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PolicyDialogue: Empowering the EU with knowledge for future-proofing our food systems (1-2 July, Brussels)

The EU's food systems are highly developed and robust, ensuring a safe and convenient food supply despite geopolitical turmoil. However, we also see the systems' shortcomings: they harm the environment, contribute to diet-related diseases, and do not guarantee fair and equitable access to food to all. To feed the world, including Europe, in a healthy manner that does not transgress planetary boundaries, change is direly needed. Knowledge and innovation are key to success and change. The success of EU's food systems builds on an effective governance of the knowledge and innovation system that informs and sustains primary production. The AKIS (Agriculture Knowledge andInnovation System) strategically engages various stakeholders in jointly achieving policy objectives, tailored as it is to the needs of the agricultural sector. To foster the desired changes on the level of food systems, we need to expand this effective governance of knowledge and innovation by including domains of the food system where knowledge exchanges and innovation efforts are currently less structured, and where alignment from an integral perspective on public values is important. Furthermore, we need to strengthen such a food-oriented knowledge and innovation system ('FOKIS') by structurally bridging the worlds of academia and community-driven practice, including numerous initiatives in society that treat food as a public good.

Only if    we manage to change how we produce and use knowledge we will be able to change how we produce food, eat, and manage food waste.
In this Policy Dialogue, we will jointly explore the relevant pathways we identified in FOSTER to complement AKIS with a Knowledge and Innovation System that is oriented towards the food system, with a specific focus on community-driven practice:

• Integrating Food Systems Thinking and Foresight

• Capacity Building via Knowledge Brokers and Intermediaries for Food System Transformation

• Embedding Transdisciplinarity in Innovation and Governance

• Expanding EU Food System Governance based on sustainability, democracy and participation

We invite you to explore the project's findings and consider how the transformation of the food system can be driven forward by incorporating the policy recommendations and insights from the FOSTER project into your professional practice.

This conference is of high interest to those engaged in the governance of food systems innovation under Food 2030, linking AKIS to food systems across the scales (from local and regional to national and EU), applying foresight and transitioning towards the 10th Framework Program for R&I and the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy).

You can expect a conference format that offers a high-level panel discussion, vivid workshop sessions where you can bring in your experience and get feedback, and an excellent place to expand your network.

The programme of the event is available here.

‍When und Where?
SAVE-THE-DATE!
   
     • Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd July, 2026
     • Day 1: 9:30 - 18:00 CET
     • Day 2: 8:30 - 14:00 CET
     • Ateliers des Tanneurs, 1000 Brussels

Registration
If you are interested, please register here.

Mietgärten von meine ernte in Stuttgart – Gemüse einfach selbst anbauen und gesund ernähren

Mit den Mietgärten von meine ernte in Zusammenarbeit mit Till Brodbeck kann jeder in Stuttgart unkompliziert eigenes Gemüse anbauen – auch ohne Vorkenntnisse oder eigenen Garten. Die Parzellen sind bereits mit über 20 verschiedenen Sorten Gemüse und Kräutern bepflanzt und werden zu Saisonbeginn mit einer Einweisung übergeben. Gartengeräte und Wasser stehen vor Ort bereit, während der gesamten Saison gibt es unterstützende Tipps per E-Mail, Telefon oder online.

Vorteile auf einen Blick:

• Regionale und saisonale Ernte direkt in Stuttgart

• Förderung von Biodiversität und Ressourcenschonung, über 180 Tierarten und 120 Wildpflanzenarten wurden bereits auf den Flächen gezählt
• Gartenarbeit fördert Gesundheit, Wohlbefinden und Gemeinschaft
• Die Gärten sind Lernorte für nachhaltige Lebensmittelproduktion

• Gemeinschaft und Naturerlebnis für Einzelpersonen, Familien oder Freundeskreise

• Frisches Gemüse und Kräuteraus eigenem Anbau“

Mehr Informationen finden Sie unter:

Bio-Gemüsegartenmieten in Stuttgart-Möhringen Fläche 1

Bio-Gemüsegartenmieten in Stuttgart-Möhringen Fläche 2

Infoveranstaltung –Mietgärten

🗓 Mittwoch, 04.03.2026, 19 Uhr

💻 Online via Zoom

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Das Konzept der Solidarischen Landwirtschaft ist ein weltweites Erfolgsmodell für Ernährungssicherheit mit frischen, regional produzierten Lebensmitteln! Bei www.urgenci.net werden die Fäden weltweit zusammengehalten.

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