FASS-Food EU search menu search content Solidale Italiano - Italy Photographer: Fabiano Lauciello Photographer: Fabiano Lauciello Photographer: Fabiano Lauciello Solidale Italiano is an initiative that was launched in 2010 by Altromercato, as an Italian domestic Fair trade products brand. While Altr…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Methodology FASS-Food research explores how alternative food systems – particularly, short and collaborative food chain initiatives – at the local level develop and work to establish healthy, sustainable and fair food systems. This is done through a multip…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Workshops FASS-Food EU organized and coordinated in 4 workshops with Brussels-based organizations and institutions. In addition, it has contributed to the organization of local workshops led by the pilot cases. The Brussels-based events were participatory work…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Objectives Funded under the University of Antwerp’s IOF-SBO funding scheme, the FASS-Food EU research project aims at contributing to address the challenges that prevent the consolidation of fair, accessible, short and sustainable European food chains. The p…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Pilot cases FASS-Food is aware of the importance of learning from existing examples and mixing academic research with real market and regulatory experiences. Thus, the research team has engaged with three concrete cases of alternative food networks that aim at…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Conferences Social Economy, the future of Europe (Strasbourg, 5-6 May 2022) Around 1000 social economy stakeholders gathered in Strasbourg on 5-6 May 2022 for the conference ‘Social Economy, the future of Europe’ (venue: Palais de la Musique et des Congrè…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content FASS-Food EU Consolidate and scale up Fair, Accessible, Sustainable and Short Food Chains for the EU In 2020, the European Commission issued the Farm to Fork strategy and recognized that the current EU food system is characterized by significant economic, soci…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Results Results of the top-down research approach Policy blockers and enablers relevant for the consolidation and scaling up of FASS Food supply chains in the EU Through a series of international workshops gathering representatives from civil society organizat…