#food

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

29/02
2016 5mn
lettura

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

12/01
2016 2mn
lettura

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

18/11
2015 1mn
lettura

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

05/06
2015 2mn
lettura

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

14/11
2014 2mn
lettura

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

28/03
2014 3mn
lettura

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

22/01
2014 3mn
lettura

Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?

In what I can only describe as a further move in the technologozation of foodstuff provisioning, Dutch Scientists recently announced that they had grown artificial meat from stem cells in an experiment that they hope could provide an alternative source of meat food production for the planet. Still in its infancy, this form of meat ... Sustainable food provisioning, technology or trust?

Jonathan Hankins

05/03
2012 5mn
lettura

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – video e slides

Il 14 e 15 novembre 2011 si è svolto a Piacenza, presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore il convegno “Innovating Food, Innovating the Law“. Pubblichiamo il report di Paola Sobbrio con le fotografie dell’evento e i video suddivisi per interventi con le slide utilizzate nelle relazioni. In fondo alla pagina potete trovare l’elenco degli interventi ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – video e slides

Redazione FGB

07/11
2011 2mn
lettura

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report – terza parte

Il 14 e 15 novembre 2011 si è svolto a Piacenza, presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore il convegno “Innovating Food, Innovating the Law“. Pubblichiamo le fotografie dell’evento, il report di Paola Sobbrio (qui sotto a seguire) e, nei prossimi giorni, i video suddivisi per interventi con le slide utilizzate nelle relazioni. Il convegno Innovating ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report – terza parte

Paola Sobbrio
Redazione FGB

04/11
2011 6mn
lettura

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report – seconda parte

Il 14 e 15 novembre 2011 si è svolto a Piacenza, presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore il convegno “Innovating Food, Innovating the Law“. Pubblichiamo le fotografie dell’evento, il report di Paola Sobbrio (qui sotto a seguire) e, nei prossimi giorni, i video suddivisi per interventi con le slide utilizzate nelle relazioni. Il convegno Innovating ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report – seconda parte

Paola Sobbrio
Redazione FGB

04/11
2011 7mn
lettura

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini

Il 14 e 15 novembre 2011 si è svolto a Piacenza, presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore il convegno “Innovating Food, Innovating the Law“. Pubblichiamo le fotografie dell’evento (visibili in fondo pagina oppure nel nostro account Flickr), il report di Paola Sobbrio (qui sotto a seguire, in tre parti) e, nei prossimi giorni, i video ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law – report e immagini

Paola Sobbrio
Redazione FGB

04/11
2011 7mn
lettura