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Community Building on a CSA Farm, in Hungary
By Zsofia Perenyi, TVE, also Special Expert on Education and Training in URGENCI, There is a wonderful CSA farm in West part of Hungary, in a small village called Dunasziget. It is like a little fairy-tale land: a beautifully renovated hundred-year-old adobe house hides in the trees, at the end of the
Make CSA not war!
Everyone is dealing with the conflict in Ukraine. Everyone is experiencing anxiety, fear, worry… Even me. In such a situation, does it make sense to spread awareness about something like Community Supported Agriculture? I’ve been thinking about it all day. I think it’s important. It’s exactly what I can do
#CSADay Photo Contest: and the Winner is…
Congratulations to the winners of the #CSADay photo contest, a “Perfect Day in our CSA” ! We’ll contact you shortly for your prizes. You can check out all the winners here: https://urgenci.net/photo-contest-csa-day-2022/
Let’s celebrate #CSADay !
Let’s celebrate CSA day ! As every year our movement makes waves on #CSAday to spread the word about CSA even further and inspire eaters to join us. (Cover photo credit: Sarka Krcikova) CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and includes a wide diversity of approaches that all aim to
Central and Eastern European Meeting of Community -Supported Agriculture, 12-14 November 2021
A comprehensive report about the meeting held in Wroclaw and its surroundings, in Poland, 12-14 November 2021
CSA Day Photo Competition: a Perfect Day in our CSA
For this year’s CSA day on the 22nd of February we invite you to send in your most beautiful images showing what CSA is all about.
Agroecological Youth Education
EN – Agroecological Youth Education for Future (AYE!) Agroecological Youth Education for Future (AYE!) is an Erasmus+ project that aims to increase the environmental awareness and ecological literacy of the youth by introducing them to agroecology as a holistic science which provides solutions for sustainable environment and sustainable food systems.
Job Announcement: Movement Coordinator
The URGENCI team is growing, and we are seeking a talented and collaborative professional to join us as our Movement Coordinator. If you feel you want to bring your skills and play a role in a dynamic and mission-driven organization, we invite you to apply!
URGENCI’s first online course is about to start
This is a historical moment as URGENCI is launching its first online course – an e-learning course for food citizens — with a live session to be held today, Monday 10 January at 1400 CET. This capacity-building training is designed for 20-25 food community members from different parts of the world who are interested in making more sustainable food choices, learning about farmer fairness and protecting the planet.
The course will be offered using URGENCI’s new online learning platform, https://hub.urgenci.net/.
Mediterranean Caravan of Agroecology: Stories from the Field collected during the Kick Off Meeting in Portugal
This is the diary from the second day of the Kick-Off Meeting of the Mediterranean Caravan of Agroecology -project, held in Portugal 18-20 October 2021. The visits described here are to Quinta Jasmim and Projeto Criana. By Carlota Ribeiro Sanches, from FCiencias.
Online course: Unlock your food citizen super power!
Are you interested to know how you can make more sustainable food choices, fair to farmers and the planet? Would you like to become active in a food community and understand how it works? If you’re intrigued to know what it means to be a Food Citizen then join us
The first Central and Eastern European meeting of Community-Supported Agriculture just kicked off in Wroclaw, Poland!
Wroclaw, Poland, 12 November 2021 The first Central and Eastern European meeting of Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) just kicked off: 30 participants from 6 different countries travelled to EkoCentrum Wrocław, Poland (https://bit.ly/3Hj2Wl2). All participants are citizens and farmers willing to build resilient food communities, where local, ecologically produced food is accessible and considered
