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Nov 05 2019
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Food Policies in the European Union (Lisbon)

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About the Event

Recent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy may lead to progress in the building of sustainable food systems in Europe, but other actors are also driving this progress. Initiatives lead by civil society, non-governmental, local and private organisations are coordinating action on the ground and responding to increased demands for more sustainable food, reduced food waste, and local and fair production that respects both the environment and animal wellbeing.

Europe urgently needs food policies that reflect these demands. This conference will bring together key actors in the transition to a fair and sustainable food and agriculture system to discuss the way forward.

Speakers:

  • Maria José Ilhéu (Alimentar Cidades Sustentáveis)
  • Alexandra Azevedo (Quercus)
  • Cecília Delgado (Alimentar, Cidades Sustentáveis, CICS.NOVA – NOVA FCSH)
  • André Antunes (Chão Rico)
  • Denis Hickel (Quinta do Alecrim)

Programme

14.00 – Welcome tea and registration

14.20 – Introduction of the program and participants

14.50 – The Common Agricultural Policy: origins, limits and current challenges

Discussion and video presentation followed by discussion in groups

Presentation of the results

16.00 – Local responses to the challenges of sustainable food

Local solutions and products

16.30 – Innovation and challenges of food systems: examples from international experiences

Discussion and video presentation followed by discussion in groups

Presentation of the results

17.40 – 18.00 – “Wrap-up” and conclusions

Registration

Attendance to this event is free, please register your place via the form found here.

Please find the Facebook event page (in Portuguese) for this event here.

The language of this conference will be Portuguese.

 

Sep 04 2019
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Politics on the Plate – Visions and Demands for Urban Food of the Future (Vienna)

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Event background

As part of its thematic priority on food and agriculture, the Green European Foundation wants to bring together different actors of the food system to find alternative solutions to our current food supply which has negative impacts not only on us humans but more so on our environment. Furthermore, GEF’s activities aim to highlight and to support alternative proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

About the event

As part of a two-day symposium on urban agriculture with a particular focus on Vienna, GEF is organising, with the support of Grüne Bildungswerkstatt, a conference focusing on the political dimensions while fostering the exchange of best practices by inviting highlight projects from all over Europe to share their experiences with alternative urban food supply.

The objective is to get inspiration from each other as well as to formulate concrete recommendations for local politicians as well as citizens on how to ensure urban food supply of the future.

Programme

Friday, 18th October

10:00 Welcome and introduction – Rüdiger Maresch

10:30 – 12:30 European highlight projects of urban food policy

  • Dirk Holemans: Gent en Garde, Belgium
  • Emma Peyron: Copenhagen Food House, Denmark
  • tbc: Janet Sanz Cid: Barcelona, Catalonia-Spain

Q&A

12:30 – 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 – 14:45 Workshops: The political dimension of food

Workshop 1: Nutrition and social policies

  • Thomas Barborik: Food saving in Vienna
  • Melanie Oßberger, FIAN Austria: Human rights violation hunger – political causes, false solutions, and the right to food

Discussion in groups: How can the city contribute to improve the situation?

Workshop 2: Nutrition and environment

  • tbc, Global 2000: Environmental destruction through agriculture
  • Thomas Putzgruber, Verein RespekTiere: Insight the stables of the farmer next door

Discussion in groups: How can the city contribute to improve the situation?

Following the workshops, participants exchange in plenary and share input.

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 16:15 Panel debate: Urban food of the future – visions and demands for a modern food supply in Vienna

With: Felix Münster (Ernährungsrat Vienna), Marta Lopez Cifuentes, tbc, (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, department for sustainable agriculture), Martina Pluda (Vier Pfoten Austria), moderated by Dagmar Tutschek (Director Grüne Bildungswerkstatt)

17:00 – 19:00 Evening workshops

3 stations of interactive workshops, among others at the city farm Augarten

Saturday, 19th October

On Saturday, 19th October, the symposium is continued with at Nationalparkhaus Lobau in Vienna with a specific focus on the situation in Vienna, looking at the current food supply in Vienna and inspiring initiatives for alternative (self-)supply. The day will be completed with excursions that will bring participants together with urban farmers, beekeepers, food cooperatives and more. As of 20:00 the evening will be concluded with a joint dinner at Kleine Stadtfarm.

To register, please send an email to anmeldung@gbw.at. 

Aug 06 2019
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GEF at Brno Organic Food Fair (Brno)

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Event Background

GEF will take part in this local organic food fair as part of its transnational project Fair and Healthy Food, which aims to bring together different actors within the food system to find alternative solutions and support positive changes to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

About the Event

This organic food festival is organised by NGOs local to Brno, who invite local organic farmers and environmental NGOs. You can find out more about the festival in general here. 

GEF will be present at the festival via its partner Institute for Active Citizenship holding a stall and offering information and resources to festival attendees, including local farmers, NGO representatives and Green politicians.

The festival will also be an opportunity to produce several promotional videos exploring how a local healthy food distribution system can be achieved.

Keep an eye on GEF’s social media for some exciting videos from this event! 

Aug 06 2019
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Towards a Local Healthy Food Distribution System (Brno)

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Event Background

This roundtable discussion will be held as part of the GEF transnational project Fair and Healthy Food, which aims to bring together different actors within the food system to find alternative solutions and support positive changes to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

About the Event

The participants of this roundtable discussion will include important stakeholders in local food distribution systems, including local farmers, sellers, NGOs, politicians and community representatives.

The discussion will focus on how to promote the emergence of a sustainable system of production and distribution of healthy and organic local food in the southern Czech region of Moravia.

