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CSAct! springs into action!
by Rachel Harries. Thirty farmers from nine different Europe countries gathered in northern Italy from 21-26 January 2018 for the first CSAct! training programme. The programme aims to improve existing training and resources for CSA farmers, equipping them with the skills and tools to produce healthy sustainable food for local
CSAct! Kick-off meeting in Wroclaw (POL), Oct 2017
On October 18-20, 2017, 16 partners from the CSAct! Erasmus+ project gathered at EkoCentrum Wrocław, hosted by our Polish partners from Fundacja EkoRozwoju (FER). The main objectives of the Kick-off meeting was to make clearer to everyone about theCSAct! objectives and activities to be developed during the next 24 months and to
Learning Journey on LSPA in Lebanon, November 2017
Learning Journey on Local Solidarity Partnerships for Agroecology between producers and consumers in Lebanon, November 22-25, 2017 Press release, Monday, November 27, 2017 Urgenci, the international network of Local Solidarity Partnerships for Agroecology between producers and consumers (LSPA) and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding
Next Urgenci International Symposium and European Meeting in 2018 in Greece
The 7th Urgenci International Symposium and the 4th European Meeting of CSA Movements will be held 9-11 November 2018 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Steering Committee is forming and will hold its first online meetings shortly.
Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and Urgenci
PRESS RELEASE : Memorandum of Understanding signed in Rome : Urgenci officially recognized as long-term partner by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). 30 October 2017 will remain a singular moment in the history of Urgenci, the network of Community Supported Agriculture. A 3-year Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the President
Learning Journey on LSPA in Turkey, October 2017
The learning journey to Turkey just a step in the collective work towards a common training frame for local and solidarity -based partnerships for agroecolgy in the Mediterranean Sea region.
Full report from the “EAThink meets CSA” -Seminar in Normandy
Urgenci organized on the 10th and 11th of July 2017 an European seminar on Education to sustainable and local food. Around 30 network facilitators, locavores and teachers from 13 different countries, from Spain to Czech Republic and from Austria to Malta, shared their experience on the topic.
URGENCI has started a CSA network in Mexico
by Josefina Cendejas, Urgenci’s IC member for Latin America Urgenci, the international CSA network organized the 1st national CSA meeting (or ARC/ Agricultura de Responsabilidad Compartida – Shared Responsibility Agriculture) in Mexico from July 6 to 8 in Morelia and Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. The main objective was to foster dialogue between
“Civil society, Food and Sustainable Cities”, Valencia, Sept 15-16, 2017.
On September 15 and 16, a meeting on “Civil Society, Food and Sustainable Cities” was held in Valencia. Its purpose was to bring together a significant number of actors of the urban agrifood system, focusing on the civil society organizations. In that context, URGENCI was invited to participate in a
Access to land and CSA – stories from Europe
Access to agricultural land has become a major issue throughout Europe – we are witnessing loss of land, land degradation, land concentration, land price increases and speculation. Yet the growing demand for local, fair and organic food cannot be met without the land and the committed farmers. Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture meets Community Supported Fisheries!
About the Webinar organised by Local Catch. Community Supported Fisheries have been springing up all over the world. They are every bit as much an answer to industrial fishing as CSA is to agriculture. In North America there are already many thousands of members in an organised network, Local Catch.org.
¡Compartiendo la cosecha!
A very good news for all Spanish-speaking CSA activists ! Ecologistas en Acción finally published the e-book : Compartiendo la cosecha: Agricultura Apoyada por la Comunidad, una guía ciudadana, a Spanish version of Sharing the Harvest, by Elizabeth Henderson y Robyn Van En. In this Spanish translation of the thoroughly revised and
