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Training Weekend ‘Food Sovereignty in Practice’
June 19th, 2016

For the second consecutive year, Toekomstboeren, FIAN Netherlands, Otherwise, TNI and ILEIA organised a training weekend, an inspiring exchange of alternatives to our current food system. This year, twenty-three participants from different walks of life and nationalities came together on Saturday the 11th of June

 to learn and exchange ideas about how to put food … Read more

Strengthening farmer-led seed systems
June 17th, 2016

On June 15th, 2016, ILEIA, Boerengroep, Louis Bolk Instituut, Bioversity International and ASEED organised a panel discussion where experts shared their perspectives on the implementation of access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Farmers, especially women, have been the custodians of the world’s biodiversity through saving, using, exchanging and selling seed and propagating material. The … Read more

Voedsel Anders conference 2016
March 13th, 2016

A thousand people working on fair and sustainable food systems The second ‘Voedsel Anders’ (Food Otherwise) conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands, brought together 1000 people working on fair and sustainable food systems. The conference was a big success with many inspiring keynote speakers and over 60 workshops about practical and political ways to make the … Read more