Grundtvig Project “Learning towards Solidarity-based Food Systems”

Workshop in MilanOctober 2nd– 5th 2014

„Farming united with a social field“

working opportunity for immigrants (without residence and working permit)

working opportunity for disabled people

Socio-educationaldimension

school of permaculture

visits of school classes

visits for families

agrotouristic like in the Czech Republic(accomodation, restauration, visits, renting the room)

shop on a farm restauration from farm products(for ex. pizza‘s Friday)

focus on local distribution only to 50 km

= ways towards autonomy / self-sufficiency (own seeds, forage, fertilizer)

Ways towards better economical situation

artisanal manufacturing on a farm

Artisanal manufacturing on a farm

milk to cheeses (125 goats milked twice per day 100 litres of milk 30-40 kg of cheese 3 types of cheese, jogurt, curd)

flour to bread

work 2 cheese makers

fruits and vegetable to preserves and sauces(fresh fruits in summer when customers on holidays - preserving and buying later)

From grain to bread

From goat to cheese

Shop on the farm

„Cooperativa Corto Circuito“ runs in the region Como

to enable farmers to apply for the label of Participatory

Guarantee System

to link up farmers from one region

to put together farmers and GASs

(in Como 29 GASs)

to widen and centralise offers for CSA members

Co-operation in short distance

the idea of fathers-organisators : „A big joke“

- once per season- only with products of the actual season - to make citizens aware of local products that are cultivated in the moment- free promotion for farmers (paid from the fund of the municipality)- new contacts between farmers themselves- new contact betweeen farmers and customers (potentional GAS members)- farmers have learnt to be talkative, opened to expain what makes their production unique

Zac! Market

How to make a personal, active and new relationship between farmer and purchasers:

Picking of harvest every week Chicken coop

Purchasers - prepaid (400 euros / 6 months)- pick the vegetable on the field according instructions- can but don‘t have to work on the field

Farmer- takes care of the field during the year- on Friday writes an email to all purchasers with instructions „what and how“ pick - weights vegetable to have an overview at the end of the year

Picking of harvest every week

- how did it spring up: request of some membres of GAS

GAS membres - built the coop- come to take care of chickens in the evening- have lower price of eggs then others

Farmer - gave a place- opens the coop in the morning- takes care of chicken the weekend- sells eggs to all GAS membres

Chicken coop

Chicken coop

The end of an amazing educational journey.Thanks!