Grassroots Science

 

 

All evenings are held in the FORUM building (Droevendaalsesteeg 2, Wageningen)

“Socially driven” initiatives, by for example farmers, consumers, civil society organisations, sometimes in collaboration with scientists, constantly emerge in the face of ­poverty, social injustice, hunger, natural resource degradation, environmental decline and other (global) problems. Some of these initiatives contain practices that promise more sustainable livelihoods for the people on the ground while simultaneously tackling global problems. Many initiatives stand in stark contrast and sometimes even contradict with the “technologically driven” solutions implemented by many scientists and policy makers.

Throughout Boerengroep and OtherWise’s new series “grassroots science”, representatives from a selection of these types of initiatives will present their struggles, achievements and their views on how these can contribute to positive social change. We invite you to participate in a journey full of exiting examples of good practices, local initiatives, grassroots organisations, farmer groups, and others who successfully contribute to a better global food system. Not only is our food system to become more environmental and animal friendly, it should also be more social and fair to farmers world wide. With this new series, we aim to provide clear alternatives that work.

Grassroots science can also be followed as part of a capita selecta course.