agroecology
10 publications
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    Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy. Latin America and India. Edited by Christine Verschuur, Isabelle Guérin, Isabelle Hillenkamp, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 
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    The Transition starts here, now and together Rob Hopkins, Lionel Astruc, Editions Actes Sud, Arles, France, October 2017 
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    Democratic by Design: How Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America. Gabriel Metcalf, St Martin’s Press, United States, November 2015 
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    The color of food. Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming Natasha Bowens, New society Publishers, United States, April 2015 
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    Food Utopias: Reimagining citizenship, ethics and community Paul V. Stock, Michael Carolan, Christopher Rosin, Routledge, USA, March 2015 
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    The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2013. Edited by Helga von Willer, Julia Lernoud, Lukas Kilcher, FIBL, IFOAM, 2013 
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    Edible Action Food Activism and Alternative Economics Sally Miller, Fernwood Publishing, Canada., September 2008 
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    Sharing the Harvest A Citizen’s Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, 2nd Edition Elisabeth Henderson, Robyn Van En, Chelsea green Publishing, November 2007 
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    La Via Campesina.Globalization and the Power of Peasants. Annette-Aurélie Desmarais, Fernwood Publishing, Canada., 2007 
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    Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development Vandana Shiva, Zed Books, United States, 1989 
A thesis
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    MSc in Food Security Management, Coventry University, UK Nigel Baker, August 2014 
29 Videos
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    Wise Farmers: Richard Young (Kite’s Nest Farm) October 2023 
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    The Mediterranean Caravan Podcast (CSA in Italy Serbia, …) Urgenci February 2023 
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    Podcasts : Solidarity Economy in Latin America May 2022 
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    Minga, a multi-solution cooperative in Portugal March 2022 
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    January 2022 
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    Meet Drazen Simlesa (ZMAG, Croatia), member of Ripess Europe Video from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - May 2021 May 2021 
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    Women from the Ripess Europe network : meet Judith Hitchman March 2021 
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    Interview of Commons.fi by RIPESS Europe- Ruby van der Wekken : cooperative Oma Maa, Finland Video from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - February 2021 February 2021 
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    So, you’re starting a CSA or box scheme in a pandemic April 2020 
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    Webinar recording: Recipe for Disaster - Globalised food systems, inequality and COVID-19 Transnational institute - April 15, 2020 April 2020 
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    Audio : Green communities around Slovakia Radio Slovakia International March 2020 
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    Urgenci TV : CSA around the world 2020 
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    June 2019 
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    Audio : Circular Economy Villages 2019 
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    Golden Hearts Award 2017: An organic dream for Orang Asli Asia Pacific People forum for Sustainable Development (APPFSD) , March 24 to 26, 2019 Bangkok, ASEC: workshop « Grassroots communities empowering themselves » November 2017 
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    Economy changes. Change the economy: September 2017 
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    January 2017 
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    Interview of Bernard Ranaweera - President and Producer of the tea cooperative SOFA (Sri Lanka) November 2016 
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    ADREPES Association, Portugal (IMVF) Susy Project June 2016 
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    Fair & Bio Coffee Roasting House, Czech Republic (Ekumenicka Academie) April 2016 
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    Le Galline Felici - Sicilian Producer Consortium February 2016 
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    Almocafre: a transformative network – Córdoba (Spain) February 2016 
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    Terrabona: integrating diversity- Valencia (Spain) February 2016 
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    December 2015 
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    Climate Change and Community Supported Agriculture Judith Hitchman Urgenci France June 2015 
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    April 2015 
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    C.R.I.E.S. association - ASAT local partnerships between consumers and small-scale farmers August 2012 
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    Nyeleni Europe 2011 - European Forum on Food Soveeignty - Krems, Austria 16-21 August 2011 August 2011 
7 pedagogical tools
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    The Medcaravan – The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology glossary 2023 
