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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
European CSA Research group meeting, August 2015
The European CSA Research Group meeting, August 26-27 near Freiburg (Germany) Report by Peter Volz, September 2015. The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement is being increasingly recognized for offering an alternative to the unsustainable industrial food system and thus a concrete approach in the transition towards agroecology and food sovereignty.
LetSFS event in Poland by Vratislava Janovská
The event of LetSFS project “Learning from CSA pioneers”, that took place in Poland in March 2015 was captured by Czech participant Vraťka Janovská, whose main concern is Access to land which was nicely and visually connected with CSA in this presentation:
Report on the LeTSFS workshop held in Berlin, Germany
From Thursday 18th to Sunday 22nd September 2014 a total of 26 people from the 7 LeTSFS partner countries gathered in Berlin to visit local food production and distribution projects and to discuss the various issues arising from these and other experiences of such projects.
Ellinor Lindahl and Lina Hirsch on meeting in Hungary
Ellinor Lindahl and Lina Hirsch from farming cooperative Concrete Farming had the chance to travel to Hungary to take part in the CSA (community supported agriculture) workshop and study visit on. Here they tell us about their trip: At the end of May, we had the pleasure to be two
