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EU4Advice is a Horizon Europe-funded project to boost short food supply chains across Europe.

Website: https://www.eu4advice.eu/
#EU4AdvicePublications | “Scholarship on alternative food networks:from mid-life crisis to life begins at 40?” by Angela Tregear, Matthew Gorton, Damian Maye, Aimee Morse and Marie Steytler, takes a critical look at the evolution of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs).
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#AFN
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🌱 Mastika L’Horta is redefining what it means to produce in Valencia’s huerta.

Founded by Bruno Muñoz, this ecological project grows organic food with care, collaboration, and a commitment to local sustainability.
eu4advice.eu/mastika-lhor...

#EU4ADVICE #Mastikalhorta #SustainableAgriculture #SFSC
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
✍ New Publication on our EU4Advice website!
We’re excited to share our latest paper: “Infrastructure support for short food supply chains in England” by Damian Maye, Matthew Gorton, Aimee Morse, Barbara Tocco & Marie Steytler.
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#EU4AdvicePublications #SFSC
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#KnowledgeSharing | "Towards understanding SFSC and the pillars of its conceptualisation", a publication by Eugenia Petropoulou (University of Crete) and Maria Paschou.
This study offers a fresh perspective on Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC).
🔍 www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...
#SFSC #WeAreReading
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🌿 EU4Advice Visits Horta-Cuina in Valencia
Horta-Cuina is a cooperative connecting local organic farmers with school canteens across Valencia.

During our October visit, manager Ivan Guimerá highlighted key challenges facing local agriculture.

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#SFSC
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#KnowledgeSharing | "Food Loss and Waste Prevention Strategies from Farm to Fork".

Petronia's and Rosalinda's overview highlights case studies, legislation, and initiatives across countries and sectors that successfully prevent or reduce food loss and waste.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The #EU4Advice consortium met in #Valencia (Oct 14–17) for three days of collaboration and learning. Learn more!
eu4advice.eu/eu4advice-ge...

#ConsortiumMeeting #Valencia
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The EU4Advice General Assembly concludes! 🪴

Three days of collaboration, inspiration, and strategy in Valencia, putting our grain of sand for achieving a stronger, more connected advisory and policy food system in Europe.

#EU4AviceGA #EU4AdviceConsortiumMeeting @sust-davie.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today, we close the #EU4AdviceGeneralAssembly in Valencia with a forward-looking day focused on Living Labs governance and long-term sustainability models.
Partners will discuss training, monitoring tools, and new ways to ensure that our local innovations continue to grow across Europe.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
✍ Working Session in Action! – During the second day of the EU4Advice Consortium Meeting in Valencia, the partners are taking part in the workshop on how to engage with policymakers.

#PolicyMakers #EU4AdviceWorkshop
@ampednl.bsky.social @markfrederiks.bsky.social @sust-davie.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We start the second day of the EU4Advice General Assembly, which brings all partners together at Ca Revolta (Valencia) to review progress, plan next steps, and align strategies for the coming year.
Our sister project, COREnet, is joining us online 💚
#EU4AdviceConsortiumMeeting #EU4AdviceGA
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🌱 The @eu4advice General Assembly 2025 kicked off today in Valencia!
We started with a cross-visit to inspiring local initiatives like Horta Cuina and Sa i Fresc, showcasing innovation in sustainable food systems and local supply chains.

#EU4AdviceGA #EU4AdviceConsortium
October 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#KnowledgeSharing |“Determinants of consumer behaviour in short food supply chains,” a paper by Janna Herzig and Katrin Zander, reviews 30 EU studies to understand what drives consumers toward local and sustainable food.
👉 Read the paper agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10....

#WeAreReading
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Check the training section on the SFS Innovation Platform! "Reducing Food Loss and Waste: CHANGE to the right path! By our project friend WASTELESS"
👉 moodle.iseki-food.net/course/index...

#TrainingSessions #FoodLoss
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#KnowledgeSharing | "Strategic Guide: Short Food Supply Chains", a resource by STRENGTH2FOOD Project. Fostering the sustainability of short food supply chains.

Read the guide here 👉 www.strength2food.eu/wp-content/u...

#WeAreReading #Sustainabilidy #SFSC
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌱 Across Europe, #SFSCs are reshaping how food is produced, sold, and valued.

To further develop this movement, the Horizon Europe projects EU4Advice and COREnet are establishing the first European networks for advisors and policymakers dedicated to SFSCs.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our new series of advisor interviews begins today, starting with Lukas Lukas Lagerweij, founder of Patry, a pioneering Dutch initiative dedicated to strengthening farm shops and short food supply chains.

eu4advice.eu/empowering-l...

#ShortFoodSupplyChains #SFSC #EU4AdviceAdvisors
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#KnowledgeSharing | "Functioning #SFSC stakeholders community in the SMARTCHAIN platform"
✍ : Bob Massar (Amped), Danika Moore (Amped), Maria Fritz (L2L), Javier Casado (UHOH), Katherine Mary Flynn, Ana Ramalho (ISEKI-Food Association), Marc van Woudenberg (Amped)
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#SFSC
September 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🫛 #KnowledgeSharing | "Less is more? Differences of social impacts on farm workers in short/long agricultural supply chains in Spain"
Read the paper! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Insights from: Carmen Capdevila Murillo, Nathalie IOFRIDA, Elsa Varela and Anna De Luca.
#WhatWeAreReading #SFSC
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🌾 Are you supporting farmers in improving their market access, income, or sustainability practices?
Join a growing European network of advisors working on short food supply chains (SFSCs) through the Horizon Europe projects #EU4Advice and #COREnet.

-→ eu4advice.eu/advisors/
August 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📢 Join us for the Feeding Ourselves Gathering 2025!
The annual meetup for local food producers, community food initiatives, researchers, and advocates of short food supply chains.
⏲️ October 30th
📍 Venue: Trinity College Dublin
Stay tuned! eu4advice.eu/events/feedi...
#FeedingOurselves2025 #LocalFood
July 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢 The joint press release from @eu4advice.bsky.social and COREnet has just been published on the EU Agenda platform.
It highlights the benefits of joining the advisors & policymakers' network and its importance in strengthening #SFSC across Europe.
euagenda.eu/publications...
#ShortFoodSupplyChains
July 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
📢 Invitation: Multi-Actor #Workshop – Building a new food economy in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
👩‍🦰 Are you an advisor, entrepreneur in the agricultural sector or policy maker, and are local #food and short food chains part of your work?

Register now! 👉 eu4advice.eu/events/invit...

#EU4AdviceEvents #SFSC
July 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🌿 On April 29–30, 2025, the START Center for Sustainable Agrifood Systems, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Copenhagen Business School hosted Green Minds Gather 2025. Read the article written by @ampednl.bsky.social lnkd.in/dQWq83js
#GreenMindsGather #SustainableAgrifood #FoodSystems #AgriInnovation
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🌱 At the 27th European Seminar on Extension and Education (ESEE2025), EU4Advice and COREnet shared the network of SFSC advisors, the training content and best practices developed, as well as the work carried out through the Living Labs.

#EU4Advice #COREnet #ESEE2025 #SFSC #AgriInnovation
July 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM