PUREFOOD Research Vacancy ‘Comparative analysis of urban food strategies’

The vacancy for a position as Early Stage Researcher (ESR) for the project  ’Comparative analysis of urban food strategies in European cities’ within the PUREFOOD research and training network has been re-opened. More information about PUREFOOD can be found below and on the PUREFOOD website (which is still under construction). Job description For this PUREFOOD project [...]

Working group at 24th ESRS congress in Chania, Greece 22-25 August 2011: Call for papers

Imre Kovách ( Institute for Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest), Petra Derkzen and I are organising a working group on “the governance of semi-subsistent food and farming strategies in the countryside and city- a compartive perspective” at the 24th ESRS congress in Chania (Greece) from 22-25 of August 2011. We would [...]

Verandering van spijs doet eten (2)

Een centraal begrip in de literatuur over ‘alternatieve voedselnetwerken’ (zoals groentepakketten of boerenmarkten) is ‘verankering’. Binnen de nieuwe vormen van verkoop vindt verankering plaats in lokale ketens, sociale netwerken en ecologisch bewustzijn. Alternatief in tegenstelling tot gangbaar waar de supermarkt gericht is op anonimiteit/inwisselbaarheid van ingredienten, communcatie via labels, standaard beschikbaarheid ongeacht seizoen en zwijgt over onzichtbare milieukosten. Waar bevindt de Nederlandse versmarkt zich [...]

AESOP; the government in the garden

Why is the government in the garden? This was the title of the last presentation in our Working Group Urban Food Governance at the AESOP conference this weekend in Brighton. Some governments are getting into the garden, case studies presented by conference participants showed how and why. Food is ‘becoming public’ a process of taking [...]

Food: The Link between City and Countryside

In spring 2007 the Amsterdam Food Strategy entitled Proeftuin Amsterdam , which was inspired by the London Food Strategy, commenced. Proeftuin Amsterdam combines policies, initiatives and activities which serve the following objectives in Amsterdam and the surrounding region: Provide naturally-grown and preferably local food for everybody while minimizing environmental impacts; Promote healthy eating habits, especially among [...]

Food Flight

The first people have entered the airspace again after almost a week of non-mobility at this side of Europe. While the large number of grounded people can slowly start to return, also freight transport by air can resume itself. Schiphol is packed with just-in-time deliveries such as consumer electronics and also perishable things like flowers, vegetables and fruit. Albert Heijn reported no immediate [...]

Voedsel als brug tussen beleid

Door Simone Plantinga – MSc-student Eerder verscheen er op deze blog al het persbericht over mijn afstudeeronderzoek. Volgens de toenmalige planning had het rapport er ondertussen al moeten zijn. Helaas is dat niet gelukt. Het onderzoeksvoorstel vergde meer tijd, maar het resultaat mag er zijn (geïnteresseerden kunnen contact met me opnemen door een reactie op [...]