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Towards social cohesion and peace through fair food systems
The Open Food Network is aware of a divisive conflict within the Ruby community which we depend on and contribute to. For example, David Heinemeier-Hansson is the creator and a core maintainer of Ruby on Rails, which has provided a reliable and flexible framework that...
Open Food Network Switzerland has launched
NewsOpen Food Network Switzerland has launched We are thrilled to announce that Open Food Network Switzerland is officially open. We spoke to Open Food Network Switzerland's Mikel Cordovilla Mesonero about why it was important to establish an Open Food Network...
Open Food Network on social economies with Urgenci
Open Food Network recently participated in Urgenci's 'The Social Economy, the Future of Europe' conference in Strasbourg. The underlying theme was to gather input from various actors for the upcoming European Green Deal. Given that some of the most important aspects...
How to build sustainable food systems? A manual from UN FAO and INRAE -including Open Food Network’s role!
“Enabling sustainable food systems - Innovators’ handbook” was published in October 2020 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment(INRAE). Discover this very rich...
Supplying goods in a decentralised world – OFN MozFest Session
In the age of Amazon and Alibaba it seems that our whole globe can have anything delivered within hours thanks to a small handful of incredibly powerful companies. Lynne and Rachel from the global OFN team are hosting a session at Mozilla Festival to bring together...
A global gathering working towards better food systems
The global Open Food Network Community has always worked totally remotely, ever since we began in 2015. In 2017 we realised that our community would benefit from spending time together in person, connecting with our hearts as well as our heads. Since then the global...