The European Fusilli Project In the city of Turin: the Systemic Design of Circular Agri-Food Proposals involving local actors of Mirafiori Sud district

The topic of enhancing food waste and preventing wastefulness in all phases of the food value chain is nowadays increasingly prevalent to respond to some complex contemporary challenges. When the food issue is treated outside the industrial context, covering the urban scenarios, it also involves the dimension of neighborhoods and micro-communities. In this background, transdisciplinary Systemic Design projects originate which aim to plan and implement Circular Economy for Food activities in the catering, agricultural, and domestic sectors, aimed at inclusively involving the diversified communities of local citizens. The objective of this contribution is to illustrate the results that the European H2020 FUSILLI project is bringing within the city of Turin (Piedmont, Italy), in particular in the peripheral neighborhood of Mirafiori Sud, where different migratory flows have stratified over the years. Specifically, through the Systemic Design methodology, a circular restaurant and a circular kiosk were developed through co- creation processes within a Sustainable FoodLivingLab, based on the valorization of the less noble parts of food. In particular, the aim is to increase levels of food awareness in terms of recovery and valorization of food, still characterized by sensorial and nutritional properties, respecting the gastronomic cultures of the different ethnic groups of the neighborhood and triggering virtuous behavioral change. The project was supported by the collaboration of the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, the Fonda azione Comunità di Mirafiori, Orti Generali, the University of Turin and, obviously, the City of Turin, and required the trans-disciplinary collaboration of designers, gastronomes and local administrators.