Countries Archives - Page 5 of 6

An economic and cultural socio-ecosystem connecting the countryside and the city

Jun 20, 2023 | Biodiversity, Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative, Spain

Kilombo is a collaborative project between the cooperatives LaFundició, Keras Buti, Tarpuna I Voltes, the association Keras Buti and the Distributor Ecocentral.

An intersectional environmental justice initiative

Jun 20, 2023 | Biodiversity, Croatia, Inspiring initiative

Gradski vrtovi Sisak (Urban Gardening Sisak) in Croatia is a unique concept; ambitious volunteers cleared up construction and heavy industry waste at a site and turned it into an urban community garden in a city with the majority of low-income and elderly people.

Community-owned Wind Turbines for regional development

Jun 20, 2023 | Clean Energy, Denmark, Inspiring initiative

The local enterprise model for ownership of local wind turbines has been highly successful, enabling residents and local communities to be the driving force behind the shift to the usage of renewable energy in Europe. Denmark is on track to meet its 2050 goal of using only renewable energy sources for transportation, heating, and power. This future-oriented project has several advantages among these:

Connecting people living in urban cities and the ones in agricultural areas

Jun 20, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Greece, Inspiring initiative

The urban & peri-urban crop Group PERKA is a great example of an initiative that cultivates seasonal vegetables according to the principles of organic, biodynamic and natural cultivation, with traditional methods and with means that do not affect or cause damage to the ecosystem, co-farmers and residents.  

Environmentally friendly energy production

May 17, 2023 | Clean Energy, Denmark, Inspiring initiative

Måbjerg BioEnergy is a project situated in Måbjerg, an area on the outskirts of Holstebro town in Western Denmark – one of Denmark’s most important agricultural areas. 

Enhancing the community’s quality of life

May 17, 2023 | Biodiversity, Inspiring initiative, Portugal

Terras de Cascais is a Portuguese citizens-led initiative that started in 2009 aiming to raise awareness about vegetable gardens and land use in an urban context based on organic farming.

Indigenous knowledge to nourish, heal and restore

May 16, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative, USA

Deep Medicine Circle (DMC) is a worker of a colour-led non-profit organisation that aims to “heal the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, restoration, story and learning.” They emphasize the importance of healing and care for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and non-humans. DMC is formed by a collective of farmers, elders, physicians, healers, herbalists, lawyers, ecological designers, scholars, political ecologists, educators, youth, storytellers and artists. They pursue “earth-based, Indigenous ecofeminist principles of organising, with participatory governance structures and circles of decision-making.” In producing solutions to the climate crisis, they turn to indigenous knowledge to repair the broken relationships between people and nature.

Major strides to break the cycle of deep poverty in Turkey

May 16, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Food Security, Inspiring initiative, Turkey

During the pandemic, the Deep Poverty Network was established in 2019 as a solidarity network “that carries rights-based work in dozens of poor neighbourhoods that tackle urban poverty” in Istanbul.

The 1st support system focusing on gender-specific homelessness in the Czech Republic

May 11, 2023 | Czech Republic, Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative

The idea is to empower homeless women by encouraging them to demonstrate their culinary skills at street markets and festivals. This contributes to reducing the stigma associated with homelessness, proving that these vulnerable people are able and desire to work and help them to integrate into society.

The economic empowerment of women victims of violence 

May 11, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative, Serbia

The Good Garden is an innovative contribution to the joint effort from the local community and organizations to combat the violence against women in Serbia. It is a social enterprise engaged in the organic production of vegetables, especially cherry tomatoes, without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. Apart from that, the initiative provides training to the participants to learn social entrepreneurship, as well as organic production, with the support of the provincial agricultural expert services.