{"id":341445,"date":"2026-01-28T13:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/?p=341445"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:23:16","slug":"from-community-led-initiatives-demands-to-eu-policy-on-food-systems-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/en\/from-community-led-initiatives-demands-to-eu-policy-on-food-systems-change\/","title":{"rendered":"From Community led initiatives demands to EU policy on food systems change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Author: RIPESS Europe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RIPESS Europe took part in the editiorial board of a year long <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolise.eu\/gh\/c\/53\/2cc9\/L3RoZS1ncmFzc3Jvb3RzLXBlcnNwZWN0aXZlLW9uLWp1c3QtYW5kLXN1c3RhaW5hYmxlLWZvb2Qtc3lzdGVtcy11cGRhdGVzLW9uLW91ci1wYXJ0aWNpcGF0b3J5LXBvbGljeS1wb3NpdGlvbmluZy1wcm9jZXNzLw\/\">participatory\u00a0policy\u00a0positioning process\u00a0organised and facilitated by Ecolise on\u00a0Just and Sustainable\u00a0Food\u00a0Systems<\/a>. Through a series of dialogues, obstacles and opportunies were identified which community led initiatives face when working towards food system change. In this manner a set of EU recommendations were created, which in turn wants to impact the implementation of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ecolise.eu\/gh\/c\/53\/2cc9\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS5lYy5ldXJvcGEuZXUvb3ZlcnZpZXctdmlzaW9uLWFncmljdWx0dXJlLWZvb2QvdmlzaW9uLWFncmljdWx0dXJlLWFuZC1mb29kX2Vu\/\">Vision for Agriculture and\u00a0Food<\/a>,\u00a0published in February 2025, and other agri-food\u00a0related strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The process culminated in a policy recommendations paper and a policy dialogue in November 2025 in Brussels, hosted by the\u00a0European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). In the two rounds of dialogue around food organised by Ecolise adressed were: How EU\u00a0policy\u00a0can better support care for land, soil, and farmers,\u00a0drawing on case studies that highlight agroecological practices and land stewardship and How commons-based\u00a0food\u00a0economies can deliver\u00a0food\u00a0justice and build resilience, with examples of cooperative models and community\u00a0food\u00a0governance.<\/p>\n<p>Read here the full Ecolise report on the policy dialogues in Brussles : <a href=\"https:\/\/ecolise.eu\/bridging-community-led-action-and-eu-policy-towards-just-and-regenerative-food-systems\/\">https:\/\/ecolise.eu\/bridging-community-led-action-and-eu-policy-towards-just-and-regenerative-food-systems\/<\/a> and find the co-designed Food policy paper up on Socioeco.org: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socioeco.org\/bdf_fiche-document-9615_en.html\">https:\/\/www.socioeco.org\/bdf_fiche-document-9615_en.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, the Ecolise and partners policy positioning process continues with the online event \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ecolise.eu\/event\/food-democracy-in-practice-commons-governance-bioregional-partnerships-and-the-right-to-food\/\">Food Democracy in Practice \u2013 Commons Governance, Bioregional Partnerships, and the Right to Food. Communities for Future. Good food for all<\/a>&#8220;, which at the same time marks also for Ecolise the launch of its campaigning for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/en\/food-is-a-human-right-for-all-launches-signature-collection-across-the-eu\/\">GoodFood4All<\/a> campaign ECI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: RIPESS Europe RIPESS Europe took part in the editiorial board of a year long participatory\u00a0policy\u00a0positioning process\u00a0organised and facilitated by Ecolise on\u00a0Just and Sustainable\u00a0Food\u00a0Systems. 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