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Rural Europe Takes Action – Food System Lessons from Marburg

Against this backdrop, the case of Marburg reminds us how local communities are building sustainable food systems for their regions, despite the obstacles. If EU agriculture and rural policies are mishandled in the next cycle, those obstacles will likely intensify – but the changemakers will keep moving.

September 17, 2025

Wir haben es satt! demonstrators make their way up Berlin’s Unter den Linden with banners that say “Common good before corporate interests” and “Farms not agri-industry”. Photo: Fabian Melber/www.wir-haben-es-satt.de

Hand in Hand for the Future of Farming – Call For Courage at #WHES25

At this year’s Wir haben es satt! Demonstration in Berlin, thousands of farmers, activists and consumers gathered in front of the Reichstag to demand bold action on agri-food policy, urging the next German government to deliver fair prices, support for agroecological farming and decisive climate action ahead of a pivotal federal election.

January 27, 2025

Kale fields

Marburg Food Dialogue – Putting more regional produce on the menu

How can restaurants serve more regional produce? A networking event at the Creativity and Social Innovation Hub Marburg (CIM) brought together local restaurant operators, suppliers, civil society actors and employees of the city and district to discuss this question

July 23, 2024

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Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe – A Call for Action

The last thing society needs to address systemic failures of the food system is rollback in commitments to socio-ecological transition, or a turn towards politics built on exclusion and oppression, which seems to be what is offered following farmers’ protests.

March 4, 2024

farm land

Rural Realities | Testing Grounds for Wellbeing

The countryside is a nice place to live. Farmers are happy. That’s what we heard on the ground in the cooperative farms we visited in France in 2021 and 2022.

May 24, 2023

Young French farmers

Rural Realities | Succession – Passing It (All) On To The Next Generation

Succession bridges the gap between generations. The link between the past and the future, it allows us to envisage the future – in continuity or forging new paths – informed by previous failures and successes.

November 22, 2022

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