Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon

What Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon does

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon (TAV Lyon) is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) operating since 2020 from Vénissieux in the Lyon Metropolis. It promotes food democracy and dignified access to sustainable, quality food, particularly for residents in precarious situations, through cooperation among social-economy organisations and local agricultural producers. The organisation functions as a coordinating collective of member associations including VRAC/MESA, Secours Catholique du Rhône, Bellebouffe, Epi c'est bon, Epicentre, the Fédération des Centres Sociaux du Rhône and Réseau AMAP AuRa, with democratic governance exercised through the volunteer Calim8 committee.

Its core product is the CALIM8 food wallet experiment in Lyon's 8th arrondissement, a mutualised fund in which contributors pay according to their means and receive €150 per month to spend at a conventioned network of 12 local organic farms and 10 partner stores meeting collective quality criteria. Supporting offerings include the MESA community food hub (cooking workshops, gleaning, nutrition education), the Table du 8ème community gatherings, and the broader Pôle de résilience alimentaire project. There is no proprietary technology stack; operations rely on a YesWiki-hosted website, LinkedIn and Instagram accounts, and partner-network coordination.

TAV is funded primarily through public subsidies from Métropole de Lyon, Fonds Mieux Manger Pour Tous, Ville de Lyon and Banque des Territoires, supplemented by private foundation support (Fondation La Poule Rousse, Réseau Biocoop), member cotisations and crowdfunding via HelloAsso. Distribution runs through the conventioned farm and store network plus the MESA hub, with go-to-market driven by community meetings, word-of-mouth and partner referrals rather than paid acquisition. The association sits within a four-city national Territoires à VivreS network covering Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier and Toulouse, and operates with a small core team of five employees led by two coordo-animatrices.

Name

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon

Legal name

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon

Website

https://tav-lyon.xyz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon is a French non-profit association running the CALIM8 food fund experiment in Lyon 8th arrondissement, where members contribute by means and receive €150 monthly to spend at a conventioned network of local organic farms and stores, while serving food-insecure residents and local producers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Security Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Member-Owned Food Cooperatives (CRAHALAA)

Keywords

• Food security initiative
• Community food fund
• Food democracy
• Solidarity food access
• Local food systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Vénissieux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Contributions (Cotisations): Members contribute monthly to the collective fund based on their means. Solidarity contributors commit to contributing at least as much as the amount received, enabling support for people in precarious situations.
2. Public Subsidies: Funding from public institutions including Métropole de Lyon, Fonds Mieux Manger Pour Tous, Ville de Lyon, and Banque des Territoires.
3. Private Donations and Grants: Support from private foundations including Fondation La Poule Rousse and Réseau Biocoop, plus crowdfunding campaigns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon runs the CALIM8 (Caisse de l'ALIMentation du 8ème) food solidarity experiment in Lyon 8th arrondissement, where members contribute monthly based on their means and receive €150 in credits redeemable at a conventioned network of 12 local organic farms and 10 grocers. It supplements this with MESA, a community food hub offering workshops and gleaning activities, and Table du 8ème, a community dialogue platform on food democracy.

