Links & background
Contents
Networks dealing with sustainable food issues
- FAO - Food for the Cities
http://www.fao.org/fcit/fcit-home/en/ - ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - European Secretariat
www.iclei-europe.org - IFOAM EU Group: European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
www.ifoam-eu.org - LSE Cities
http://lsecities.net - Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
www.unep.fr/scp/procurement/docsres
Videos
The following videos present circumstances of successful collaboration, be it between producers and consumers or collaborations resulting in regional policy changes.
Relevant projects the Foodlinks partners have been working in
Relevant projects the Foodlinks partners have been working in
- AWARE is a European Project about how to achieve sustainable water ecosystems management connecting research, people and policy makers in Europe
www.aware-eu.net - COFAMI: Encouraging Collective Farmers Marketing Initatives www.cofami.org
- CRÊPE: Co-operative research on environmental problems in Europe www.crepeweb.net
- FAAN: Facilitating Alternative Agro-Food Networks
www.faanweb.eu - Global Food Security: the UK’s main public funders of food-related research and training are working together to meet global food security challenges
www.foodsecurity.ac.uk - IN-SIGHT: Strengthening innovation processes for Growth and Development
www.insightproject.net - Knowledgescotland an online knowledge resource for policymakers and government stakeholders focused on food, health, environment and rural research
www.knowledgescotland.org - Living With Environmental Change: a partnership of major UK public sector funders and users of environmental research
www.lwec.org.uk - Softagri: New educational approaches to sustainable food production and consumption
www.softagri.info - SOLINSA: aims to identify barriers to the development of Learning and Innovation Networks for sustainable agriculture (LINSA)
www.solinsa.net - SUSCHAIN: Marketing sustainable agriculture: an analysis of the potential role of new food supply chains in sustainable rural development
www.sus-chain.org - Transparent_Food: Quality and integrity in food: a challenge for chain communication and transparency research
www.transparentfood.eu - WELFARE QUALITY: Science and Society improving animal welfare
www.welfarequality.net