The final « Be part of CSA ! » meeting opens new perspectives !
Organizers of the European « Be part of CSA ! » educational project met in Timisoara on November, 21st-23rd, hosted by the Romanian CRIES partner.... Read More
Be Part of CSA! Booklet
The “Be part of CSA!” booklet is the main support of the training programme we completed; it summarises the basic learning points... Read More
More and more will “Be part of CSA”!
The 3rd European CSA meeting was also an important milestone for the “Be part of CSA!” educational programme. This was the first... Read More
Be part of CSA!
The Be part of CSA! project wishes to facilitate the spread of CSA initiatives by providing knowledge, skills and competences to local communities... Read More
URGENCI is happy to invite all CSA groups around the world to celebrate #InternationalCSADay!
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CSA is Growing Big in the Netherlands!
Five years ago there were only five initiatives, now there are over 90. In Flanders, de part of Belgium where the same language is used as the Netherlands, the CSA network is a bit more advanced: their formal association exists for several years now and many CSA initiatives as well.
National CSA Meeting in Norway
The most important event for CSAs in Norway is the national meeting organised by Organic Norway, coordinating the informal network of CSAs. In total 60 people were gathered for inspiration, updates, new knowledge and networking. In total 21 of the CSAs where represented, often with 2-3 persons from each CSA. Most Norwegian CSAs produce vegetables, but a few also have meat and dairy production. 4.300 shares were sold at Norwegian CSAs in 2018, with almost 9500 people eating from those shares.
Closing « Voices for CSA » does not mean shutting up !
20 participants from 10 different countries, from the Netherlands to Greece and from Spain to Romania, took part to the meeting.
Access to Land and CSA: Struggles, Invention, Advocacy
Several members of URGENCI took part to the European Seminar on Access to Land, that was held 9th-13th September 2019 in Villarceaux, France. The seminar was organised as part of a European Union-funded project on Local Land Strategies. 90 participants from all corners of Europe from Ireland to Greece and from Spain to Ukraine had the opportunity to share their experience.
News from “How to financially plan your CSA” in Czech Republic
The second of the four test seminars foreseen in the European project "Solid Base – Financial Sustainability for Solidarity-Based Food System“ focused on how to plan CSAs financially. During this seminar, the discussion was on how we should be looking for new ways of supporting the financial self-sufficiency
of solidarity food systems, including Community –Supported Agriculture (CSA).