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Community Supported Agriculture is a Safe and Resilient Alternative to Industrial Agriculture in the Time of Covid-19
The international campaign we are all engaged in to reduce our tragic losses to the Covid-19 crisis is just a rehearsal for the big campaign that lies ahead – to preserve and build sustainable local and territorial food systems that connect producers and consumers and provide healthy, nutritious food for all.
Eating in the time of Covid-19
URGENCI is joining a group of organisations and research units collecting experience -based feedbacks on “Eating in the time of Covid-19”.
Message of solidarity with Urgenci members around the world
The Covid19 virus is spreading fast at global level, and affecting all our lives, more in some countries than others.
This pandemic leads us to a certain number of collective reflections not just on our food systems, but also on the global political and economic system.
Solawi Spring Meeting
“Reaching the region” was the title and theme of the Solawi movement meeting that took place at the beginning of February. Around 120 people traveled to Freiburg from the whole of Germany to exchange ideas on how solidarity-based agriculture (Solawi) can grow beyond the niche position. The movement wants to make a contribution to the transformation of the agricultural system and social change.
URGENCI is happy to invite all CSA groups around the world to celebrate #InternationalCSADay!
For many thousands of farmers around the world, #InternationalCSADay can bring about real change: sign up and support your local farmer! Give CSA farms a solid base
New Year, New Decade and New Logo for URGENCI
We feel that collectively, this new era requires fresh energies and ever-greater cooperation between producers and consumers. And a new look.
CSA is Growing Big in the Netherlands!
Five years ago there were only five initiatives, now there are over 90. In Flanders, de part of Belgium where the same language is used as the Netherlands, the CSA network is a bit more advanced: their formal association exists for several years now and many CSA initiatives as well.
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals
In Ireland, the State has decided to hold a series of SDG Stakeholder consultations with civil society actors, ranging from social movements to NGOs and private sector interests. These consultations will then form the basis for a series of policy provisions. The Coalition 2030 (coalition2030.org) brings together over 60 CSOs to facilitate these consultations, together with the State Department of Communications, Climate action and Environment. These consultations take place every two months on the various SDGs. URGENCI was represented in the December 2019 consultation in Dublin.
National CSA Meeting in Norway
The most important event for CSAs in Norway is the national meeting organised by Organic Norway, coordinating the informal network of CSAs. In total 60 people were gathered for inspiration, updates, new knowledge and networking. In total 21 of the CSAs where represented, often with 2-3 persons from each CSA. Most Norwegian CSAs produce vegetables, but a few also have meat and dairy production. 4.300 shares were sold at Norwegian CSAs in 2018, with almost 9500 people eating from those shares.
Closing « Voices for CSA » does not mean shutting up !
20 participants from 10 different countries, from the Netherlands to Greece and from Spain to Romania, took part to the meeting.
SolidBase Hackathon on the radio in Germany and Portugal
Interviews about the SolidBase Hackathon are now available online.
SolidBase Research Report on the Financial Sustainability of CSA
Within the frame of the SolidBase project on the financial sustainability of Community -Supported Agriculture, a research was conducted among the CSA movement, through an online questionnaire answered by 116 groups in Europe, a consumer questionnaire filled in by more than 320 respondents, and in-depth interviews with more than 40 CSA farmers. The result for the research is now available: SolidBaseResearch
