The European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), in close cooperation with the European Commission, is organising a virtual event – ‘Rural Vision Week: Imagining the future of Europe’s rural areas’ between 22 and 26 March 2021. Rural Vision Week is now open – apply to register here by 15 March 2021! This interactive event will include high…
The SMARTCHAIN project just made available the first round of National Workshops on Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs). Presentations can be accessed as a guest on the ISEKI Moodle site. Click “SMARTCHAIN” and then “Innovation and Solution-based Multi-actor Workshops”. Workshops were developed in 9 European countries (France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain,…
RUBIZMO is an European initiative working to discover the vital ingredients for developing entrepreneurship and successful business models in high potential sectors such as food and agriculture, new bio-based value chains and ecosystem services. The results of the work carried out within RUBIZMO have facilitated the creation of four complementary Business Tools, specifically, designed for rural…
During the beginning of the COVID pandemic, more and more people have been buying their food from local producers and short food supply chains but, are shorter supply chains more sustainable than long supply chains? As explained by Dr. Tessa Avermaete (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) in her interview for HORIZON “The EU Research & Innovation…
In the frame of its Webinar series “Beyond COVID-19”, The Alliance for Skills and Knowledge to Widen Food Sector-related Open Innovation, Optimization and Development (ASKFOOD) organises a 2nd webinar with the title: “FOOD SAFETY CULTURE DEVELOPMENT: Best practices for a more sustainable food system” (5th February 2021). The agenda and some additional information can be found…
A very interesting article focused on a case study in Portugal has just been published by the CERNAS-IPV Research Centre in Viseu (Portugal): “Short food supply chains – a growing movement. The case study of the Viseu Dão Lafões Region” in Open Agriculture Volume 5, Issue 1 (2020). This article analyses and discusses the short food supply…
How are we going to speed up the transition to a sustainable food system and society? How are we going to agree on approaches and support each other? How are we going to get there? To answer all these questions and some additional ones, Amped Concept BV, Local2Local and Utrecht University, in partnership with SMARTCHAIN…
The Alliance for Skills and Knowledge to Widen Food Sector-related Open Innovation, Optimization and Development (ASKFOOD), aims at setting, designing and developing tools and training actions and to leverage and boost innovation by strengthening the collaboration and cooperation among all the actors and stakeholders of the food related sectors. In this webinar (15th January 2021),…
Does food production need a greater degree of self-sufficiency in the European Union? Can we think globally while buying locally? Are short food supply chains more sustainable compare to long ones? These and other questions were discussed during the EURACTIV Virtual Conference. Below you can watch the recording of this interesting discussion concerning how the…