European Social Forum

Food Sovereignty Area

Programme

6 November

10,00 – 12,30 a.m. Palazzo degli Affari – First floor

Public meeting with the city, the operators, the farmers organizations and consumers about the programme and the proposal of the food soverignty platform inside the ESF

4,00 p.m. Palazzo degli Affari - First floor

Welcome and Meeting on aim and purposes of the agricultural area in ESF

9,30 p.m. S.Casciano Teatro Niccolini

“CANTATA PER MELISSA” - Played by ARPA and Phaleg

7 November

9,00 – 12,00 a.m. Fortezza da Basso

Conference:

Europe and Food Sovereignty

Coordinators:

Gianni Fabbris (Altragricoltura Italy),

Hege Nerland (NBS/CPE - Norway)

Speakers:

José Bové (Confederation paysanne/CPE, France),

Sergio Marelli (Pres. NGOs Italy),

Hector Mondragon (Colombia, economist),

Lidia Senra (Sindicato Labrego Galego/CPE, Galizia, Spain),

Mamadou Cissoko (CNCR/ROPPA, Senegal)

2,00 - 5,30 p.m. Fortezza da Basso

Pac seminar (I)

To save sustainable family farming, let’s change the agriculture policy in whole Europe

5,30-7,00 p.m.

Debate on Johannesburg

9,30 p.m. S.Casciano Teatro Niccolini

Workshop

International trade & Local economy: the role of agriculture

8 November

9,00 - 12,00 a.m. Fortezza da Basso Food Sovereignty Area

Workshops:

A) Food sovereignty in Eastern Europe

B) Local varieties for a local consumption

C) Agricultural labour: guaranteeng rights

D) Short food chain and critic consumption

E) The agriculture that cares climatic crises

Colombia Seminar

EVENT FOR LAND’S RIGHT - (Castiglioncello Bandini - GR)

2,00 - 5,30 p.m. Fortezza da Basso

Pac seminar (II)

To change the agriculture policy, which alternative to the current WTO rules ?

Which alliances/actions ?

5,30 - 7,00 p.m.

Campaign for Palestina

9,30 p.m. Empoli – Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Workshop

Another science for another agriculture: no GMOs & patents!

9 november

9,00-12,00 a.m. Fortezza da Basso Food Sovereignty Area

Workshop:

F) Organic and/or peasant agriculture ?

G) Food Sovereignty in Mediterranean

H) Food irradiation will not feed the world

I) Breeding in Europe: against the protein factory

EVENT AGAINST BOVE’S CONDAMNATION, the repression of farmers, movements and peoples’ fights

3,00 p.m.

International March

9,30 p.m. Empoli - Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Debate on the results of the ESF

11 november

Plenary meeting

Exhibition, meeting areas, stands

Around thirty associations will be involved in managing meeting and comunication areas and setting up shows regarding Johannesburg, Chiapas, farmer culture and solidarity with palestinian farmers.

Socialization and art events

An opening party will be run by Phaleg and Gianni Aiello with a show on social farmers’ fitghs. “The Mystic”, representing simbolic relationship of farmers’ values, will be at the base of comunicating events. Artists will operate for helping palestinian farmers.

At the restaurant true food, not commercial goods

Foro Contadino members from all over Italy, in collaboration with AIAB, Eughenia Coop, Avicoltori del Veneto and others, offer traditional dishes directly from farms. Ethic Bar and Popular Canteen are set up with the support “Social Forum critic consumption group”.