12 July 2017: Collegio Carlo Alberto Law Seminars – Campus Luigi Einaudi, Turin More on http://www.iuctorino.it Advertisements Continue reading Public lecture Professor Olivier De Schutter: Reinventing Food Democracy
Giovedì 13 luglio 2017 al Circolo dei Lettori di Torino si è parlato di food policies, del rapporto tra campagna e citta’ e del ruolo dell’Unione Europea nel definire una politica del cibo comune. Insieme ad Olivier De Schutter (Co-chair di IPES Food), hanno preso la parola Cinzia Scaffidi (Vice-presidente di Slow Food Italia), Maria Bottiglieri (Citta’ di Torino) Luca Ferrero (ASCI Piemonte), Isabella De Vecchio … Continue reading Conferenza IUC/IPES-Food Making Sustainable Food Policies a Reality
Numerous scientific studies and empirical experiences around the world have shown that peasant and family farm-based agroecological approaches are superior to industrial agriculture. Yet the challenge remains of how to bring agroecology to scale, so that it is practised by ever more families, over ever larger territories. This lecture points to the need to prioritize social science approaches and self-study by rural movements, to draw … Continue reading Peter Rosset – IUC Lecture: Organization and Social Process in Taking Agroecology to a Territorial Scale (28/04/2017)
Author: Dr. Christine Frison (University of Antwerp) [Editors’ Note: This Blog first appeared on CTA Spore. We thank the author for sharing her thoughts on the IUC FLF Blog] Should we pay to use global genetic diversity? To this straightforward question there is no simple answer. However, I will oversimplify my thoughts and reply in a direct manner. To understand the question and how I … Continue reading A Question of Value: Should We Pay to Use Global Genetic Diversity?
