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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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URGENCI is proud to announce the launching of the CLIP!

The Communications, Learning and Innovation Platform (CLIP) is the information channel of the COACH project. The CLIP is hosted on URGENCI’s hub and stores all the COACH materials and outputs. It helps to maximise the impact of the project, while simultaneously providing a dynamic virtual space for coaching and training. The CLIP hosts a searchable ‘Living

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CSIPM Statement on Inequalities at the CFS51 Plenary.

Statement delivered by Judith Hitchman (URGENCI) and Dee Woods (Landworkers’ Alliance) on behalf of the Equity Working Group of the CSIPM, during the session on “Addressing Multiple Dimensions of Inequalities: Reducing Inequalities for Food Security and Nutrition” of the CFS Plenary.   Thank you chair. The CSIPM thanks the HLPE

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The “Journey to Green Horizons” Comicbook

We are really excited to share with you the comicbook “Journey to Green Horizons”! This comicbook has been realized during the project Agroecological Youth Education for Future (AYE!), an Erasmus+ project that aims to increase the environmental awareness and ecological literacy of the youth by introducing them to agroecology as

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Episode 18, The Mediterranean Caravan Podcast!

The Mediterranean Caravan Podcast visits the Citizen Food Network in Tunisia   In this episode of the Mediterranean Caravan Podcast, we visit Tunisia to learn more about the Citizen food network, a project by Association Tunisienne de Permaculture (ATP – the Tunisian permaculture association) that links agroecological producers with prosumers

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Learning and Sharing Agroecology, Webinar Recap!

On Thursday 21 September, the partners from “The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology – MedCaravan” project hosted a webinar to share the results and educational material co-created during the project with the different actors working in agroecology around the Mediterranean basin. The MedCaravan Project is an Erasmus+ educational project

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Best Practice Guide for Collecting Agroecological Knowledge

The climate crisis demands urgent action, and communities worldwide are recognizing the pressing need to adopt sustainable practices. Rampant consumption and globalized production systems are contributing to the loss of vital resources like fertile soils, biodiversity, and local seeds. They also exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities. In this context, solutions like agroecological

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Exploring Community-Supported Agriculture and Local Solidarity Partnerships: Insights from the SALSIFI Country Dossiers

The SALSIFI project, a partnership initiative focused on advocating for sustainable food systems and food system transformation, recently published a guidebook outlining the state of affairs in each partner country. This Country Dossier handbook casts a spotlight on the legal and policy landscapes surrounding Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Local Solidarity

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SALSIFI Food Policy Handbook: A Guide to Sustainable Food Systems

The Food Policy Handbook is a comprehensive guide to sustainable food policies at local, national, European, and Eastern European levels. It draws on real-life examples from various countries where the CSA/LSPA (Community Supported Agriculture / Local Solidarity Partnerships in Agriculture) movement has been a driving force for positive change. The

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URGENCI participates in the annual celebration of Les Paniers Marseillais

On Saturday May 13th, 2023, we took part in the General Assembly and annual celebration of Les Paniers Marseillais (PAMA – a CSA network in Southern France) where we presented educational material created within the MedCaravan Erasmus+ project and welcomed other partners from the Mediterranean to present their agroecological initiatives.

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