Thesis assignment commissioned by Foundation Social Workplace Saba (FSWS) on Food Sovereignty in Saba

The assignment is a participatory scenario development on the different possibilities to achieve a local food supply at Saba. Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands. At the moment most food is imported which makes food expensive for the inhabitants of Saba. At the same time agriculture fields aren’t [...]

Traditional foods at IP in Romania (7) Student reflection

Four previous blogs reported on the Intensive Program on Traditional Foods in Romania which took place during the first weeks of February. Students who participated were asked to reflect on their experiences. Written by Rineke Boonen. Saturday the 28th of January the time was come. Four students from Wageningen University replaced Wageneningen for two weeks [...]

Oproep Onderzoeksstage “Smaak van het varken”

Gezocht: Studenten die in de periode mei-juni-juli een onderzoek willen uitvoeren naar aantoonbare verschillen in smaak en smaakbeleving tussen verschillend gevoerde varkens van Piggy’s palace in Bathmen. Het Nieuwe Veehouden van Piggy’s Palace De familie Stegink uit Bathmen is eigenaar en initiatiefnemer van het Piggy’s Palace concept. De familie bestaat uit Erik, Paula , Bart, [...]

Traditional Foods at IP Romania (6) Student reflection

Four previous blogs reported on the Intensive Program on Traditional Foods in Romania which took place during the first weeks of February. Students who participated reflect on their experiences. Written by Hylke Sibtsen While watching the airplanes departing from Schiphol airport take-off from a runway with perfectly white lanes of snow on either side I [...]

Traditional Foods at IP Romania (5) Student reflection

Four previous blogs reported on the Intensive Program on Traditional Foods in Romania which took place during the first weeks of February. Students who participated reflect on their experiences. Written by Cho-Ye Yuen Not knowing what to expect, we arrived in Cluj-Napoca, where it was minus 15 degrees during the day and minus 20 during [...]

Factoren die beleving van maaltijd bereid uit lokale producten beïnvloeden – MSc-thesis onderzoek

Door Marina van Maanen,  MSc-studente Gezondheid en Maatschappij Lokaal betrokken en streekproducten staan steeds vaker op het menu van zorginstellingen. Waar eerder een trend was van steeds meer geïndustrialiseerde maaltijden als gevolg van kostenbesparingen, lijkt nu de ambachtelijke maaltijd terrein te winnen. Er zijn veronderstellingen dat een maaltijd op basis van lokaal betrokken en streekproducten [...]

New book – Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice

Half the world’s population is now urbanised and cities are assuming a larger role in debates about the security and sustainability of the global food system. Hence, planning for sustainable food production and consumption is becoming an increasingly important issue for planners, policymakers, designers, farmers, suppliers, activists, business and scientists alike. The rapid growth of [...]

How to feed our cities in the future?

Thursday 5 April, 19-21 Reception (from 5 pm) with dinner at Stroom Den Haag (Hogewal 1-9, The Hague) Location Tribunal: ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague Information and tickets: www.stroom.nl Today’s food system is in the line of fire. The advocates of an industrial food production coupled with a global economy are diametrically opposed to the [...]

Tim Lang – key note speaker Food Film Festival 2012

In an earlier post the Food Film Festival 2012, organized by the Youth Food Movement, was announced. The key note on sustainable food provision by Tim Lang, Professor Food Policy at the  City University London, was one of the higlights. A video of his key note has been uploaded by Gerbrand Oudenaarde at Vimeo (see video below), including a short  review in Dutch. [...]

Denk, praat en doe mee met het verduurzamen van voedsel

Our Common Food geeft jou de kans om met andere jongeren en professionals in contact te komen die óók willen bijdragen aan gezond, eerlijk en duurzaam voedsel. Samen ga je aan de slag met oplossingen voor de voedselproblematiek en schud je je omgeving wakker middels Facebook, Twitter, weblogs, videos en reportages.  Met Our Common Food [...]