Product overview

Territoires à VivreS Grand Lyon operates as a community food solidarity initiative with four interconnected offerings: CALIM8 serves as the primary food fund experiment enabling income-based contributions and food credits at local partners; the Calim8 Committee provides democratic governance by resident-members; MESA acts as a community engagement hub for food education activities; and Table du 8ème facilitates community dialogue around food democracy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CALIM8 (Caisse de l'ALIMentation du 8ème) A food solidarity experiment in Lyon 8th arrondissement where participants contribute monthly according to their means and receive €150 to spend in participating local shops and farms, supporting organic and local food access.
• MESA (Maison Engagée et Solidaire de l'Alimentation) A community space in Lyon 8th arrondissement dedicated to engaged and solidarity-based food, offering cooking workshops, gleaning activities, and nutrition education.
• Table du 8ème A community gathering initiative bringing together residents and associations to discuss food issues and celebrate food cultures in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon.
• Calim8 Committee A committee of volunteer residents from Lyon 8th, including people experiencing food insecurity, that meets regularly to make democratic decisions about the food fund's operations, contribution amounts, and participating retailers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 350 residents accessing quality food through the food fund
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Réseau BiocoopsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganic retail network potentially serving as partner for food distribution.
• Maison Engagée et Solidaire de l'Alimentation (MESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity food hub operated by VRAC, key partner in food distribution and outreach.
• Secours Catholique du RhônecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor social charity organization engaged in COTECH Démocratie alimentaire.
• VRACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation managing the MESA community food hub and engaged in food accessibility initiatives.
• Fédération des Centres Sociaux du RhônecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation of social centers engaged in the food democracy project governance.
• BellebouffecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity education organization focused on food culture and democracy, co-organizes events.
• Réseau AMAP AuRacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional AMAP (Associations for the Maintenance of Local Agriculture) network, engaged in project governance.
• EpicentresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization engaged in food democracy initiatives.
• Epi c'est bonsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal organic food retailer serving as conventioned partner for food fund.
• Collectif Pour une Sécurité Sociale de l'AlimentationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational collective developing the Food Security Social Security concept that inspires the local experiment. TAV Lyon participates in demonstrating and testing this model.
• Carav'alimsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPopular education movement for food rights that organizes learning visits and supports food democracy initiatives across France.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires: National federation of food banks collecting and redistributing food to charitable organizations. Comparable to TAV Lyon as a French food-security infrastructure operator, though it relies on food collection rather than member-contribution funding models.
• Restos du Cœur: One of France's largest food aid charities, distributing food to people in precarious situations nationwide. It is comparable to TAV Lyon's mission of addressing food insecurity, though it operates a traditional food-basket model rather than TAV's democratic credit-card approach.
• Secours Populaire Français: Large French non-profit addressing poverty and food insecurity through material aid and solidarity programs. Shares TAV Lyon's focus on dignified food access for vulnerable populations but operates at national scale with conventional welfare-distribution methods.
• Secours Catholique: Major French Catholic anti-poverty charity addressing food insecurity among vulnerable populations. Secours Catholique du Rhône is a core strategic partner in TAV Lyon's COTECH Démocratie alimentaire, making it both a peer and a collaborator in Lyon.
• Fondation La Poule Rousse: French private foundation funding food security and solidarity projects. It is both a financial partner of TAV Lyon and a peer as a funder in the French sustainable-food ecosystem supporting grassroots food access initiatives.
• Réseau Biocoop: France's largest network of organic and fair-trade retail cooperatives. Réseau Biocoop is both a potential distribution partner for TAV Lyon's food fund and a structural peer in advancing organic, local food access across France.

Direct peers

• VRAC: National association promoting access to healthy, organic food for low-income households through bulk-buying groups. VRAC operates the MESA community food hub that is itself a partner of TAV Lyon, and shares TAV's mission of dignified food access via solidarity-based purchasing models.
• Réseau AMAP Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional federation of Associations for the Maintenance of Local Agriculture (AMAPs) connecting consumers directly with local organic farmers. Réseau AMAP AuRa is a core governance partner of TAV Lyon and shares its mission of sustainable, local food systems.
• Collectif Pour une Sécurité Sociale de l'Alimentation: National collective developing the Food Security Social Security concept that directly inspires TAV Lyon's CALIM8 experiment. TAV Lyon is a territorial demonstrator of this collective's policy vision, making it the most direct conceptual peer.
• Bellebouffe: Community-based food education organization promoting food culture and democratic food governance in Lyon. Bellebouffe is a core strategic partner of TAV Lyon, co-organizing events and contributing directly to its community engagement programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/territoires-%C3%A0-vivres-grand-lyon
• Instagraminstagram.com/tav_calim8

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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