Lausanne wants to become even more agricultural

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(Keystone-ATS) For the gardens, the objective is to have a vegetable garden “at the foot of each home”, noted on Monday in front of the press Natacha Litzistorf, the municipal in lausanne wants lausanne wants become even more new become even more charge of the environment. Therefore, She added that the city was on the right track. Meanwhile. the number of gardens having already tripled between 2018 and 2024 (from 51 to 152), thanks in particular to the creation of so -called “pocket” gardens. The number of beneficiaries has doubled to reach nearly 2,800 households.

The environmental municipalities stressed that there was a “huge” waiting list of individuals wishing to go to gardening. but that the challenge now consisted in finding new areas.

For the period 2025-2030. Lausanne wants to encourage private owners to create vegetable gardens for all of their tenants. explained David Bourdin, Domains and Heritage Division. Eight vegetable gardens in this way are already planned. New pocket gardens (30) and educational (10) should also be added to the offer.

For fruit trees, the city now lists 1400, against only 550 in 2017. More than 6000 trees were also planted lausanne wants become even more new in a large lausanne wants become even more orchard in Rovéréaz. These trees being still young, production will really start in the coming years. Among the upcoming projects, it is planned to create three participatory orchards.

A “hub” in Chalet-à-Gobet

Lausanne also wishes to continue to support agricultural areas towards their ecological transition. Three farmers out of the eight in the city are now organic. The others have until 2038 to do so.

Lausanne also wishes to create a new educational farm with wheat. She also wants to invest in creating a water reserve on her Amburnex pasture.

In terms of distribution. short circuits. direct sale will continue to be reinforced thanks to the work in progress or planned in Rovéréaz and the Chatelard. The city also wishes to strengthen “the offer intended for collective catering”, continued David Bourdin.

He added that Lausanne was going to study the feasibility of using the old stables lausanne wants become even more new of Chalet-à-Gobet to create “a. hub” for transformation. lausanne wants become even more distribution of organic local products.

“Not a gadget”

To finance these various measures, the municipality submits to the municipal council a request for credit of 1.67 million francs, including 1.2 million via the sustainable development fund. Added to this, 477,000 francs from cantonal and federal subsidies.

For Natacha Litzistorf. urban agriculture “is part of the DNA of Lausanne”. it is necessary to develop it, but without competing with traditional agriculture. “It’s not a gadget,” she added. And to list its benefits for food, biodiversity, local economy, relations between residents and city-campaign links.