Future Food Symposium in Utrecht

February 17 saw the Groentetas group of Utrecht University organize the Future Food Symposium, with long time Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni as opening speaker. In this short report we offer an outline of the event. Groentetas means ‘vegetable bag’ in Dutch, and in this case the name used by an organization run by students within ... Future Food Symposium in Utrecht

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins

CORES LAB on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies

Late in 2015 the CORES Laboratory launched their new Youtube channel. Videos available include an interview with Foundation Collaborator Cristina Grasseni during the recent Food, Sustainability and Territory Conference (see also below), an interview with Daniel Tarozzi from “Italia che cambia” (in Italian) and an interview and Key Note Speech from Prof. Colin Sage. Readers ... CORES LAB on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins

Primo incontro di Italic Design Thinking

Fondazione Giannino Bassetti e Scuola Politecnica di Design promuovono congiuntamente un progetto per esplorare e verificare il potenziale a livello mondiale della rete degli italici (oltre 210 milioni persone) attraverso alcune figure di eccellenza nel mondo dell’imprenditoria e degli affari, della cultura e della creatività. Un dialogo con quanti portano avanti una comunità global basata ... Primo incontro di Italic Design Thinking

Redazione FGB

The GM Food Debate Within RI

This week sees the release of the latest issue of the online Formazione, Lavoro, Persona journal, containing an article written by Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins. This volume is a special issue on food, reflecting recent and ongoing interest in the subject highlighted by the EXPO in Milan. The journal’s title is Feeding Life, ... The GM Food Debate Within RI

Jonathan Hankins
Redazione FGB

Collective Food Purchasing Networks in Italy as a Case Study of Responsible Innovation

“Glocalism” is a peer-reviewed, open access and cross-disciplinary journal that aims at stimulating increasing awareness and knowledge around the new dynamics that characterise the glocal reality“. The current issue of Glocalism is entitled “Feeding the Planet. Energy For life“, and contains articles by (amongst others) former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, and Mayor of Milan ... Collective Food Purchasing Networks in Italy as a Case Study of Responsible Innovation

Redazione FGB

Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting

The Second Annual Meeting of the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability takes place in Charlotte North Carolina between the 4th and 6th of April, and Jonathan Hankins will be there to represent the Bassetti Foundation and present during the poster session. Prepared together with long term Foundation Collaborator Cristina Grasseni, Hankins will present a poster ... Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins
Redazione FGB

Beyond Alternative Food Networks, a book review

Long time Bassetti Foundation collaborator Cristina Grasseni recently published her latest book. Beyond Alternative Food Networks is described by MIT Professor Heather Paxson as “Much more than a book about alternative ways of sourcing and consuming food…. it challenges the rationalist mythology at the heart of capitalism and reveals the affective relations and contingent practices ... Beyond Alternative Food Networks, a book review

Cristina Grasseni
Redazione FGB

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 31/31

Event: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Date: 2011 10 15 Time: 11 min. Place: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Language: Italiano. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/31483481 Report: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini (in Italian). Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Conference Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Piacenza, October 14-15, 2011. October, 15 ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 31/31

Romeo Astorri

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 30/31

Event: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Title: Law and food safety in China. Date: 2011 10 15 Time: 25 min. Place: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/31481806 Report: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini (in Italian). Slides: in Slideshare. Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Conference Università ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 30/31

David Lametti

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 29/31

Event: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Title: IP and self-protection (genetic markers, time-limited seeds, etc.) Date: 2011 10 15 Time: 21 min. Place: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Language: Italiano. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/31480851 Report: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini (in Italian). Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Conference Università Cattolica ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 29/31

Andrea Rossato

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 28/31

Event: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Title: Geographical Indications: Between Two Paradigms. Date: 2011 10 15 Time: 23 min. Place: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Language: English. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/31479742 Report: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini (in Italian). Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Conference Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 28/31

Dev Gangjee

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 27/31

Event: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Title: Biopiracy: A Threat to Indigenous Biological Legacies. Date: 2011 10 15 Time: 27 min. Place: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Language: Italiano. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/31478981 Report: Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini (in Italian). Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Conference Università Cattolica del ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – 27/31

Franco Benussi