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    The Best Practice Guide for Collecting Agroecological Knowledge URGENCI/MED CARAVAN, 2023 
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    Online Localization Action Guide October 2021 
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    United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas Book of Illustrations 2020 
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    10 things to consider when you start a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture): 2020 
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    Food Sovereignty NOW! An in-depth guide February 2018 
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    Be Part of CSA! Supporting Booklet for Training on Community Supported Agriculture December 2016 
36 case studies
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    Concept note Henri GIRARD, President of TERRE VERTE/GREEN EARTH, April 2024 
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    Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - December 2021 Mariusz Sibila, Eva Riecanska, Monika Onyszkiewicz, December 2021 
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    Ripess Intercontinental Newsletter - March 2021 March 2021 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Trubus BINA SWADAYA May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Institute’s for Women Empowerment. Reclaiming the « I », redefining the « We » May 2020 
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    Field visit 7 : Cooperative Il Sole e la Terra (The Sun and the Earth) October 2019 
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    Field visit 6 : La Porta del Parco/Cooperativa Sociale Alchimia October 2019 
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    October 2019 
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    Field visit 3 : Parco dei Coll October 2019 
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    Asia Pacific People forum for Sustainable Development (APPFSD) , March 24 to 26, 2019 Bangkok, ASEC: workshop « Grassroots communities empowering themselves » Prayatna Samiti, March 2019 
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    Reimagining the world of (care)work: the case of Cargonomia Ágota Csoma, Orsolya Lazányi, February 2019 
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    Cargonomia Community Cargobike and Local Food Distribution Center Cargonomia Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias Cargonomia, 2019 
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    Hundreds of alternative initiatives In India 2019 
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    Self-managing farm in Elliniko, Athens Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias 2018 
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    Intensifying urban food production with agroecology Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias Grand River Food Forestry, 2018 
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    Cities for Agroecology Network Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias Organization Red de Ciudades por la Agroecología, 2018 
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    Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias 2018 
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    Education and Sustainable Food Centre (Mouans-Sartoux) Transformative cities - Atlas of Utopias Town of Mouans-Sartoux town (a public collective), 2018 
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    A brief overview of Community Supported Agricuture (CSA) in the Philippines post-2014 disaster Judith Hitchman, January 2016 
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    Gaelle Bigler, January 2016 
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    6th Annual General Body Meeting – Mahasabha Kavita Kuruganti, January 2016 
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    Spearheading organic farming: Koperasi Belia Islam Jun-E Tan, 2014 
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    Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement in Europe: An Action Plan for Sustainability Foodlinks project December 2013 
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    Vth URGENCI Symposium: Monterey California, USA, January 2013 International Newsletter for Sustainable Local Development Newsletter #96 Jocelyn Parot, Yvon Poirier, March 2013 
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    August 2012 
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    Case studies Forum Synergies 2012 
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    Food, farmers and community: a case study of Shared Harvest CSA chapter 5 in IIED book Lila Buckley, 2012 
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    Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture ortoloco Zurich: Urban agriculture as an economy of solidarity City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action Volume 16, Issue 6, 2012 Marit Rosol, Paul Schweizer, 2012 
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    Habitat Improvement Workshop - Temha (Filadelfia – Paraguay) Felipe Zalamea, November 2011 
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    Case studies Forum Synergies June 2011 
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    Kavita Mukhi, a pioneer in organic food market in India. An interview Valérie Fernando, May 2010 
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    Microfinance and Small Farmers in India July 2009 
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    How the indigenous communities recovered their land in the Highlands after independence, and organized themselves to manage their land in a sustainable way, recovered ancestral techniques and developed a local economy in Zimbabwe. Laura ARNALTE, October 2006 
