Food as Commons in the Planetary Netherlands

To protect human and planetary health and ensure access to healthy food for all we urgently need to reform the global food system. The “food as commons” approach offers a radical revisioning of food policy around a key paradigm shift: from food as commodity, to food as a commons, or public good.

In the Netherlands, the food as commons perspective motivates a mosaic of diverse interventions. The commons approach is integrated into urban strategies of food rescue and re-use, and emerging alternative approaches of food production.

This workshop examines how the food as commons approach is being taken up by diverse actors and enrolled in efforts to transform land use, conceptualise public health, and bring about equitable and sustainable transitions in the food system.

As this is a participatory workshop, we ask participants please commit to attending all of the panels and plan on joining in discussions.

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome

· Arrival & coffee

09:30 – 09:45 | Opening Remarks

· Welcome speech by the organizers

· Overview of the day’s schedule

Panel 1: Histories of Food Commoning

09:45 – 11:30 | Presentations & Discussion

· Presentations (15 minutes each):

o Antonia Weiss

o Tomaso Ferrando

o Discussant: Tine de Moor

· 10:45 – 11:15 | Panel Discussion (30 minutes)

o Led by discussant Tina de Moor

11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee Break

Panel 2: Experiments with the Food Commons

11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations & Discussion

· Presentations (15 minutes each):

o Adam Calo

o Oona Morrow

o Pieter Lagerwaard

o Discussant: Jose Luis Vivero Pol

· 12:00 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion (30 minutes)

o Led by José Luis Vivero Pol

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break

Panel 3: Foods as Commons and Health

13:30 – 15:00 | Presentations & Discussion

· Presentations (15 minutes each):

o Harrison Awuh

o Imogen Bevan

o Jaap Seidell

o Discussant: Fenna Smits

· 14:15 – 14:45 | Panel Discussion (30 minutes)

o Led by Fenna Smits

14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee Break

15:15 – 15:45 | Group Discussions

· Breakout into 3 groups (based on panels)

o Each group will be led by the panel’s discussant, who will take notes.

15:45 – 17:00 | Final Presentations & Summary

· 15:45 – 16:15 | Discussants’ Presentations (10 minutes each)

o Each panel discussant presents their group’s notes.

· 16:15 – 17:00 | Workshop Summary

o Summary of the day by a PhD student & final remarks.

17.30 | Borrel, Badhuis, Javaplein

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

International Institute of Social History, Max Nettlau Room, 31 Cruquiusweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands