Irish CSA Celebrated at the Feeding Ourselves 2017 Gathering
The Feeding Ourselves 2017 gathering at the WeCreate centre in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Ireland, is a now annual event that focuses on community and agroecological approaches to farming and food. This year, 70 people came together over a night and two days to meet up, hang out, plot, plan and generally get energised and inspired by each other's company.
The European Declaration on CSA: Guidelines for the Future
Bayer bought out Monsanto for 66 billion dollars. The game of Monopoly continues with a small number of agro-industrial giants sharing out their control of living organisms. The reaction of millions of people to this is one of urgency: they share the feeling of a need to act, to take back control of their food systems. Their slogans are the independence of peasants, consumers right to choose and the collective right to decide what model of food system we want. Their collective actions cover a broad scope. But one of the most highly developed and demanding approaches is that of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). By Jocelyn Parot, General Secretary of the international network Urgenci
Splitting the Banana: How Long and Short Value Chains should jointly Face Deregulation
A seminar on Deregulation in Value Chains held late August turned out to be the moment for a long-awaited exchange between local and global fair, sustainable food initiatives.
5th National AMAP meeting
The French Community Supported Agriculture movement (AMAP) facing domestic challenges, hopes for European support By Jocelyn Parot, General Secretary of Urgenci Urgenci,...Read More