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    A farming system for the mountains The development of a particular farming system, especially designed for the hard conditions of the mountainous country of Lesotho, called “Kingdom in the Sky”, is proving to be successful in achieving food security and reducing poverty amongst rural communities. Laura ARNALTE, October 2006 
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    Joaquim is a member of COOPEVIDA. At present he is the General Coordinator of CENTRU-MA (Educational and Cultural Center for the Rural Worker) and Vice President of CCAMA (Association of Agriculturalist Cooperatives of Maranhão). Together with his family, he owns a 33-hectare (81.5-acre) property in Mangabeiras County, southern Maranhão. Marcos Arruda, November 2003 
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41 Analyses/working papers/articles
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    International Forum for Agroecology 
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    The Radical Roots of Community Supported Agriculture essay by Jared Spears, Director of Communications Svhimacher Center for a new Economics March 2022 
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    2022 
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    Policy Report : Roots of Resilience.. Land Policy for an Agroecological Transition in Europe. Nyéléni, January 2021 
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    A TNI report Nyeleni Europe and Central Asia, Transnational Institute (TNI), May 2020 
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    In book: Resourcing an Agroecological Urbanism: Political, Transformational and Territorial Dimensions (pp.61-84)Publisher: Routledge book series “Food, Society and the Environment”. Tomaso Ferrando, Priscilla Claeys, Dagmar Diesner, Jose Luis Vivero Pol, December 2019 
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    A unanimous cry of dissent against the regime Word Social Forum of Transformative Economies Ruben Surinyach Padilla, April 2019 
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    2019 
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    Xavier Poux, Pierre-Marie Aubert, September 2018 
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    La Via Campesina in Action for Climate Justice Henrich Böll Stiftung Ecology ( Vol 44.6 La Via Campesina, 2018 
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    Submission by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to the development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework 2018 
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    in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF FOOD AS A COMMONS: (pp. 373-396) Olivier De Schutter, Ugo Mattei, Jose Luis Vivero Pol, Tomaso Ferrando, 2018 
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    September 2017 
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    The food commons in Europe: Relevance, challenges and proposals to support them Document presented and discussed during the first meeting of the European Commons Assembly, 15-17 November 2016, Brussels Jose Luis Vivero Pol, November 2016 
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    Eating from the Farm: the social, environmental, and economic benefits of local food systems Friends of the Earth and Urgenci, May 2016 
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    Overview of Community Supported Agriculture in Europe AA.VV., May 2016 
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    Tammi Jonas, January 2016 
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    Cooperativa Integral Minga in the Alentejo Region . New Production Practices of Solidarity. SCHWERPUNKT: KOLLABORATIVE ÖKONOMIE Jorge Gonçalves, 2016 
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    Isidor Wallimann, March 2015 
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    South-South Dispatch 02 Tiejun Wen, January 2015 
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    A Plan for Public Procurement: Food & Catering Balanced scorecard for public food procurement Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK July 2014 
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    Exploring linkages between Consumer Food Co-operatives and Domestic Fair Trade in the United States Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems / Volume 29 / Issue 02 / June 2014, pp 151-160, Cambridge University Press 2013 Leslie Duram, Amber Mead, June 2014 
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    In: Landbauforschung (Bd. 64, Nr. 3-4: 139-150) Judith Möllers, Brînduşa Bîrhală, 2014 
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    Europe in transition. Local communities leading the way to a low-carbon society. Eamon O’Hara, June 2013 
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    hink pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013 Cristián Alarcón, Cristobal Navarro, May 2013 
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    Community Supported Agriculture. Is it driven by economy or solidarity? IAMO Discussion Paper No. 144, Halle (Saale): IAMO. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies Judith Möllers, Brînduşa Bîrhală, 2013 
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    The Possibility of a Pluralist Commonwealth and a Community-Sustaining Economy the good society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2013 Gar Alperovitz, Steve Dubb, 2013 
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    OSSERVATORIO CORES - WORKING PAPER SERIES 3 : 2013 Elisabetta CANGELOSI,, 2013 
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    Consumers in Postmodern Society and Alternative Food Networks: The Organic Food Fairs Case in Sicily NEW MEDIT N. 3/2012 
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    talian NRN contribution to the “short supply chain” workshop Bad Schandau 27th April 2011 April 2011 
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    in International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 18(1): 28-53. 
