We are happy to invite you to the BOND webinar on “Green Recovery and the Role of Collective Action”. The webinar will take place on Monday 12th October from 10:00 to 11:30 am Rome time. As we emerge from the …
Inspired by the BOND activities, in 2019, Védegylet initiated the process of forming an Agroecology Network in Hungary, comprising of diverse stakeholders (farmers, researchers, members of civil society organizations, decision-makers, etc.) that have many years of track record in the …
An NGO whose mission is to free land from speculation and render it for the common good. We become owners or managers of land that we rent to farmers who will farm agroecologically, ensuring the land remains designated farmland. We …
In this final webinar, on Friday 18th September, representatives from each of the four thematic workshops fed back on their topic to the whole group in some very dynamic and interactive ways, including video presentation and a quiz. The draft …
On September 18th 2020 @Proentranse held the last session of the third BOND Lab Experiment in Moldova and concluded the eight month testing of the BOND model with an online workshop centred on gamification and serious play. Based on the …
An organic family farm providing a seasonal fruits and vegetables box to CSA customers in Warsaw and another town. Key words: CSA, organic, vegetables, fruit, community, biodiversity, happiness Short description Name of the initiative? Wojciechówka CSA (RWS Wojciechówka) …
A kind of labour union, we represent member organic farmers and defend their interests politically, and make sure that organic farming develops and spreads in France. Key words: organic, policy making, bottom-up, collective thinking, federation Short description Name of the initiative? National Federation of …
ProEntranse held the second of three online sessions of the Third BOND Lab Experiment in Moldova on Friday 11th of September 2020. Representatives of fruit producers, beekeeping and aromatic associations as well as cereal production representatives attended the event centred …
The aim of the Nyíregyháza Basket Community is to organise, reorganise and restructure the local economy. Producers of real local products are connected to customers who strive to consume with sustainability in mind, strengthening the local economy, creating real jobs …
An agricultural social cooperative company growing, selling and preserving organic vegetables and providing job opportunities for disadvantaged workers near Turin. We have recently focused on growing shiitake mushrooms (which are not widely known in Italy). They have been greatly appreciated …
The first Session of the third BOND Lab Experiment in Moldova on ‘Cooperatives’ successful experiences’ took place on Friday 4th of September 2020. The online event gathered 13 participants representing 10 groups of farmers and 3 guest speakers from Moldova, …
An organic selling cooperative in Ireland that has expanded to include training, agricultural advice, activism and influencing policy. Key words: organic agriculture, biodiversity, livestock, quality livestock products, authentic, cooperative, ethical Short description Name of the initiative? Leitrim Organic …
Marie Odile Smets is the chair of Au Panier Vert – a successful farmer cooperative in Northern France, focused around a Farm Shop. In this new video, she explains how the cooperative started, how it is run, and why it …
An organisation that supports communities to grow food in spaces that are lost and unloved within their locality in Bristol.. Key words: Edible garden, Community garden, Fruit Short description Name of the initiative? Incredible Edible Bristol Country United Kingdom Region …
A peasant association of Subotica working within the province of Vojvodina in Northern Serbia. We have been going 30 years while all the other associations have gone. We take the interests of the peasants to those in power. Our role …
The 3rd event of the BOND Lab Experiment in Moldova is complete. The event aimed to provide knowledge about legal and fiscal aspects of cooperatives and to reflect on the nature and elements of constructive dialogue between cooperatives and government …
BOND partner Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives (NAC) held an online event on the 19th of August 2020 to discuss the future of cooperatives in the agricultural sector and disseminate the policy recommendations that were designed in March during the young farmers’ …
School feeding programmes that not only advance education, health and nutrition outcomes of school children but benefit local smallholder farmer production through inclusive and sustainable procurement practices. Key words: Sustainable, public food procurement, school meals, local, small-scale farmers Short …
An NGO with an experimental garden offering training, workshops and events sharing the practices of agroecology and creating an open Moldovan seed bank. Key words: Agroecology, seed bank Short description Name of the initiative? Garden of Moldova (Gradina …
The development of a tool to neutralise distortions of price competition in the European market. Key words: fruit, orchards, fair price Short description Name of the initiative? The Orchards of Saint Sulpice (Les Vergers de Saint Sulpice) …
A unit of Macedonian farmers who work to solve the problems in agriculture and raise the voice of small-scale farmers, marginalised groups and the rural population within the society. Although small, the Federation is the biggest group NGO of its …
