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The Next URGENCI Membership Bidding Round will take place in September
URGENCI MEMBERSHIP FEE 2021 BIDDING ROUND (Also available in pdf – 374 Ko) What is the objective this year? The Covid-19 crisis is ongoing in many parts of the world and its impact is still unfolding. At this frightening moment when we need solidarity and compassion so badly, but can

More Mentors for Stronger CSA Networks Webinar Report
“More mentors for stronger CSA Networks”, 22 June 2021 As the Community Supported Agriculture movement grows and becomes more structured with an increased number of CSA networks, CSA mentorship programmes are also multiplying. There are two major reasons for this. On the one hand, as the years pass, more experience

Building Stronger Producer Consumer Relationships to Escape the Monocrop Farming Model
A reflection on the role of local and solidarity -based partnerships for Agroecology in supporting cultivated biodiversity.

How to Best Support Your Farmer Webinar Report
“How to Best Support your Farmer ?”, 25 May 2021 Quite a lot of farmers feel isolated and desperate. Food communities can play a major role in providing social support. But it is not so easy to find the right balance between being listened in a supportive way and being

More Mentors for Stronger CSA Networks!
Food Communities Webinar 3 | 22/6/21, 14h-15h30 (CEST – Brussels)

Seed Saving is a Struggle
Let’s visit Turkey, which is both a hot-spot for cultivated biodiversity and for political diversity.

Let’s put the right seeds on our plate!
A growing movement of conscious consumers in Finland

CSA for CSB Webinar Report
How to turn a missed rendezvous between Community Supported Agriculture and Community Seed Banks into an “happy ending love story”?

Land policy is key to agroecological transition in F2F Strategy and CAP reform
In a report launched February 2021, the Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia Food Sovereignty Network and Innovative Land Strategies Partnership outline how land policies can support or hinder Europe’s transition to agroecology, a central component in the move towards more sustainable and equitable food systems and societies.

CSA and Cultivated Biodiversity: a Missed Rendezvous?
Find the main highlights from the report and the link to download the full report.

Let’s Celebrate CSA Day (and CSA Week) !
By the International Committee of URGENCI, 22 February 2021 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the name we give to a diversity of approaches that all aim to strengthen direct farmer-eater relationships. This includes sharing risks and benefits. This is the essence of CSA. International CSA Day, what is that? #CSADay

Roots of Resilience | 25/2/21, 14h-15h30 (CET, UTC+1 – Brussels)
In the context of the CAP reform and the Farm to Fork strategy, what challenges and opportunities does land policy offer for an agroecological transition in Europe?