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URGENCI Bidding Round 2019
Following the decision made during URGENCIi’s 2018 General Assembly to amend our membership fee scheme, we are excited to let you know that the 2019 membership fee is now launched, with the new bidding model.
Following the decision made during URGENCIi’s 2018 General Assembly to amend our membership fee scheme, we are excited to let you know that the 2019 membership fee is now launched, with the new bidding model.
In Freiburg, Germany, there will be a special event 15-17 November 2019 in the frame of the SolidBase project. The goal is to address both the question of IT development and training for Community Supported Agriculture.
How does the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) contribute to the fight against global warming? Judith Hitchman, President of Urgenci, explains the role of Community Supported Agriculture and its benefits in mitigating our impact on the climate.
“Our hub combines all the functionalities of a resource centre for CSA members, CSA farmers and CSA trainers”, explains Zsofia Perenyi, URGENCI’s Special Expert on Education and one of the key persons behind the hub. “There are modular training curricula to follow, videos to watch, sample documents to be used in so-called “real life”, webinars to attend or to listen to, mentors to interact with, practical booklets to print for yourself and many many more… “.
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).
This report describes the responses received to a survey of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018. In this executive summary, key findings are highlighted, though for a more complete picture of the findings please refer to the full report on the following pages.
URGENCI, the global movement of Community Supported Agriculture, is planning to revamp its visual identity in 2019! This summer URGENCI is calling for proposals for
URGENCI participated in the Nyeleni Europe meeting that took place 1-3 June in Bucharest, Romania.
The 5th Module of CSAct training programme was tested in Hungary in May. Training participants were motivated to get to know the concept and were especially interested in learning about the financial aspects of CSA initiatives.
URGENCI, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)1 network and its national members from 12 European countries held an advocacy capacity building session in Brussels. This training session took place on the 14th, 15th, 16th of May. CSA advocates had an unprecedented opportunity to share experience and to refine their key messages.