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FROM UNIFORMITY TO DIVERSITY
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) brings together expert voices representing different disciplines and different types of knowledge, to inform the policy debate on how to reform food systems across the world. They recently published a comprehensive study (June 2016) : From uniformity to diversity: A paradigm shift
CSA in Norway
By Elizabeth Henderson Marte Guttulsrod and Alexandra Devik introduce the new symbol for the Oikos CSA network. Oikos – Organic Norway paid me the great honor of inviting me to be the keynote speaker for their second annual CSA conference, June 23 in Oslo. The gathering took place in a
Final negotiations of the policy text on Connecting Smallholders to Markets
Last week, in Rome, on 8-9 June, Shi Yan and Judith Hitchman, URGENCI’s vice-president and president, participated in the final negotiations of the policy text on Connecting Smallholders to Markets, on behalf of Urgenci, as part of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) delegation. Other Civil society organizations were present as
5th National AMAP meeting
The French Community Supported Agriculture movement (AMAP) facing domestic challenges, hopes for European support By Jocelyn Parot, General Secretary of Urgenci Urgenci, the European CSA movement, and how to connect the different levels of action for Food Sovereignty ranked high among the hot topics discussed at the 5th National AMAP
Crowdfunding the 3rd European Community Supported Agriculture meeting!
Crowdfunding the 3rd European Community Supported Agriculture meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic (Sept 16-18, 2016.) Urgenci International together with ProBioLiga are launching an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on June 1st. 2016 at 13:00 CET to support the organisation of the 3rd European Community Supported Agriculture meeting. Our aim is to identify
CSA in West Africa
Africa has always been a continent where Agroecology was practiced before the introduction of chemical inputs in the 1990s. This is when peasants turned to ‘conventional’ agriculture. Many African small-scale producers are now trying to return to Agroecology, to grow crops that are healthy both for humans and the environment
Eating from the Farm: the social, environmental, and economic benefits of local food systems
This is definitely the week for important publications! After the Urgenci major publication on CSA in Europe, here is an analysis of some of the different parts of the new food system in Europe by Friends of the Earth Europe. Including CSA of course, and with a contribution from Urgenci.
FAO consultation with Civil Society and FAO Regional Conference
57 organisations, mainly social movements, from all over Europe and Central Asia came together in Antalya for the FAO European and Central Asian Consultation with civil society. All constituencies were represented (farmers, fishers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, consumers, workers, NGOs, women and youth, as well as the three regions of Eastern
New report “European CSA Overview” released by the European CSA research group!
The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement is being increasingly recognized for offering an alternative to the unsustainable industrial food system and thus as a concrete approach in the transition towards agroecology and food sovereignty. In the “European CSA Overview”, the European CSA Research Group combines the knowledge of actors from
FAO Regional Consultation with Civil Society in Antalya, Turkey
The FAO REgional Consultation with Civil Society took place in Antalya, Turkey, May 2-3. There were 4 members of Urgenci who tool part: Marius from the Romanian ASAT, Ceyhan from our Mediterranean network, Isa from Nekesarea, and myself. 4 civil society spokespeople were designated for the FAO Regional Conference. The
Intervention by La Via Campesina at the ‘30th FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia’, in Turkey
(Antalya Turkey, May 5, 2016) Adnan Çobanoğlu from the Confederation of Farmers’ Unions (ÇİFTÇİ-SEN), a member organization of La Via Campesina, made a few important interventions at the 30th FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia, being held in Antalya, Turkey. Here is the full text of his interventions. I
Ripess, Right to the City Platform and Habitat III
Public Spaces and Right to the City: Barcelona paves the way towards Habitat III RIPESS/Urgenci participation in the Right to the City Platform meeting and Habitat lll Consultation on Public Spaces in Barcelona 2-5th April 2016 At the Mexico City Habitat lll meeting, a session was dedicated to Social and
