addition, this project aimed to bring consumers closer to producers supporting short SFSC and raise awareness on successful initiatives related to SFSC to facilitate their replicability supporting active youth citizenship. The entire food system, from production and consumption to waste, has a major influence on the environment, public health, and food safety, and is one of the key contributors to climate change. The Closer to Farm project aimed to contribute to the Farm to Fork Strategy, which seeks to make food systems fair, healthy, and environmentally sustainable. The strategy emphasises that consumers should be empowered to make sustainable food choices, and that all actors in the food chain share both a responsibility and an opportunity to do so. Young people as active consumers and citizens, can reconnect with the origins of food and become catalysts for change.