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Interview with Barbara Emanuel, manager of the Toronto Food Strategy
Interview with RUAF partner Barbara Emanuel manager of the Toronto Food Strategy at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Meeting in Montpellier, October 2019.
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Podcast series on sustainable food
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, one of the RUAF partners, launched a podcast series. The podcast shares positive changes in the ways we produce, gather, eat, dispose of and understand our food. Handpicked: Stories from the Field presents the real-life stories of farmers, academics, community partners, policy makers and activists as they work…
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Event: We feed the city
6 December 2019, Belgium In 8 interactive workshops, you discover how Rikolto and its partners work towards a sustainable food transition, in cities around the globe. We travel from Leuven to Hanoi. From Quito to Arusha. From Solo to Tegucigalpa. Don’t expect a presentation of what Rikolto is doing! We especially want to stimulate discussions…
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City of Tamale signs the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
With the support of RUAF and IWMI, the city of Tamale signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, an international pact signed by over 200 cities from all over the world representing more than 450 million inhabitants. Tamale is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa. Aim of the Milan Urban…
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Let’s talk about you and me: inclusivity in the global food system
We are all connected through food but the current state of our food system is unsustainable, unhealthy and unbalanced. Why is this the case, and what can be done? Check out the Hivos-supported video from the One Planet Network below to learn more. Following the 2018 UN High Level Political Forum, the One Planet Network adopted ‘food systems’…
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Diversity in the global food system: Why and how?
Diversity is essential for a healthy and sustainable global food system. Yet, what does this mean exactly? Check out this Hivos-supported video from the One Planet Network to learn more about the ways that diversity can help bring our food systems into balance. Following the 2018 UN High Level Political Forum, the One Planet Network adopted ‘food…
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Urban agriculture in Nairobi
This video portrays Francis Wachira, one of Kenya’s most successful urban farmers in Nairobi. Francis a pioneer, leader, a mentor and role model embodies the spirit and promise of a new dawn of urbanisation, one that recognises the vital role of urban farmers.
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Andrea Calori on how to encourage a municipality on food system change
More information on the website of Ecocity Builders. @Ecocity Builders
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How can you transform your food habits and the global food system?
Believe it or not, you have the power to change the global food system through your own food habits. How? Check out the Hivos-supported video from the One Planet Network below for 10 tips on how to support a more sustainable food system while also living a healthier life at the same time. The universality…
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Future Policy Award 2018: Participatory urban agriculture programme in Quito
With its Participatory Urban Agriculture Programme (AGRUPAR), Quito won the Silver Award of the Future Policy Award 2018 on Agroecology. AGRUPAR was developed on the basis of a broad, largely women-led community consultation. It explicitly recognizes the role of urban agriculture for wider social, ecological and economic development and works along the entire food chain.…