The international campaign we are all engaged in to reduce our tragic losses to the Covid-19 crisis is just a rehearsal for the big campaign that lies ahead – to preserve and build sustainable local and territorial food systems that connect producers and consumers and provide healthy, nutritious food for all.
URGENCI participated in the Nyeleni Europe meeting that took place 1-3 June in Bucharest, Romania.
At a time when the CSA movement globally is working to gain greater recognition by policy makers, it comes a jaw-dropping and agreeable surprise to discover the extent to which CSA in China has gained legal status and is perceived as a genuine part of the way forward by all three levels of government in China (local, provincial and national).
The 10th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese network marked this achievement in many noteworthy ways.
A few weeks prior to the 7th Urgenci International Symposium (https://thessaloniki.urgenci.net), Urgenci is launching a #CSABeyondBorders series. Articles and essays written by CSA farmers and members,
#CSABeyondBorders, Episode 2. Our CSA Around the World -series now stops at one of the pioneering initiatives in Europe: the Jardins de Cocagne in Genève, Switzerland. The focus today is on core member’s involvement.
A few weeks prior to the 7th Urgenci International Symposium, Urgenci is launching a #CSABeyondBorders series. Articles and essays written by CSA farmers and members, testimonies from movement pioneers, interviews collected in all corners of the world, will be published. No better place than Japan to start our CSA around the world -trip.
The IPC holds a General Meeting every 2 years. This one took place in Paarl, about 50 km from Cape Town. It was organized by WFFP, the World Forum of Fisher People.
The interest in agroecology in West Africa has developed. This is due to the increased awareness through the high number of health and safety food scandals and studies that link certain pathologies to poor diet as well as due to soil depletion. However for the moment, the consumption of agroecological produce at local level is linked essentially to the emerging upper middle classes and expatriate circles.
by Josefina Cendejas, Urgenci’s IC member for Latin America Urgenci, the international CSA network organized the 1st national CSA meeting (or ARC/ Agricultura de Responsabilidad
There are currently around five hundred CSA projects in China, many of which were founded within the past ten years. The rapid spread of CSA