A five-year strategy to protect and promote a sustainable local food system that uses seasonal, healthy produce, reduces waste and encourages collaboration across all administrations involved in food policy on the island of Menorca. Key words: food policy, food …
A union of farmers, growers, foresters and land–based workers creating a better food and land–use system, building skills and knowledge in agroecology, working for food sovereignty, sustainable forestry and the right to food. Key words: Solidarity, Agroecology, Grassroots, Food …
A foundation that supports cooperation and networking of organisers of school and kindergarten gardens in Hungary. As part of the network, school gardens will no longer be isolated. They will not lack information and the members will be represented by …
As July concluded so did BOND’s Youth Forum for the Future’s thematic workshops. Between Monday 27 and Friday 31 July, all 34 participants were given an opportunity to learn, debate and begin the search for solutions for some specific challenges …
‘Innovation may seem positive, but what really is innovation and is it always better?’ It was Franjo from Croatia who introduced today’s topic for the 4th and final thematic workshop of BOND’s Young Farmers Forum. He opened the workshop by …
The third workshop of BOND Young Farmers for the Future’s Forum was introduced this afternoon by Mariana (Moldova) and Greg (France) with a drawing they created and shared, making use of a metaphor that underlines the necessity for food to …
Faciliator Andrea Ferrante from Schola Campesina opened Young Farmers Forum for the Future’s second workshop by inviting participants from Norway and Greece to introduce the theme by sharing very different experiences of markets in their own countries. This was followed …
‘If you are a young farmer today, thank you…’ Anneke from Austria opened today’s workshop by reading this essay, followed by Brîndusa from Romania and her introductory cartoons. The first Youth Forum online thematic workshop brought together 8 young farmers …
An Organic Farm shop managed and run directly by local producers in Northern France Key words: Organic, local, farm shop Short description Name of the initiative? The Green Basket (Au Panier Vert) Country France Region Near Lille What kind …
BONDs Youth Forum for the Future began with an introductory webinar for all participants on Friday 24th July. Hosted by Eco Ruralis with expert facilitator Andrea Ferrante from Scholar Campesina, the event brings together 34 young farmers from 34 European …
A very small organic farm producing speciality vegetables, microgreens, edible flowers and chutneys. We engage with local farmers markets and chefs, educating, supporting and always learning. We organise the biodiversity of the farm to create a self-regulating and renewable ecosystem. …
The second BOND Lab Experiment in Moldova on Emotional intelligence and bridging skills took place online between the 22nd of May and 12th of June 2020. Despite COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent closure of borders and restriction of meetings, ProEntranse …
A garden for student volunteers from the University of Zagreb to grow and produce organic vegetables. Key words: university, student garden, urban agriculture Short description Name of the initiative? Student Garden Country Croatia Region Zagreb What kind of initiative Farming/production, Education/training, …
More than 50 participants attended the BOND Project dissemination initiative ‘Family Farming and the impacts of COVID-19: Facing the crisis with strong collective action’ hosted by Portugal’s National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) in Coimbra on the 4th of July 2020. …
A community benefit farm, supported by churches and individuals, offering care farming to vulnerable adults and asylum seekers, vegetable boxes and a pig club, as well as education about environmental and animal welfare issues. It covers two communities: the geographical …
Portugal’s National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) is running an event ‘Family Farming and the impacts of Covid-19: overcoming crisis through strong collective action’, on July 4, 2020, in Coimbra (Portugal). The current pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food …
A group of farmers, seed savers, millers and bread makers who preserve, grow and produce the ancient variety of Portuguese wheat: Barbela. Key words: Bread making, seed saving, ancient wheat, local Short description Name of the initiative? The Tribe …
The necessary complementarity of different commercial outlets, to introduce more organic products in collective catering and offer potential new channels for local farmers. Key words: Local, reduced waste, sustainability Short description Name of the initiative? Complementary Collective Catering Country …
Kislépték, the Hungarian Association for small scale farmers, has prepared a video showing how a farmers’ market in Hungary can still operate by implementing required social distancing and sanitation measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This farmers’ market includes …
An ecological family farm that has led to a local alliance and partnerships with The Slow Food Movement internationally. Key words: Eco farm, Heritage, Tradition, Slow Food, Alliance Short description Name of the initiative? Rendek Eco Farm (Rendek Okogaidasag) …