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    A confluence of Fair Trade and organic agriculture in southern India Development in Practice Volume 21, Issue 2, 2011 Makita Rie, 2011 
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    Paper Presented at the Policy Workshop on The Future of Australia’s Mid-Sized Cities. Latrobe University, Bendigo, VIC, 28 & 29 Sept. Jenny Cameron, Rhyall Gordon, September 2010 
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    From value to values: sustainable consumption at farmers markets Agriculture and Human Values December 2008, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 487-498 Alison Hope Alkon, December 2008 
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    Forum for Food Sovereignty 2008 
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    Who are organic food consumers? A compilation and review of why people purchase organic food Journal of Consumer Behaviour Volume 6, Issue 2-3, pages 94–110, March - June 2007 Renée Shaw Hughne, Pierre McDonagh, Andrea Prothero, Clifford J. Shultz II, Julie Stanton, June 2007 
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    Alternative Strategies in the UK Agro-Food System: Interrogating the Alterity of Farmers’ Markets Sociologia Ruralis Volume 44, Issue 4, pages 395–415, October 2004 James Kirwan, October 2004 
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    Eating up the earth: How sustainable food systems shrink our ecological footprint Diana Deumling, Mathis Wackernagel, Chad Monfreda, July 2003 
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    Organically Certified Fruits and Vegetables in the Japanese Market FAO 2003 Katsushige Murayama, 2003 
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    The Biodiversity Benefits of Organic Farming 2000 
One charter/manifesto
6 public contributions
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    May 2024 
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    Intervention of Fatih Özden from Doğa ve İnsan Dostu Gıda Topluluğu at Izmir « The Solidarity Economy in Turkey: First Meetings between Actors and Researchers"Webinar, december 14, 2020 Fatih Özden, December 2020 
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    Abdus Salam Shah, June 2020 
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    Collective Enterprise as a Workplace: A Philippine case ASEC People Forum 2018, Singapore : TRANSFORMATIVE ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS AT THE ASEAN GRASROOTS: HOPE & INCLUSION Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., November 2018 
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    Eat the Sky: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL E. F. SCHUMACHER LECTURES, October 2008 Anna Lappé, October 2008 
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    Twenty-Sixth Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures October 2006, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Richard Heinberg, October 2006 
42 articles
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    Pedagogy, Participation, and the Nyéléni Global Process Ruby Van der Wekken, October 2025 
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    Nyeleni III: Towards a Unified Political Agenda Ruby Van der Wekken, June 2025 
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    Current Status of the Community-Supported Agriculture Model in Poland Exploring Key Areas of Sustainable Operations Monika Onyszkiewicz, Marta Sylla, 2025 
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    TOWARDS THE NYÉLÉNI GLOBAL FOOD SOVEREIGNTY FORUM IN 2025 IN INDIA Ruby Van der Wekken, May 2024 
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    Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, February 2024 Monika Onyszkiewicz, February 2024  RIPESS Europe, RIPESS Europe, Fair Trade Polska - Fundacja „Koalicja Sprawiedliwego Handlu” Fair Trade Polska - Fundacja „Koalicja Sprawiedliwego Handlu”
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    Nyeleni international movement for food sovereignty Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, December 2023 Dražen Šimleša, December 2023 
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    Transformative economies: Towards the construction of a new world Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, October 2023 By Yiteg team, October 2023 
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    The perfect blend: how coffee farms in Costa Rica are mixing wildlife, agriculture and tourism Article of The Guardian, 10 May 2023 Kevin Rushby, May 2023 
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    The Mediterranean Caravan visits Dražen and Alen’s eco-social community Episode Eight, The Mediterranean Caravan Podcast! Jocelyn Parot, April 2023 
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    Mondeggi 2026: re-imagining the farm as a common of the future Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, January 2023 Jason Nardi, January 2023 
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    Advocating for Agroecology: Webinar Recap! Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, november 2022 Jocelyn Parrot, November 2022 
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    Statement: Pesticide use in Europe Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - June 2022 PAN Europe, June 2022 
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    Paniers suspendus and nourritures terrestres in Occitania Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - June 2022 Flavie Hantzen, June 2022 
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    Sustainable Food Systems in the European Green Deal? Artículo del boletín de Ripess Europa - mayo 2022 Judith Hitchman, May 2022 
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    What are we going to eat tomorrow around the Mediterranean sea ? Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - April 2022 April 2022 
