Regaining trust: alternative food systems in the Czech Republic

Four decades of communism and an overnight transition from socialism to the free market caused dramatic shifts in consumer – food producer relationships across Eastern Europe. In the Czech Republic, a history of cooperatives and local food production contrasts with the situation today. Now the country is almost entirely dependent on international trade and supermarkets. … Read more

Interview with Ramona Duminicioiu: “Food sovereignty is about peasants’ rights”

Ramona Duminicioiu is a member of Eco Ruralis, a peasant association in Romania. In this interview, Ramona explains why the food sovereignty movement is not only about food, and why defending the peasant way of life is in the interest of society as a whole. What is the Nyéléni movement? Nyéléni is the name of … Read more