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“Towards a stronger and broader food and farming movement in Europe”
Urgenci at the Friends of the earth meeting in Berlin: “Towards a stronger and broader food and farming movement in Europe” (Jan 2016) By Zsofi and Peter In January 2016, two Urgenci representatives attended the Friends of the Earth meeting in Berlin to connect with stakeholders from the food and
Report from the CSA Farming Conference in Beijing!
Report from the CSA Farming Conference in Beijing! This winter I didn’t get to go on any tropical vacation, but I can’t really complain because I got to go to…. China! Yes, it was freezing in Beijing. When we flew over the North Pole, the flight attendants served gelato, seriously.
Rural Regeneration: The Urgenci International CSA Conference in China
By Elizabeth Henderson Part 1 One of the first books I read after making the decision to move to a farm in Gill, MA was Farmers of Forty Centuries by F.H. King, a US agronomist who toured farms in China, Korea and Japan in 1909. I was impressed and inspired
Global Governance/Politics, Climate Justice & Agrarian/Social Justice
The International Institute for Social Studies in The Hague hosted their important annual gathering 4th and 5th February 2016 on the subject of Global Governance/Politics, Climate Justice & Agrarian/Social Justice: Linkages and Challenges.
Urgenci at the European Parliament with RIPESS EU
The European Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy: RIPESS Europe had a major presence and made a strong contribution to both plenary sessions and workshops. http://efsse.org/ Input by Urgenci included some aspects on social innovation, solidarity economy and food sovereignty. The European Union’s approach to agriculture and food almost totally overlooks the importance of
We have found Common Ground!
Urgenci and its partners have been promoting CSA in all its diversity and fostering exchanges among initiatives from different backgrounds, from the subsistence family-farming model to the well-established organic farms that have been certified already for several years. The main objective of the Common Ground for Community-Supported Agriculture in Europe project
Field Trip to South China Zeizhang Province
A small group of Urgenci members had the extreme good fortune to visit the South of China on a special field trip. After a 5am start and a difficult drive in extreme freezing smog, we had a hectic run to catch out plane, and just made it by the skin of our
The 2015 CSA Farming Annual Report
Small farm central released a few days ago their annual CSA farming report from last year. They analyzed 305 CSA farms that use their Member Assembler software to determine what is going on in the CSA farming movement by the numbers. How did membership grow from 2014 to 2015? What are overall
Elizabeth Henderson at the UN World Soil Day Celebration
“Soils: A Solid Ground for Life” Elizabeth Henderson, CSA pioneer and Urgenci’s president of honour, has been invited to speak at the request of Organics International (IFOAM), and traveled to New York City to participate in the World Soil Day Celebration and Closure of the International Year of Soils 2015
6th ICSAC in Beijing – First impressions
As the General Secretary of Urgenci, I want to send you all a huge thank you for your participation in the 6th International Symposium on Community Supported Agriculture. Thanks for your open-minded, hard-working, spirit. This event was a perfect reflection of our movement: thanks to your dedication, we represented a
The 6th International CSA Symposium in China
Urgenci is holding its 6th International CSA Conference in the Beijing Shunyi district (China) on November 19th-21st, in conjunction with the 7th Chinese national CSA conference. Thanks to Shi Yan and her team of organizers from around the world, more than 60 foreign delegates together with 350 Chinese participants will
Call for global mobilization for Food Sovereignty on October 16th!
Worldwide Alliance of Small Scale Food Producers Organisations launch: Call for global mobilization for Food Sovereignty on October 16th Press Release, 3rd September 2015 Small scale food producer organisations organized through the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) met in CopNaad, Mera in Gujarat, India to have their General