A small-scale market garden supplying salads and high value vegetables to the restaurant trade with a mini CSA scheme providing weekly salad bags to about 50 local members. Key words: CSA, Community, market garden, salad drop Short description Name …
A fresh cut salad cooperative that grew from a small family business in the 1990s to become one of the top ten players in the fresh cut salad market in Italy. Key words: Cooperative, fresh cut salad Short description …
A seed library and knowledge resource to protect and nurture heirloom plant varieties and relearn traditional farming methods for Bosnian food and seed sovereignty. Key words: Heirloom seeds, seed library, traditional farming Short description Name of the initiative? Factory …
We link up the 75 member CSAs across the UK, providing mentoring, training, awareness-raising, and representing them to policy makers, and support new CSAs start up. Key words: Community, CSA, agroecology Short description Name of the initiative? The CSA …
Creating a framework within the regional administrations that allows certain exceptions and flexibility in the regulation of production, processing and sale of food products. Key words: Processing, local, artisan, small-scale, tradition Short description Name of the initiative? Regulation for …
A seed saving network to educate and motivate others across Hungary to grow and preserve open pollinated heirloom plants and not only buy seeds from the shop. Key words: Sustainable seed systems, low input agriculture, agrobiodiversity conservation, heirloom Short …
The biggest association representing family farmers in Croatia. Key words Family farming, Knowledge exchange Short description Name of the initiative? Association of the Croatian Family Farmers’ Life Country Croatia (Hrvatska) Region Countrywide What kind of initiative Farming/production, Marketing, Environmental, Landscape, Biodiversity, …
A dairy farmer association in the Friesland province of the Netherlands comprising of 800 members. The association holds a single contract with the government and many smaller contracts with each individual member farmer. It undertakes scientific research and offers various …
A federation of groups of agroecological and permaculture farmers who didn’t feel represented by existing farmers’ unions in agricultural debates in the Netherlands. Key words: Federation, permaculture, agroecology Short description Name of the initiative? Federation of Agroecological Farmers Country …
The creation of a municipal administrated website that connects landowners and those interested in land cultivation in Valencia county and supports the development of contracts between them. Key words: Farmland, Land Bank, agriculture, land abandonment Short description Name of …
Gathering together those interested in modern horse-powered farming throughout the Czech Republic to share knowledge and experience. Key words: Horse-powered farming, CSA Short description Name of the initiative? Farma Lukava Country Czech Republic Region Countrywide What kind of initiative …
Urban communities planting fruitful trees and bushes in public spaces for the common good. Key words: Eatable city, sustainable future, resilient ecosystem, vibrant communities Short description Name of the initiative? The Neighbourhood Orchard Project Country Republic Of Moldova …
A Platform that brings organisation to the producers, distributors and consumers of food, to give them a voice and a measure of control in the food system rather than it being done entirely by the corporations and market institutions. Key …
A cooperative of five farms that deliver their products to the customers’ doorsteps; establishing a Croatian holistic management hub with approval of the Savory Institute for holistic management. Key words: organic, holistic management, farms, cooperative Short description Name of the …
A network of 15 producers of high value added food products and rural service providers opening their farm and food processing plant for customers to visit on a regular, transparent basis. Key words: Open farm, short chain, local product, tourism …
A network of volunteers sharing information and organising local regional and national programmes to train, provide study tours map old species and organise meetings of orchardrists of the Carpathian Basin. Key words: Adaptive orchard management, fruit landraces Short description Name …
The sanitary crisis due to COVID-19 is affecting local peasants (places to sell are closed, short food supply chains are at stake), and socially excluded families. Through a collective process we have organised a home distribution system of local food …
A CSA project creating a direct relationship between local peasant producers and people in the city through a delivered food box scheme. Key words: Peasant, food, local, village-city relationship Short description Name of the initiative? The Peasant’s Box (Cutia …
The farmers’ market in Dunakeszi has adapted to enable drive-in collections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key words: COVID-19, drive-in service, farmers’ market, best practice Short description Name of the initiative? Kispiac Quarantine Market Country Hungary Region Pest What kind …
A seven-year-old fruit and arable cooperative finding ways to overcome various challenges including those posed by COVID-19. Key words: Apples, plums, fruit trees, cooperative, value chains Short description Name of the initiative? Verifruct Business Cooperative Country Republic of Moldova Region Hânceşti …
