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Community Supported Fisheries Around Europe: Belgium

A contribution by Thibault Josse, Pleine Mer / URGENCI In Belgium, the majority of the landings come from the industrial fishing sector. In total, Belgian fishermen fished 26,000 tons of seafood per year in 1950, a figure that collapsed to 5,000 tons in the 2000s. Grey shrimp (Crangon crangon) and

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Community Supported Fisheries Around Europe: Ireland

A contribution by Thibault Josse, Pleine Mer / URGENCI Ireland has a long history of fishing. In the 1950s, the Irish fishery landed about 20,000 tons of seafood per year. This figure gradually increased to 75,000 tons per year in the 1970s. Then, in the early 1980s, the fishery was

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Community Supported Fisheries Around Europe: Spain

A contribution by Thibault Josse, Pleine Mer / URGENCI Spain is the biggest fishing country in Europe in terms of tonnage. Galicia is the main fishing region in Spain, although there are also many fishing ports in Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Catalonia. Galicia is located at the northern

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Community Supported Fisheries Around Europe: Italy

A contribution by Thibault Josse, from Pleine Mer / URGENCI Italy is the country with the largest volume of fish landed in the Mediterranean. In the 1950s, Italian fishermen landed 350,000 tons of fish per year, a tonnage that increased enormously afterwards to reach a peak of 850,000 tons in

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#CSADay Photo Contest: and the Winner is…

Congratulations to the winners of the #CSADay photo contest, a “Perfect Day in our CSA” ! We’ll contact you shortly for your prizes. You can check out all the winners here: https://urgenci.net/photo-contest-csa-day-2022/

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Job Announcement: Movement Coordinator

The URGENCI team is growing, and we are seeking a talented and collaborative professional to join us as our Movement Coordinator. If you feel you want to bring your skills and play a role in a dynamic and mission-driven organization, we invite you to apply!

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 The first Central and Eastern European meeting of Community-Supported Agriculture just kicked off in Wroclaw, Poland!

Wroclaw, Poland, 12 November 2021 The first Central and Eastern European meeting of Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) just kicked off:  30 participants from 6 different countries travelled to EkoCentrum Wrocław, Poland (https://bit.ly/3Hj2Wl2). All participants are citizens and farmers willing to build resilient food communities, where local, ecologically produced food is accessible and considered

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Farmers’ Protests in Europe: A Call for Food System Transitions.

[Caen, 14th March 2024] – In recent weeks a rise in farmers’ protests throughout Europe, signalling a crucial moment with potentially profound political ramifications. These movements, while somewhat diverse in their grievances, merge around some key demands, underscoring the urgent need for a meaningful food system transition.   Farmers’ demands:

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Citizens and Farmers’ mobilization in Paris

“It is important to share the word about the CSA movement, where so many experiences are conducted to answer the multiple agricultural crises: they are experimenting new price building techniques to guarantee a fair and stable price and to answer the call for more economic fairness, but they are also

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The AYE! Project has successfully ended!

URGENCI and the AYE! (Agroecological Youth Education for Future) project partners, are proud to announce the successful conclusion of the project! The project started in 2021 and aimed to increase awareness about the environment and ecological literacy among young people by providing them with comprehensive solutions for sustainable environmental and

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The story of CSA Green Radish!

We are continuing to share your #CSAStory with CSA Green Radish, the polish member of Zielona rzodkiewka! EN version: “As well as food, my CSA group also brings hope, because we can decide where our food comes from and have full confidence in its producers. By working directly with a

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The story of CSA Flor do Cerrado!

We are starting the week with our first #CSAStory! 🌱 EN version: Dear all, good morning. Hope you are having an amazing day. We are CSA Flor do Cerrado, we’ve started in 2017 through a partnership between agroecological farmers with organic production in Serrinha do Paranoá, the NGO Associação Alternativa

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CSA Day 2024: Concours d’écriture !

EN Au milieu des défis mondiaux et des incertitudes, les ASC / CSA / AMAP / GASAP et les PLSA (Partenariats locaux et solidaires pour l’Agroécologie) ont résistent, cultivant non seulement des récoltes, mais aussi l’espoir d’un avenir meilleur. À l’approche du #CSADay 2024, nous vous invitons à partager votre

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Let’s Celebrate CSA Day! Call for Stories

FR: CSA Day: In the midst of global challenges and uncertainties, CSAs and LSPAs have stood resilient, cultivating not only crops but also hope for a better tomorrow. While we approach #CSADay 2024, we invite you to share your experience by telling us about your stories, journeys, and triumphs!  Format:

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AYE! event in Prague

On the 11th of December, we launched the “Journey to Green Horizons” comic, as well as the new board game Planet A, created during the project Agroecological Youth Education for Future (AYE!) at the beautiful Municipal Library in Prague’s Velký mlýn cultural centre. We shared the stories about agroecology written

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Report of the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina

Isabel Alvarez Vispo, URGENCI’s President.   Español: Solas, a ninguna parte “Solas se puede ir más rápido, pero no llegaremos lejos”. Esta frase ha sido una de las más repetidas en la 8va Conferencia Internacional de La Vía Campesina en Bogotá. Prueba de ello, ha sido la presencia de alrededor

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Reconstructing, Re-inventing: the Brazilian Congress of Agroecology

Jocelyn Parot, General Secretary of the international network URGENCI and Scientific Collaborator at the University of Giessen,   The 12th Brazilian Agroecology Congress brought together over 5,000 activists in the centre of Rio de Janeiro on 20-23 November 2023. It had been four years since the last congress, and 20

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