How to feed the world? A question that pops up everywhere. The answer seems to be sought in producing more kg’s of food globally. To reduce hunger however, we know that the challenges lie not so much in quantities of food, but rather in maldistribution.
Otherwise, Ruw, and Boerengroep organise seven Tuesdays with alternative views and inspiring examples: from lectures and debates on the future of agriculture in Europe, lectures of (old and) wise men who say they have figured out how to reform agriculture, workshops, to a Regional Farmers Market.
programme (updated Okt 24)
| Date & place | TITLE and PARTICIPANTS | Activity |
| Nov 1, 19:30h Forum C217 |
The crisis in our global food system Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (Professor of Rural Sociology) Wouter van der Weijden (Platform Agriculture Innovation and Society) Gine Zwart (senior policy advisor OXFAM)facilitator: Jessica Milgroom |
Lecture |
| Nov 8, 19:30h Forum C314 |
Urban agriculture around the world and in your home Fiona Morris & Esther Schoenmaker (Transition Towns Vallei) Tesfaye Belete (PADet, Ethiopian NGO) |
Lecture Workshop Photos |
| Nov 15, 17:30h Droevendaal Farm |
Regional market producers from in and around Wageningen |
Market Lecture |
| Nov 22, 19:30h Forum C314 |
On the origin of food Arjen Wals (Professor of Social Learning and Sustainable Development) |
Workshop |
| Nov 25, 19:30h ISOW building |
Workshop sustainable vegan cooking Marta Dabrowska |
Workshop |
| Nov 29, 19:30h Forum C314 |
Institutionalising grassroots voices in giant institutions Niels Röling (Professor Emeritus of Innovation and Communication Studies) Kami Pothukuchi (Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning) Mariana Wongtschowski (KIT, Royal Tropical Institute) |
Lecture |
| Dec 1, 19:30h ISOW building |
Fairshare Christmas around the world Dinner Stichting werelddelen |
Dinner Lecture |
| Dec 6, 19:30h Forum C314 |
The future of the EU farmer: what will happen after 2013? Henk van Zeijts (PBL, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) Irma Beusink & Ramona Langanki (representatives of Nyeleni, European food sovereignty forum) Joop de Koeijer (NAV, Netherlands Arable Farmers’ Union) |
Lecture |
| Dec 13, 19:30h Forum C103 |
Agri-food commodity chains: resist or embrace? Sanne van der Wal (SOMO, Centre for research on Multinational Corporations) |
Lecture |
registration
If you are planning to join one or more of the evenings in the series Food Farmers and Forks, please register here.
locations
Forum: Droevendaalsesteeg 2, Building 102, 6708 PB Wageningen
Droevendaal farm: Kielekampsteeg 32, building 114, 6708 PC Wageningen
ISOW building: Generaal Foulkesweg 1A, 6703 BG Wageningen
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