The experience of local farmers and producers and the barriers they face will be presented in the form of the results of a survey that GEF together with Institute for Active Citizenship has been conducting among them in Czech Republic throughout the past months. Furthermore, the roundtable will explore positive examples of food policies and systems elsewhere in Europe, such as in Ghent.

The outcomes of the debate will include a summary of recommendations for city authorities and politicians on how best to promote fair and healthy food in the Moravia region.

Programme

15:30 – 15:50 Introduction of event and participants

15:50 – 16:10 Results of the local farmer survey presented

16:10 – 16:40 Discussion on the barriers farmers face

16:40 – 16:50 Introduction to discussion on how cities can promote healthy local food

16:50 – 17:20 Discussion on recommendations for city authorities and politicians

17:20 – 17:30 Summary and closing remarks

The roundtable will be chaired by Martin Ander, Director of Institute for Active Citizenship.

The participation in this event is upon invitation only. 

Jul 17 2019
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Fair and Healthy Food (Ohrid)

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Event Background

The GEF transnational project Fair and Healthy Food aims to bring together different actors to find alternative solutions and positive changes to our current food systems. 

Alongside exploring examples of urban movements developing progressive food policies, the project will also examine how regional sustainable food systems can revitalise rural communities.

About the Event

This event, to be held by Ohrid lake in North Macedonia, is organised with the support of our project partner Sunrise, and will invite experts, green activists, academia and NGOs to discuss how we can achieve a fair and healthy food system.

Programme

Day 1

14:00 – 14:30   Introduction of the event and participants

  •  Aleksandar Gjorgjievski project coordinator Fair and Healthy Food
  • Liljana Popovska – Member of North Macedonian Parliament
  • Green perspective on Food production in North Macedonia and the Region

14:30 – 15:00   Presentation of the Fair and Healthy Food discussion paper

  • Aleksandar Gjorgjievski project coordinator

15:00 – 16:00   Debate on the EU Common agricultural policy and alternative solutions to the current food system

  • Ewa Sufin – Jacquemart – Strefa Zieleni – Poland
  • Biljana Mitreska – Slow food Macedonia
  • Zaklina Zivkovic – Networked, Serbia
  • Vasilka Stefanovska – President of Slow Food Vodno – Skopje

Presentation: Green Economy: Cooperative society

  • Lupcho Janevski – Director of Agency for promotion and support of
    tourism – Republic of North Macedonia

Day 2

11:00 – 11:30 Presentation: Local food production and traditional cooking

  • Vasilka Stefanovska – President of Slow Food Vodno – Skopje, North Macedonia

11:30 – 12:00 Presentation: Sustainable tourism perspectives

  • Lupcho Janevski – Director of Agency for promotion and support of tourism 

    – Republic of North Macedonia 

12:00 – 13:00 Panel discusion: Organic and Locally produced food in Macedonia and the EU

  • Moderator: Bojan Petrovski – Coordinator ASSED Sunrise – Skopje

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Conclusions and Closing of the event

Practicalities

The event will take place in conjunction with a workshop on energy democracy by GEF with the support of Sunrise.

The Facebook event for this event can be found here. 

Accomodation

Participants who require accommodation please contact Aleksandar Gjorgjievski aleksgo@gmail.com.

Registration

Registration for this event is required. Please register via the form found here. 

Registration deadline: 5 September 2019

Jun 18 2019
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Fair and Healthy Food

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This discussion paper, written by Kati Van de Velde & Dirk Holemans from GEF partner Oikos, has been published as part of the GEF transnational project Fair and Healthy Food.

The paper explores the failings of the current agricultural and food system, and the possibilities for a transition to a sustainable and fair system, one which revaluates food as a human right, a public good and a commons.

Download the publication in Turkish and Serbian.

Feb 05 2019
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Fair and Healthy Food (Belgrade)

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Event Background

This event is the first to be held as part of the Fair and Healthy Food project, which aims to connect different actors across Europe that are working to redesign food systems around agroecological principles.

About the Event

To be held in Belgrade, Serbia, with the support our project partner Networked, this event will feature experts who will engage in a dynamic discussion on fair and healthy food. The event will be organised in two parts:

Part One: Fair and Healthy Food Production – discussion & Q&A session

Speakers:

  • EU CAP expert, who will explore the Serbia-EU negotiation process for EU membership and its effects on sustainable food production in Serbia.
  • Representative from Belgrade city garden project
  • Representative from women’s organisation working on sustainable food production in south Serbia.

Part Two: Tastes of Old Mountain – dinner

This dinner will be prepared by Networked in cooperation with women activists from Old Mountain in Serbia, who are fighting to protect their rivers from hydro-industry construction in protected natural areas.

The ingredients for the meal will be sourced from Old Mountain to highlight the power of sustainable food production to revitalise small communities and empower women especially.

 

 

 

 

Registration

To register for this event, please complete the form found here. 

Join the Facebook event here. 

Feb 05 2019
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Fair and Healthy Food

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Project Background

The current dominant food production and farming systems are ones of industrial agriculture: input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels.

These systems cause environmental degradations, economic hardship for smallholders, negative impacts to health, and food insecurity for many.

The good news however, is that across Europe, different actors are showing it is possible to redesign food systems around agroecological principles: cities building local food systems, farmers working collaboratively with researchers, and consumers reconnecting with local producers.

Project Objectives and Activities

The GEF transnational project Fair and Healthy Food aims to reach these different actors, bringing them together to find alternative solutions and support positive changes to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.

Alongside amazing examples of cities developing great food policies, the project will also examine how regional sustainable food systems can revitalise rural communities.

As food is a highly valued cultural product, the challenge of the project is to also go beyond classical formats of events and create possibilities for connections between progressive farmers and innovative food creatives.