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    Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - March 2022 Judith Hitchman, March 2022 
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    Joint open letter: EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - March 2022 March 2022 
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    For a food system based on agroecology and food sovereignty Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - February 2022 REAS, Red de Redes, February 2022 
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    CSA’s, about community processes as core to systemic change and justice (Finland) Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - February 2022 Ruby Van der Wekken, February 2022 
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    ZMAG joined the Public Orchard Initiative at Jarunu (Zagreb, Croatia) Artículo del boletín de Ripess Europa - febrero 2022 Zmag Croatia, February 2022 
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    ZMAG se unió a la Iniciativa de Huertos Públicos en Jarunu (Zagreb, Croacia) Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - February 2022 Zmag Croatia, February 2022 
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    Sailing and electric cargo in the Aegean and the Mediterranean: a pilot experiment Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - November 2021 Georgia Bekridaki, November 2021 
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    New network and journal issue on food sovereignty in Hungary Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - November 2021 November 2021 
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    Project Food Wave, Zagreb (Croatia) Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - November 2021 Dražen Šimleša, November 2021 
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    Matthieu Calame speaks at Dauphine Durable on the key issue of biomass Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - October 2021 Matthieu Calame, October 2021 
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    More Mentors for Stronger CSA Networks Webinar Report Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - October 2021 Urgenci, October 2021 
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    Not on the agenda in Glasgow: real climate action Article of Localfutures.org By Alex Jensen and Steven Gorelick, October 2021 
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    The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement Article of Yes! Magazine, 21 June 2021 Paige Curtis, June 2021 
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    Webinar report : CSA for CSB (Community Seed Banks), 15th of April, 2021 Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - May 2021 Urgenci, May 2021 
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    Webinar report : “How to Keep Food Community Members Involved?”, 22 April 2021 Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - May 2021 May 2021 
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    The Queer-Led Groups Modeling a New Form of Land Access Article of Yes! Mafazine, 22/04/2021 Jeff Feng, April 2021 
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    For an agroecological transition in Europe Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - March 2021 Jocelyn Parrot, March 2021 
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    Award to the UNESCO CRESAÇOR Club Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - February 2021 Ana Silva, February 2021 
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    URGENCI @Oxford Real Farming Conference Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - January 2022 Judith Hitchman, January 2021 
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    Zooming in on the Brussels Bubble Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - December 2020 Judith Hitchman, December 2020 
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    Greece : The resilience of Social Solidarity Economy during the pandemic Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - October 2020 Fondation Heinrich Böll, Thessalonique, Grèce, October 2020 
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    Emergency Relief for People Facing Difficulties Article Seikatzuclub.coop June 2020 
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    Community-led responses to the pandemic #1 Article from Ecolise,April 1, 2020 Nara Petrovic, April 2020 
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    Here and ready: the value of peasant agriculture in the context of COVID-19 Article Eurovia 26/03/2020 March 2020 
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    National CSA Meeting in Norway Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - January 2020 Alexandra Devik, Organic Norway, January 2020 
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    More farmers, better food: Nyéléni ECA releases CAP publication Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - May 2019 Judith Hitchman, May 2019 
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    Meet the people building alternatives to mining in Colombia Article of RED Pepper, April 19, 2018 April 2018 
An organization RIPESS & SDGs
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    Meeting the needs of people suffering from food insecurity in Porto Alegre, Brasil Movimento #AFomeTemPressa, January 2022 
Web sites :
- Sustainable Economies Law Center
- CIVAM Bretagne
- Center for Food Safety
- unimondo.org
- Sistema d’informazione nazionale sull’agricoltura biologica
- Organic-world.net
- L’isola che c’è - rete di economia solidale nella Provincia di Como
- AEres - Venezia per l’altraeconomia
- REES Marche - Rete di economia etica e solidale
- ZIMSOFF - Zimbabwe Smallhorder Organic Farmers Forum
- Altreconomia Rivista
- Movimiento Agroecologico de América Latina y el Caribe - MAELA
- EcoAlternative.net
- Organic NZ
- Portail documentaire: Agriculture biologique et développement local
- IFOAM Organics International
- Parcel
- Nyéléni global forum 2025









