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Waar: NieuwLand, Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wanneer: 12/06/2018 - 20:30

This Sunday June 17th is the first open meeting organised by ASEED to start building a Fossil Free Agriculture Campaign. There is going to be a follow-up meeting on Thursday June 28th 7.30 PM (dinner from 6.30). Below you can find some more information and the agenda for Sunday. If you can't make it to the meeting, you are still welcome to join the dinner & drinks afterwards! If you plan to come, please let us know at info@aseed.net

First Fossil Free Agriculture Campaign Open Meeting:
ASEED Europe is calling on all interested people to join an open campaign meeting on Sunday June 17th in Amsterdam. During this meeting we will speak about launching a new Fossil Free Agriculture campaign. The goal of this campaign is to help build a powerful emancipatory movement from below for a sustainable and just food system. The central question to be discussed in the meeting is which steps we can take in the Netherlands to expose the Exxon’s and Shell’s of the industrial food system. Thursday June 28th we will come together again to decide on the next steps and actions after the summer.

Click here to read the full campaign announcement.

Agenda overview of the open meeting:
12.00 - 12.30 Coffee and tea
12.30 - 13.30 Introduction & goals of the campaign
13.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Action plans presentation & discussion
[1] Hannover Climate & Justice Games [2] Greenhouse horticulture & Groningen gas [3] Fertilizers / Free the Soil [4] Food Autonomy Festival 3.0 [5] Fossil food in supermarkets [6] Visual campaign & other ideas
15.30 - 16.00 BREAK
16.00 - 17.00 Presenting results of group discussion + feedback & questions
17.00 - 17.15 BREAK
17.15 - 18.00 Forming working groups & closing
18.30 ~ 21.00 Dinner & drinks

Background reading:
If you want to prepare a bit for the meeting, check out the Free the Soil campaign, which has inspired us to take the current direction. Here you can download three interesting articles that provide some critical information on the synthetic fertilizer issue, which we are considering as a focus for this campaign.

Practical points:
When: Sunday June 17th, from 12.00 to 18.00.
Where: NieuwLand (Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 93, Amsterdam)
Sign up: if you plan to attend, please send a message to info@aseed.net - this helps to know for how many people to prepare lunch / dinner and so on. The food will be vegan, if you have special dietary requirements please let us know via the same email.
Suggested donation for lunch & dinner is E3 to E5, please bring cash!