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Let’s Celebrate CSA Day (and CSA Week) !
By the International Committee of URGENCI, 22 February 2021 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the name we give to a diversity of approaches that all aim to strengthen direct farmer-eater relationships. This includes sharing risks and benefits. This is the essence of CSA. International CSA Day, what is that? #CSADay
Roots of Resilience | 25/2/21, 14h-15h30 (CET, UTC+1 – Brussels)
In the context of the CAP reform and the Farm to Fork strategy, what challenges and opportunities does land policy offer for an agroecological transition in Europe?
Launching CSA in Ukraine and designing high-performance crop polycultures for CSA with vegetables and leafy greens
A free online farm conference in English will be organized on February 27th by the NGO “Permaculture in Ukraine” in collaboration with the “Visegrad and Beyond Permaculture Partnership”, The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., The Department of Agriculture, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, and German CSA network SOLAWI.
Land Struggles and Land Policies in Central and Eastern Europe – 8 February 14.00 (CET)
Land Strat Webinar Season 2, Episode 3 | 08/2/21 14h-15h30 (CET, UTC+1 – Brussels)
Enacting Resilience: the Response of LSPA to the Covid-19 Crisis
“Enacting Resilience”: the report on the response of Local Solidarity-based Partnerships for Agroecology (LSPA) to the Covid-19 Crisis has just been released. The team of grassroots actors, practitioners and researchers gathered by URGENCI wanted to gain a detailed understanding of how solidarity-based short supply chains and territorial food distribution systems
Eden on Fire: there is Hope in Amazonia
Ariel Molina, an agroecologist and activist, the founder of the CSA Brasil network and a member of the International Committee of URGENCI, wrote a manifesto concerning the dramatic situation in Manaus, Amazonia, where he lives. It is a moving testimony that should be shared with the entire network. Find the
URGENCI @Oxford Real Farming Conference
The Oxford Real Farming Conference is kicking off today! URGENCI is excited to be part of this year’s global online event. Find herean overview of the five sessions hosted by Urgenci. We hope to see you there!
Zooming in on the Brussels Bubble
By Judith Hitchman, President of the International Committee It is notoriously difficult to carry out advocacy in Brussels without having a dedicated person based there. And for a network like URGENCI, this is an issue, as advocating for key policy issues such as agroecology and the importance of short food
Building National Coalitions for Land Policy Reform – 8 December 14.00 (CET)
Land Strat Webinar Season 2, Episode 1 | 08/12/20 14h-15h30 (CET, UTC+1 – Brussels)
URGENCI Bidding Round 2020
URGENCI is launching its membership bidding round 2020! Place your bid before 30 November, write to contact(at)urgenci.net
URGENCI is looking for a Learning Designer to join its team!
The growth of activities has led to URGENCI recruiting a Learning Designer to develop and coordinate its online learning activities together with other training needs. We are looking for a Learning Designer to: Design online learning activities for URGENCI’s education platform. Oversee our training and education methodology approach. Design learning
Worldwide Survey on Solidarity Food Initiatives and Covid-19
URGENCI is undertaking a worldwide research on “The state of solidarity food initiatives in the time of Covid-19”. We want to gain a better picture about our movement’s contribution to more resilient and socially inclusive local food systems during crisis. You can help us gather and spread this information by
