Transformative Food Systems Knowledge Exchange Network
Transformative Food Systems Knowledge Exchange Network
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We are a small but growing group of researchers and practitioners from South Korea and Europe who meet online once a month to share knowledge about solidarity-based initiatives for sustainability transformations in food systems. Among our members are representatives of the Hansalim Cooperative Federation and the Mosim and Salim Research Institute in South Korea, Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union and the Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA) in Japan, the Solawi networks in Austria and Germany, REKO in the Nordics, Morgenrot in Vienna and several academic institutions including RCE Graz-Syria, Boku University, Wageningen University, Helsinki University's Ruralia Institute, Upsala University, Freiburg University, Miyagi University, Tokyo University and Seoul National University.
What we stand for
What we stand for
Our vision is to foster transformations in food systems that are rooted in regenerative agriculture, grassroots democracy and solidarity across social strata including with the poor and marginalised.
This means building alternative economies based on cooperation and mutual care for one another and the local and global life systems on which humanity depends. For such a system to itself become transformative it must:
enable a growing number of people to maintain decent and secure livelihoods;
promote animal welfare and alternative sources of protein;
provide affordable, healthy and safe food;
contribute to the recovery of habitats and biodiversity;
bring a joyful renewal of rural culture; and
forge relationships of trust and respect among rural and urban communities.
A transformative food system which meets social and environmental goals will require different business models, alternative agricultural practices, new financing mechanisms and innovative logistical solutions. It will also entail a deep re-evaluation of values and worldviews as we figure out how to realise more cooperative modes of working and living together with one another and the wider world.
As researchers our purpose is to help practitioners (activists, producers, cooperators) promote transformative change in food systems. Since practitioners know very well the challenges they need to solve, but don’t necessarily have the time to do research or networking, we can listen to their needs and offer our capacity to create useful and meaningful knowledge and to link them up with complementary initiatives or innovations.
As practitioners our purpose is to guide researchers to the right kind of questions and problems, to ground their research in reality and make it useful for ourselves and others who are also on a similar mission.
As people our purpose is to learn with and from each other with the aim of surprising ourselves by what creative actions might emerge.
Webinar Schedule
Webinar Schedule
February 25th: webinar on Hansalim’s policies and direction for fostering young producers:
March 25th: follow-up discussion.
April 22nd: webinar on European policies and organisation-level programs (public & private) for fostering young producers: what can Hansalim learn?
May 20th: follow-up discussion.
June 24th: webinar on climate change adaptations (tools, techniques, organisational innovation) in community-based / small-scale organic farming in Europe relevant to Korean context: what can Hansalim learn?
July 15th: follow-up discussion.
September 23rd: webinar about how Hansalim influences the 5 year plan of the Korean government.
October 21st: follow-up discussion.
November 18th: webinar to share ideas for how Hansalim could implement the 5 year plan which has been agreed already.
December 16th: follow-up discussion.
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