The women cultivatint Barcelona's future
In a traditionally male-dominated sector, more and more women farmers are leading agricultural operations and promoting more sustainable farming models, rooted in the land and adapted to the challenges of the 21st century. The book 'Farming Barcelona' collects the stories of 16 of them.
8th March, International Women's Day, offers an opportunity to highlight the protagonists of a silent revolution that is transforming Barcelona's countryside.
Do municipalities in the Barcelona region have enough agricultural land to supply their citizens with local food? Check out this newsletter, and you'll find out! You can also read an interview with Carolyn Steel, an architect, researcher, and author…
With 34,916 hectares of available land, Berguedà could feed its citizens abundantly: it has a degree of self-sufficiency of 255%.
Oriol Estela Barnet, general coordinator of the Metropolitan Strategic Plan of Barcelona (PEMB), explains how the capital of Catalonia faces the challenge of feeding its citizens sustainably.
The central goal of the May 7th workshop is to discuss with the territory's experts how to improve their agri-food systems.
The commitment of the Agriculture Commissioner of the European Union to organic food is one of the topics highlighted in the latest BCN Smart Rural Press Digest.
The workshop highlights the importance of creating welcoming spaces for new agricultural initiatives, providing the region with infrastructure that facilitates local food production and processing, and adapting urban planning regulations to the…
The architect Carolyn Steel analyzes in "Hungry City" (Capitán Swing Books) the main elements that need to be transformed to make the transition towards more sustainable food systems.
The session, which will take place on Thursday 22 April in a telematic format, is aimed at mayors, technicians and experts in agroecology and local food systems in the region.
An interview with the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, inaugurates the first issue of the BCN Smart Rural newsletter.
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