Quality guarantee systems that operate locally. Producers are certified based on the active participation of actors and are built on trust, social networking, and knowledge sharing. Key words: Guarantee, Trust Group management, local market, consumption, agroecology Short description Name of …
A community coming together to save their local organic family farm. Key words: Organic, community farm Short description Name of the initiative? Fordhall Farm Country UK Region Market Drayton, North Shropshire What kind of initiative Farming/production, Education/training, Environmental, Biodiversity, …
Bringing green public catering to a central kitchen for school kindergarten and portage of meals for the elderly with the involvement of farmers, chefs, families, teachers, animators and local policymakers. Key words: Green public catering, school canteens, farmer association …
An artisan baker of sourdough breads and pastries. I have explored different types of collective action with varying degrees of success. Key words: Sourdough, wild yeast, traditional Short description Name of the initiative? Charming Loaf (Turtita Fermecata) Country Romania …
As a response to the global pandemic, three producers and processor associations of bee and medicinal products provided care packages for medical persons working on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. Key words: Charity, immune system, health workers, …
An initiative to increase the consumption of local fresh fish, bringing lesser known fish varieties into school meals with the objective to diversify what children eat and reduce fishery waste. Key words: Fresh fish, reduced waste, local product Short …
The creation of a menu within the public food sector for a tasty and healthy diet that the earth can sustainably produce. Using a holistic approach to the food system of a particular location, meals are cooked mainly from raw …
A food cooperative for farmers and consumers, as well as a community spreading agroecological values, connecting the city with the village. Key words: Food cooperative, local, community Short description Name of the initiative? Jurassic Food Cooperative (Jurnjska Kooperative Spozywacza) Country …
We are a brand new association established in 2020. Our aim is to promote a biodynamic way of farming in the Czech and Slovak Republics, organise seminars and education in this field and, in the future, establish a national Demeter …
A cooperative of farm shops: 87 dairy and fruit farmers and 2 garden centres focusing on purchase and sale of farm-products for the members, logistics and promotional support. Key words: Farmers’ cooperative, collective marketing model, short supply chains, regional products …
A group of six Green Care farmers formed a cooperative, which grew into a regional cooperative, inspiring other regional cooperatives, which joined into a national cooperative representing 170 Green Care farmers across Norway. Key words: Cooperative, welfare services, quality certified …
An informal alliance of small-scale community farms for knowledge and experience sharing in Hungary. Key words: organic farming, community supported agriculture, peer-group, experience sharing Short description Name of the initiative? Alliance of Small-Scale Community Farms Country Hungary Region Countrywide …
A community farm with a focus on tradition – traditional cooking, traditional arts and crafts. We employ people with various special needs and disabilities, and we serve kindergartens, schools and anyone else. Kemence Egyesulet offers activity programmes, but people are …
The epidemic threat of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) caused new hygiene and health regulations by the mid of March in 2020 (date of the article 25th of March). This brought a change in the balance of food supply and demand in …
On 2nd April 2020, equipped with gloves masks and sanitisers, three Moldovan agro associations delivered immune boosting health packages to Covid-19 frontline medical workers. The packages, consisting of teas, honey and hetero-oils were delivered to three hospitals in the Chisinau …
Between the 6th and the 8th of February 2020 VDG organized a BOND training of trainers in Kishantos, Hungary that addressed men and women engaged in small-scale food production and/or involved in food and agriculture related local groups/associations, with the desire to …
Where do I get my food from when the supermarket shelves are all empty? It is a question many people are asking, but it is part of a much bigger one. Times of crises are also times for reflection. In …
The first of three Lab Experiments took place in Moldova on February 25th, 2020. Representatives from 10 farmer or land manager groups focused together on ‘Understanding performance and developing an Action Plan’. They will return to their groups to disseminate …
The Hungarian Memorandum of Understanding on social economy and social farming was signed in Budapest in the first week of February. It followed a two-day regional roundtable: Collective Action for Green Public Catering Based on Quality Food. This event, organised …
Young Norwegian Farmers meet on the 9th of March in Oslo, Norway, to agree on a set of policy recommendation on how to strengthen agricultural cooperatives for the future.
