We’re super-excited to be welcoming all our #urbanisinginplace partners from Riga, Brussels and Rosario to @fortyhallfarm for the first day of five sharing knowledge and experience about peri urban farming 
This morning we’re sharing our action plans for each city for the next 18 months. Our colleagues from Argentina are updating us on the political changes in Rosario and the implications it has the urban agroecology programme there
And a working workshop lunch - connecting up the actions plans from our four partner cities: Riga, Rosario, Brussels and London @fortyhallfarm with lunch from eco-cuisine.co.uk
Beautiful rare Boreray sheep at @fortyhallfarm
.... and also Wilmer
The 10 acre vineyard produced 20 tonnes of grapes and 16,000 bottles of wine last year @fortyhallfarm
And their 6 acre market garden provides 70% of the produce for a veg box scheme that serves 125 households @fortyhallfarm
This afternoon we’re talking about activism and political engagement with @Didara @kateswade and Andrea Ferdinand
Andrea Ferdinand talking about issues of lack of access to good food for families and children - not just food but the facilities to store and prepare it
Antonio from Rosario talks about the extent to which our language and expectations around food are framed in economic and financial terms - not in terms of what constitutes a good life or our relationship with the earth ...
Catherine shares some of the successes and challenges of food and land activism in Brussels
Chiara from @CoventryCAWR shares some lessons from experience. Successful activism needs: continuity, careful consideration of place and times of meetings, a clear shared vision and values, and an understanding of where power sits in institutions.
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