The seventh edition of the Food Autonomy Festival (FAF) is taking place this June!
The Food Autonomy Festival (FAF) is about presenting and celebrating alternatives and resistance to the state and corporate-controlled industrial food system.
This festival always had the purpose to create an open and accessible space for collectives, organisations and individuals. A place where we exchange perspectives, ideas, knowledge and skills about topics related to food and social justice; a moment to create new relationships and strengthen existing ones. Above all, the FAF has been a place to celebrate and explore possibilities for creating a just and sustainable world.
The FAF#7 will happen in two locations this year:
– 9-10-11 of June at ADM Noord / Het Groene Veld (Buikslotermeerdijk 95) in Amsterdam
– 17th of June: Farming tours on local farms & 18th of June at the Emma Center in Utrecht.
Like every year, celebration is at the heart of FAF! This year however, the FAF Amsterdam will mainly be a movement building and binding process. We are going to focus on the dependency on fossil fuels both at the industrial agriculture system, and at society as a whole. Through that, we would like to build bridges between the agroecology and the anti-gas movement and combine our struggles towards a food system and world free from fossil-fuels. We know that together we can destroy the structures that oppress us and build a better future.
Do you want to participate to this movement building process? Do you have a campaign, an initiative, a project or a performance that you would want to share with all participants? Contact us!
The festival was made possible with the support of:
“Connecting movements for fossil-free agriculture!”
The seventh edition of the Food Autonomy Festival (FAF) in Amsterdam is taking place this upcoming June. The FAF is a three-day gathering that aims to create an open and accessible space for collectives, organizations, farmers, artists, young academics, and others who fight for social and ecological justice. A place where we exchange perspectives, ideas, knowledge and skills about topics related to food and social justice; a moment to create new relationships and strengthen existing ones.
Above all, the FAF has been a place to visibilize, connect and celebrate alternatives and resistances to the corporate-controlled industrial food system. A site of resistance, solidarity, and autonomy, where we challenge racism, sexism, coloniality, and oppression in all its forms.
Like every year, celebration is at the heart of FAF! This year however, it will aim to be a movement’s coalition building process. We want to use this gathering to bridge the gap between the agroecology, climate justice and anti-gas movements. By focusing on the dependency of the industrial food system on the fossil fuel industry, we hope to combine our struggles and build more powerful coalitions.
We need to simultanously take down the fossil fuel industry and the agro-industry in order to achieve the much-needed agricultural and societal change!
On the 9th, 10th, and 11th of June, we will come together at ADM Noord / Het Groene Veld (Buikslotermerdijk 95) in Amsterdam (read more about the location & how to get there here) to explore alternatives for a viable, just, sustainable, and fossil-free agricultural system and world. Through open discussions, workshops, hands-on farming activities and cultural events we aim to find common ground where movements fighting for social, climate and agricultural justice can meet.
The festival will be structured around four main themes:
· Resisting a Fossil-fueled and Oppressive (Food) System
· Strategies to Build and Connect Movements
· Regenerative Culture
· Food Autonomy through Practices / Agroecology in practice
We want to emphasise the theme of “Connecting Movements” throughout the entire Food Autonomy Festival. To achieve this, we believe it would be beneficial to establish a framework that promotes such connections.The idea is to facilitate connections between individuals from various movements in spaces outside of workshops or presentations, through the use of various tools to encourage conversations during breaks between workshops, panels, and presentations. The ultimate objective is to cultivate trust between people and movements, creating an fertile ground for future collaborations. Read more about it here!
To find out more about this year’s program, you can visit this page (more information coming up soon)!
Economic Accessibility
– We will ask for a €3 suggested donation per person at the entrance, in order to cover the costs of the festival. But this is just a suggestion, and if someone cannot afford this, we will not refuse them entry. Economic accessibility also means being able to compensate the workshop givers who share their time and energy on their work for us.
– Food tickets will cost approximately €4 per meal (€2 for drinks), but we will have a small portion of tickets for those who cannot afford to buy one.
– Please let us know at the info stall if you would like to make use of this.
Do you want to participate to this movement building process? Do you have a campaign, an initiative, a project or a performance that you would want to share with all participants? We are currently finalising the program but there is space for additional contributions! Contact us before the 28st May to info@aseed.net.
Compost agribussiness! Compost the fossil industry! Fossil Free Agriculture now!
Food Autonomy Festival #7 is going to Utrecht again this year!!!
We are very excited to announce that the Food Autonomy Festival is coming to Utrecht again this year!
On the 17th of June: Farm tour! Join to visit some local farms in Utrecht. We will cycle there together and spend some hours from 10am-5pm exploring the farms and meeting the people involved.
Please sign up until the 14th of June through the link bellow, if you would like to join us:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8N2xJPAHOD9yqIkfwWoWtT_8XO-caDOEONc3D3W2PJc6B9Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
On the 18th of June at Centrum EMMA in Utrecht: Festival day! This will include workshops and discussions around food autonomy, skill sharing, music, children’s program, opportunities to relax in the garden and much more…
Keep an eye on our social media and this page for more information about the program and what exciting things we are getting ready for you.
[poster by @bbombarius]