Schola Campesina and the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology hosted an informal conversation entitled “Grassroots Innovations lead to Resilient Food Systems – The Agroecology approach” with key actors from FAO, academia and civil society organisations to critically explore and strategize on how to place grassroots innovations at the center of public policies, challenging dominant innovation […]
The first week of October 2025, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Africa Technology Assessment Platform (AfriTAP), and ETC Group organize a pan African convening in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) to critically reflect and strategize on the intersection of food systems and the digital economy. The Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology is part of […]
Farm Hack Dinner – An Evening of Collaboration & Innovation to convene farmers, engineers, researchers, and community organizers for an evening of shared food, dialogue, and collaboration, exploring Farm Hack’s evolving role in agricultural innovation and digital public infrastructure. The theme was Collaborative Technology and Commons-Enabling Infrastructure. Where: Tuckaway Farm, New Hampshire When: May 16–17, […]
In Indonesia, the Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI – Indonesian Peasant Union) has been organizing for more than two decades around food sovereignty, agrarian reform, cooperatives, and agroecology. With around two million members across 24 provinces, it is one of the strongest peasant movements in the country. At the Global Grassroots Innovation Assembly (GIAA), SPI brings […]
When Qomar from SPI spoke during the GIAA gathering in 2023, he reminded us that for Indonesian peasant farmers, agroecology is not a technical fix. “Agroecology in SPI is a way of life. It is not just science, not just knowledge, not just technical skill. It is a movement—how we move to create people’s food […]
We have just held our third encounter (7/10/2025) out of a series of eight within the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAA), a process that brings together communities of practice from across continents to exchange knowledge, methods, and stories of transformation. This series of eight online Encounters offers a space for peer organizations Tzoumakers and […]
From Thierry Beaucarne, via the Uilenbos and De Witte Beek towards the Kijfelaar and the Wroeter: this was the route taken by Boer Bricoleur over the North part of Belgium (a network for the self-construction of tools and equipment) in August 2025. In addition to an open workshop, each one also held a discussion round […]
June 27, 2025 at 15.06.15 Facilitated by Schola Campesina, OpenTEAM, and FarmHack, GIAA gathered for the first time in Italy from October 18 to 21, 2023. Over four days, 12 leading grassroots innovation organizations and networks from around the world (France, USA, Kenya, Greece, Indonesia, Belgium, India, and Quebec) came together to exchange ideas and […]
See below an article of L’Atelier Paysan dated 16.09.2025 (French version) to be found here: https://www.latelierpaysan.org/https-latelierpaysan-org-Un-epandeur-manuel-en-cours-de-prototypage-avec-l-ADAF We (L’Atelier Paysan) teamed up with ADAF, an association based in Drôme working in service of agroforestry and agroecology, to collaborate with a group of market gardeners on the development of a new tool. This project, called SEVE, aims […]
