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Foodlinks News issue 4

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Photo report by Leo Dvortsin

Photo report by Leo Dvortsin

The latest issue of Foodlinks News is out!

In the newsletter, you can find a short report on the meeting of the urban food strategies CoP in Tukums, Latvia as well as a photo report from Leo Dvortsin (Purefood) on his secondment with Willem&Drees.

Please also register for our upcoming webinar on urban food strategies!

Would you also like to become a member? Sign up for the Short Food Supply Chain, Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement or Urban Food Strategies CoP!

A key characteristic of the Foodlinks project is that it brings together different types of knowledge and experience from research, policy and civil society representatives. Foodlinks organises a collective process of sharing and integrating this knowledge around particular problems of food systems. You can read more about Foodlinks on our website and if you would like to receive the next edition of Foodlinks News you can subscribe here.

Foodlinks News Issue 2

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The latest issue of Foodlinks News is out!

You can read about our visit to the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain where we had a meeting with the City Council about new initiatives on organic peri-urban agriculture. We also share with you some stories from members of the urban food strategies community of practice (CoP). What kind of value did they get from participating in this CoP?

Furthermore you can see a list of upcoming and past events, new library resources as well as a list of some of our new members.

Would you also like to become a member? Sign up for the Short Food Supply Chain, Revaluing Public Sector Food Procurement or Urban Food Strategies CoP!

A key characteristic of the Foodlinks project is that it brings together different types of knowledge and experience from research, policy and civil society representatives. Foodlinks organises a collective process of sharing and integrating this knowledge around particular problems of food systems. You can read more about Foodlinks on our website and if you would like to receive the next edition of Foodlinks News you can subscribe here.  

Foodlinks News

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Here you can find the first edition of Foodlinks News! In this newsletter we would like to update you on the activities of the Foodlinks project and its communities.

A key characteristic of the Foodlinks project is that it brings together different types of knowledge and experience, not only from research but also more practical and tacit knowledge from policy and civil society representatives. Foodlinks organises a collective process of sharing and integrating this knowledge around particular problems of food systems. You can read more about Foodlinks on our website and if you would like to receive the next edition of Foodlinks News you can subscribe here.

Would you like to become a member of one of our communities? Sign up for the Short Food Supply Chain, Revaluing Public Procurement or Urban Food Strategies Community of Practice!

HappySixtyFive

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The Rural Sociology group in Wageningen is celebrating its 65th anniversary. To celebrate this we decided to collect some of the stories from the people working here or who have been part of this group in the past. We asked them about how they started working with rural sociology issues, stories about their time here and things they look forward to.

Our hope is that through their accounts we can get to know a little bit more about the story of our group, its people, and where we are headed.

So, please click around, enjoy, and… Happysixtyfive RSO!

A Sociology of Farm-Level Animal Disease Awareness, Knowledge and Practices – Fully-funded PhD Studentship

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We seek to recruit a PhD student who will adopt a qualitative research approach to sociologically explore the nature of land managers’ knowledge, experiences and practices in relation to farm animal diseases in Scotland.  The studentship is part of the Centre of Excellence in Epidemiology, Population Health and Disease Control (EPIC) and is funded by the Scottish Government.  The studentship will begin 1st October 2012. Continue reading →