Webinar on 3/04 – Food resilience in territories: vulnerabilities to agricultural and food transitions

The Covid-19 crisis has provided a glaring illustration of the limits and shortcomings of our food systems, the consequences of which would have been even more dramatic without the action of citizens, associations, communities, companies and producers. This ordeal was thus marked by an unprecedented movement of mobilization and cooperation to provide solidarity responses. At a time when the issues of food sovereignty, the ecological transition of territories and food insecurity are back at the center of concerns, we have analyzed the initiatives and practices of 5 capitalization projects that we have supported and which have been particularly interested in the period of confinement. The ” Sustainable Food ” team is offering you a meeting on Monday 3 April 2023 to discuss these learnings, with the views of experts and regional stakeholders.

As everyone knows, food has been at the heart of the Covid-19 crisis, revealing in a spectacular way the intensity of the link between citizens and their territory. The resistance of the food chains was widely welcomed, this “2nd line”, from the producer to the checkout host, which held out for a population suddenly deprived of freedom of movement.

The Foundation immediately reacted and participated in the solidarity effort by supporting its partners, most of whom were affected at the economic, human and social levels, but also those who accompanied the most vulnerable groups during this period. Secondly, we felt it was essential to take a step back from this unprecedented crisis and to support analyses of the way in which food system actors have adapted, particularly at the territorial level.

Through a call for projects dedicated to capitalization, we questioned spontaneous citizen solidarity, often perceived as local “DIY”, and which seemed to play a crucial role during the crisis.

In view of probable future crises, whether health, social or environmental, it seemed important to us to draw lessons from these formal and informal cooperations, anticipated or spontaneous, and to understand how they work in order to enable their rapid activation and strengthening in the future. Through the support for the five studies selected, it is the capacity of civil society and local authorities to anticipate and react that we wish to strengthen.

Beyond project funding, our Foundation supports and connects those who, through their ideas, knowledge and experience, move our societies forward. We are committed to bearing witness to their actions and sharing them more widely so that as many people as possible can take advantage of them and take action. This is why, on the occasion of the release of a new Carasso Notebook dedicated to the learning of these 5 projects, we are organizing a meeting in webinar format, Monday April 3 from 2 to 5:30 p.m.