Yesterday the Hungarian Memorandum of Understanding on social economy and social farming within the BOND Policy Roundtable held in Hungary was signed in Budapest. It was signed by Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture, Research Institute for National Strategy, Hungarian Association of …
CNA – Conferderação Nacional da Agricultura hosted a Policy Round Table under BOND Project on the topic “Family Farming and Market Access”, on 28 and 29 January 2020, at the Convent of San Francisco (Conventual room A) in Coimbra, Portugal. …
On November 27th and 28th, 2019 the first Agroecology Conference of Hungary was organized in cooperation of Védegylet, Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG) and the French Institute of Hungary, as part of the international environmental awareness month. It is …
BOND is currently planning to develop an international platform of young farmers in Europe. If conditions allow, an international forum will be held in Romania in the coming months that will gather 34 young farmers from 34 countries in Europe. …
On Thursday, a group of members of Eco Ruralis met up in Cluj for a training on political issues and network strengthening: through experiences confrontation and ideas exchange, the members will reinforce their capabilities and chances of action, fostering good …
Today Eco Ruralis educated the Young peasant farmers on the role and importance of decision-making. There was plenty of discussions. Next, they will debate the questions: how is decision-making done in an organization? How can farmers be involved in the …
Between the 28th and 30th of November, 2019, BOND project partner Eco Ruralis is organizing a series of events in Cluj, Napoca, Transilvania, Romania. It all begins with a training of 16 young peasant farmers, agroecological food producers, and food …
A delegation of CNA leaders was in Brussels this week (18th to 21st November) where they met with Portuguese Members of the European Parliament and with the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union (REPER). At these meetings, CNA …
Multi-stakeholder partnerships (partnerships that are composed of a variety of actors: farmer organizations, civil societies, NGOs, decision-makers, academia, private sector, etc.) for sustainable food systems and agriculture have paramount importance for the development of local and regional climate change …
The second Agroecology Europe Forum, organized by the European Association for Agroecology (Agroecology Europe, AEEU) and the Technological Education Institute of Crete (TEI) took place in September 2019, in Heraklion, Greece. The aim of the forum was to share results …
Legacoop Agroalimentare from 25th to 27th September, organizes, in collaboration with the Croatian agricultural cooperatives and associations, the National Workshop at the Technological Pole and the Mariapolis Faro center in Krizevci (Zagreb, Croatia). During the workshop will be introduced different …
This policy workshop brought together farmers, foresters, community food growers, food activists, and public interest groups to develop policy recommendations for key government consultations on the National Food Strategy and the emerging Environmental Land Management Schemes. The topics discussed (with …
FNCuma is proud to announce that Veronique Lucas, who did her research project on the French Farm machinery cooperatives, has awarded the Prize of the “Best early career researcher paper” during the 2019 Congress of the European Society for Rural …
The BOND French national workshop took place in Bergerac (Dordogne) the 15, 16 and 17th of July. The raised issue was:” Rescaling of economic value chains at territorial levels in France and Europe: do we speak the same (collective) language?” One …
Agri co-ops have propelled a campaign to appear off the part/area’s part in assembly the Joined together Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Copa-Cogeca, the united voice of European farmers and agri co-ops will be featuring almost 100 success stories from across Europe on their new platform – www.17reasons2coop.eu. Launched on 6 …
The Commission has launched an online consultation as part of the Horizon Europe co-design process on how the programme should be shaped in detail and implemented in practice through the strategic plan 2021-2024 (see https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/have-your-say-future-objectives-eu-funded-research-and-innovation-2019-jun-28_en).
National Workshop in Santiago de Compostela: FOOD PROCESSING AND PEASANTS’ PRODUCTIONS: OVERCOMING BARRIERS COLLECTIVELY Increasing adaptability of health and hygienic norms for peasants’ food production, 5-6 July 2019 On the 5th and 6th, the National workshop in Santiago de Compostela …
Coops stress their role in bioeconomy: A workshop in Brussels on Monday (June 24) underlined the role of cooperatives in farming & forestry in driving the development of the bioeconomy. The event was organised by DG AGRI with the title …
The objective of the program is to discuss the options and existing experiences related to the adaptation of the health and hygienic norms for small and medium-size agrifood production initiatives. For more info please download the program (English, Spanish and …