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23 Mar

Uma Khumairoh: For better food security, Indonesians should eat less rice

Uma Khumairoh was our special guest from Indonesia on the Menu for Change International Forum 2018. Currently she works on Complex Rice System Project at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Rice was also her topic at the workshop she led at the forum. Uma told us more about this well known plant and ingredient and […]

13 Mar

Anne-Marie Meyer: The biggest problem of current food system is vested interest

Anne-Marie Mayer is a nutrition consultant from the United Kingdom. She has extensive experience on links between agriculture and nutrition, particularly in Global South. So, the majority of her work lies in international development. Anne-Marie was invited to the 2018 Forum to speak about nutritional quality of food and also about permaculture, another topic she […]

28 Feb

Maria Lidón Martrat: People are making political decisions when they choose what to buy

Maria Lidón Martrat was one of our guests and speakers at the Menu for Change International Forum 2018, coming from Spain. Maria works in a Spanish NGO called Food Global Justice that deals mainly with the topics of food sovereignty. She has experience in international cooperation for more than 15 years, working in various NGOs […]

20 Feb

Barbora Trojak: People should know the dark side of bananas

Barbora Trojak works in the field of fair trade and sustainable and responsible consumption already for more than eight years. Since 2015 she was leading a campaign called Make Fruit Fair! that focused mainly on working conditions of workers in banana industry in the Global South and on the impact of the companies and consumers […]

13 Feb

John Gauci: We should create a new, modern way of looking at farming - to make it more attractive for young people

John Gauci is an Agricultural Officer and a part-time lecturer from Malta. He is serving as the third General Secretary of Malta Organic Agriculture Movement (MOAM) and works to maintain and support the organic agricultural sector in the Maltese Islands. John is also active in forestry. There are no large forests in Malta, but their […]

9 Feb

Gisela Mir Viader: For a sustainable food system we need to make people more informed

Gisela Mir Viader from Spain came to the Menu for Change International Forum 2018 as one of our honoured guests and speakers. Professionally, she focuses mainly on organic gardening and permaculture. She is a teacher and a designer, having her own vegetable garden, orchard and the so called forest garden or food forest, back home. […]

6 Feb

The Legend of the Hummingbird

We got inspired a lot with this beautiful legend in the We Eat Responsibly project. Because you are “never too little to care and do your share”…♡Read the whole story and become a hummingbird too!   A raging fire is burning in the jungle. It’s such an overwhelming disaster that all of the animals are watching the […]

10 Jan

Menu for Change International Forum 2018

FORUM MENU FOR CHANGE LET’S REGENERATE THE EARTH with HEADS, HEARTS and HANDS Eco-schools gathering on 26-28 January 2018 in Prague We Eat Responsibly Forum Menu for Change Let´s Regenerate the Earth with heads hearts and hands will gather Eco-schools teachers from nine European countries, food and farming experts and educators. The Forum will celebrate positive […]

30 Mar

What is cooking in India by Shiba Desor

We bring you a talk by Shiba Desor called What is cooking in India: A look at challenges and alternatives towards responsible food systems in India from international Forum Menu for Change. The Forum took place at Impact Hub in Prague from October 21st to October 23rd, 2016. As a ‘developing’ country, India is torn between tradition […]

28 Feb

Orange Juice, an Acid Reality - a Documentary Film

A glass of fresh orange juice in the morning is a symbol of an excellent start to the day for many of us. This delicious drink is popular everywhere in the world, including France. The documentary film by Meriem Lay asks whether there isn’t a much more acidic reality behind television adds depicting farmers literally […]

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