Food Action and Research

L'Observatori finalitzarà l'any amb una trobada de treball

El próxim dimecres 16 de novembre, l'Observatori FARO farà la seva darrera trobada entre els seus membres per abordar alguns dels temes claus en el futur de l'Observatori.

Two projects from the UB Agroecology Group take part in the 1st OH-FINE International Forum

The Agroecology Group of the University of Barcelona took part in the 1st International Forum of the European project OH-FINE, held within the framework of the Ecocultura fair in Zamora.

Four researchers from the FARO Observatory rank among the 2% of the world’s most influential scientists

Doctors Federico Demaria, Rosa Maria Lamuela-Raventós, Ana Moragues Faus and Maria del Carmen Vidal Carou rank among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists.

Agriculture and Social Reproduction: Tensions and Sustainability in Family Farms

Researchers Susana Narotzky and Patricia Homs have contributed to the collective volume Sociología rural y de la agricultura: nuevos avances en investigación social de los campos de la globalización agroalimentaria (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, CIS) with the chapter “Agricultura y reproducción social: las explotaciones agrarias familiares entre la viabilidad económica y la reproducción de la vida.” The text was written in collaboration with researcher Bibiana Martínez Álvarez from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
 

Inseguretat alimentària urbana: què ens ensenya el cas de Barcelona?

The article Reclaiming Food Insecurity in European Urban Policies: Lessons From Public and Community‐Based Initiatives (Urban Planning), written by our researchers Ana Moragues and Maria José LaRota, examines how European cities address still with many shortcomings food insecurity in a context of rising social inequalities and environmental degradation.
 

Capitalisation of projects focused on the distribution and marketing of extensive livestock products in Catalonia

The aim of the project Capitalisation of projects focused on the distribution and marketing of extensive livestock products in Catalonia is to improve market orientation and the competitiveness of the extensive livestock (EL) sector in Catalonia.

Ana Moragues takes part in “Encuentros La Vanguardia” debate series on transforming the food system

Our researcher Ana Moragues took part in a new session of the Encuentros La Vanguardia debate series, broadcast live on Friday, July 25, under the title “Food as the basis of life: challenges and transformations in the agri-food system.”
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The University of Barcelona validates a virtual reality experience to raise awareness among adolescents about the consumption of energy drinks

The University of Barcelona (UB) actively participated in the development and validation of the NutrivisionVR project, an innovative educational experience that uses virtual reality (VR) to raise awareness among adolescents about the risks of consuming energy drinks.

Andean pluriactivity and everyday resistance: why is land still key?

Jordi Gascón’s new book (What Is Land For? New Pluriactive Peasants in the Andes, Editorial Lima, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) explores the enduring centrality of land in the economies and identities of peasant communities in the deeply transformed Andean societies.
 

Ana Moragues presents the European Cultivate project at the PEMB General Council

Researcher Ana Moragues, director of the FARO Observatory, took part last Friday in the General Council of the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan (PEMB), held at the Canòdrom, where she presented the European project Cultivate.
 

Moralities in tension along the food chain: what is the real cost of living?

A new article by Susana Narotzky (University of Barcelona) and Bibiana Martínez Álvarez (University of Santiago de Compostela) explores the moral dilemmas surrounding food provisioning in a context of inflation and post-pandemic social crisis.

Governance analysis on the challenges and opportunities of food surplus recovery and redistribution in Barcelona

A new study published by the University of Barcelona within the framework of the European CULTIVATE project delves into the governance of food surplus recovery and redistribution in the city. The report, authored by our researcher Amaranta Herrero, alongside Héctor Barco, Adrià Burniol, Raquel Diaz, Berta Vidal, and Neus Zurro, provides a detailed assessment of the legal frameworks, key stakeholders, and management tools shaping food recovery and redistribution practices in Barcelona.

 

El professor Enric Tello Aragay es jubila després d’una llarga trajectòria acadèmica i investigadora

El professor Enric Tello Aragay, catedràtic d’Història Econòmica a la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona, s’ha jubilat recentment, culminant una destacada trajectòria docent i investigadora.

Agroecological cooperativism in Catalonia: from consumer groups to cooperative supermarkets

A new report by the Agroecological Cooperative L’Aresta, with the participation of our researcher Patricia Homs, analyzes the challenges and potential of the growth of agroecological consumption initiatives in the region.

Investigadores del FARO presents a la First European Food Systems Science Conference

Ana Moragues Faus i Patricia Homs, investigadores de l’Observatori per a l’Acció i la Recerca en Alimentació, FARO (Food Action Research Observatory), han participat a la First European Food Systems Science Conference (Food Systems Science: Establishing a Common Framework and Network) a Oxford, organitzada en el marc del projecte europeu FoSSNet.

Membres de l’Observatori FARO contribueixen en l’Estratègia Nacional d’Alimentació