Very interesting site with lots of videos on urban farming and school food.
Archive | August, 2011
Consumer driven food networks, notes from the ESRS conference (6)
Consumer driven food networks are differently named and organised in every country. At the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) conference we saw many types and forms passing by in the working groups within the theme Food networks and supply chains. GAS groups in Italy, AMAPs in France, CSA’s and Community food co-ops in the [...]
Promising school food initiative
Jake Gyllenhaal has teamed up with Chef Alice Waters to teach Bay Area inner-city youth about sustainable farming and eating healthier. “I grew up around gardens and growing my own food, my family did that a lot and that was real source of community,” the Source Code actor said. “Growing up, more than anything, I [...]
Figs rule OK. And food sovereignty starts at home
Flowing robes, silly hats, and more fruit than one small village knows what to do with. At last Sunday’s Fête des Figues in Nézignan L’Evêque the fig was king and the villagers – all 1322 of us – turned out to watch the Fig-Eaters’ parade, then pigged out on fig bread, tarts and jam. I [...]
Notes from the ESRS conference (3)
At the ESRS conference, currently ongoing, there are a few working groups situated around empirical and theoretical work on ” Alternative Food Networks (AFNs)” . Different studies have identified many different alternative food initiatives and networks which are situated outside the consolidated agro-industrial complex both physically and in their socio-political organisation. The working groups show [...]
Dilemmas: local and green, global and fair, or human and sustainable?
I have been giving a lot of thought these days to the issue of fairness of the international food trade. I caught myself thinking – what would happen to developing economies if Europe suddenly decided to be a food autarchy? A big chain of thoughts came out and it all started after I read some [...]
Notes from the ESRS conference (2)
At the bi-annual conference for rural sociologists in Europe at this moment going on at Crete, we organised a working group to compare food and farming strategies in the rural and the urban. We discovered confusing (see blog 1) and potentially clarifying concepts while listening to the many interesting presentations. As an example of sustainable [...]
Food systems – emergency and conventional
Image: Fresh food voucher distribution at the Dadaab refugee camps – Kenya. I’ve been monitoring the developing famine situation in the Horn of Africa for the last few weeks, in part out of concern for friends and colleagues in the region. Recently WFP and other un-named organizations have come under fire for what appears to [...]
Notes from the ESRS conference (1)
Today we had the last session of our working group ” Comparative perspective; governing semi-subsistance food and farming strategies in the countryside and city” . In this group we deliberately were seeking to contrast cases of food and farming in urban and rural contexts. Can urban agriculture be compared with small-scale farming in rural areas? [...]
Science, food, fun and some side dish thoughts
I’m always glad to hear about initiatives that try to connect science with broader audiences and this time Food4you is doing just that. The festival creates a space for all things food: movies, scientific knowledge, health & lifestyle information, cooking tips…you name it! Food4you will take place from the 1st until the 15th of October [...]
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Leah Ashe: Thanks, Jess. First: Since I know you enjoy a good...
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Henk Renting: Thanks, Jessica and also Maria for your additional...
