Sessions

Scroll through the detailed programme to plan your days at the Agroecology Europe Forum 2025.

Agroecology at UC Berkeley

Professor in Agroecology, Miguel Altieri

Agroecology: Opening Spaces of Hope in a Planet in Polycrisis

The keynote speech is generously sponsored by SIANI (Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative).

Keynote speech

Ödet - A home for changemakers

Visit a circular testbed Malmö!

Take the chance so visit a circular testbed in Malmö, we show you around our facility and tell you about our ongoing journey on how to become a place to incubate circular initiative. We also share our success and pitfalls, projects and inspirations. Maybe you want to start your own testbed?

Field visit

Svinnbruket

– a local action against foodwaste

How can a group of neighbors save tons of food waste? That we will tell you if you come to our lecture! Svinnbruket is a collaboration of friends and neighbors that have been working together since 2020, buying food waste from stores to show the value of food and reduce the amount of waste. Like dumpster diving without breaking the law,

(Svinnbruket is also presenting afternoon snacks this day)

Presentation

Malmö Fruktbruk

Taste and learn how to make apple juice! We bring our equipment and together we create super local and 100% raw and natural apple juice for everyone to taste!

(If you have apples or pears, we are happy to use these in the pressing. It takes about 5-6 paper bags for one pressing, which then yields 40-50 liters of must depending on the type of fruit)

Workshop

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Dr (PhD) (he/him) José Luis Vicente-Vicente

Living labs to scale agroecology for the transformation of food
systems. We will show real case studies where different actors are working together to amplify agroecology.

Mossagårdens natur- och hampastiftelse

Eng: Mossagården nature and hemp foundation

Ebba-Maria Olson, founder of HAMPALADAN, pioneers hemp innovation through farming, education, and creativity. Her 350m² venue hosts sensory food experiences, inspiring green entrepreneurship, community, and reconnection with nature.

Field visit

Hellenic Agricultural Organisation (ELGO) - DIMITRA, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture

Dr. Vasileios Gkisakis – Agronomist – Researcher in Hellenic Agricultural Organisation – DIMITRA (ELGO – DIMITRA)

URBANE project, One Health & agroecology was used to study peri-urban farming in Africa, linking farming practices to human, animal & environmental health through technology and policy.

Mini-presentation

University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute

Researcher Traci Birge, DSc. Agriculture and Forestry (agroecology)

We will demonstrate cool new technologies such as audio devices, camera traps and environmental DNA (eDNA) soil sampling. Also come pick up our new agroforestry booklet for advisors!

Market and exhibition stand

ProVeg International

Senior Policy Research Manager Josh Bisig

Where Regenerative, Organic, Agroecology, and the Plant-Based Movement Meet: This talk explores how the plant-based movement can facilitate the scalability of agroecology, regenerative, and organic visions for food systems transformation.

Presentation

Institute for Agroecology, University of Vermont

Professor William R. Kenan Jr. , Food Studies Emerita, Middlebury College and Research Associate Professor

Agroecology and Workers’ Rights in a Just Transition

Agroecological principles of human and social values should apply to all food system workers, yet most attention has focused on smallholders. This presentation focuses on policies to improve labor conditions

Presentation

City of Malmö

Senior project manager at City of Malmö, Gunilla Andersson

Gunilla will present the multiple roles the City of Malmö has in the urban food system; as policy maker, planner, land owner, purchaser, meal provider and enabler.

Presentation

Soilutions: for living soils

Soil Food Web Consultants Josefina Bergsten – Soilutions / Malin Isaksson – Soil Sister

Learn how to make microbe-rich aerobic compost that rapidly repairs degraded soils. This hands-on workshop covers the basics and offers a view into the hidden world of soil microbes.

Workshop

Obstbaumschnittschule

Julie Mathes for the German organisation “Obstbaumschnittschule” (Eng: Fruit tree pruning school)

The Overlooked Key to Agroforestry Success: Tree Care

This collaborative and interactive session focuses on how attentive tree care and supportive policies are essential for thriving agroforestry systems and resilient landscapes. It combines practical techniques with lessons on political challenges from Germany.

Presentation

The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michelle Bonatti 

Understanding how decolonial pedagogies can serve as a transformative vehicle to create and validate agroecological knowledge systems by integrating multiple traditional and alternative epistemologies.

Presentation

Agroecology-TRANSECT

Elena Alter, Raquel Luján Soto, Elisa Oteros Rozas, Marta Guadalupe Rivera Ferre

Struggles for the agroecological transition: narratives of main social movements supporting agroecology in Europe

Language and narratives play a central role in the struggle for an agroecological agri-food model. We explore how do SSMM narratives counter narratives of the agroindustry and dialogue with topics around biodiversity, climate change and socio-economic resilience.

Presentation

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)

Moderator: Stefan Schüller, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)

From Research to Farms and Plates – Exploring the Innovative Potential of Perennial Grains in Fields and Foods

An interactive panel featuring brief pitches and dynamic exchanges with the audience, exploring the opportunities and challenges of developing perennial grain production and markets across Europe. Speakers: Christophe David (ISARA), Valentin Picasso (University of Wisconsin-Madison & SLU), Maria Lundesjö (Axfoundation) and Karl Söderlund (Bagaren och Bonden)

(copyright: The Land Institute)

Presentation

Swiss Association for Cooperation on Food Education / NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health

Bc. Jaroslav Guzanic

Re-Balancing Traditions and Modern Food Habits through Agroecology

Presenting a research and practice model from Switzerland & Central Europe seeking to re-explore, celebrate, promote and protect culinary landscape including recipes, indigenous knowledge, championing agroecology and raising awareness on valorising the Central European culinary heritage and its impact on human nutrition and planetary health.

Presentation

Department of Social-Ecological Interactions - University of Kassel and the University of Göttingen

Doctoral Research Scholar Chaima Mobarak

Pathways to regeneration – exploring mental models for connecting food systems diversity with resilience

This session will investigate how mental models can be used to explore personal perceptions as the basis for developing policy briefs and recommendations. The strength of this approach comes from its emphasis on the human element as primary in understanding food systems dynamics and possible transformation pathways.

Workshop

Agroecology Coalition

Associate Coordinator Amélie Steu

The Agroecology Coalition will organize a session on boosting agroecology via increased funding and innovative investments mechanisms and present a poster highlighting its vision for food system transformation through agroecology.

Roundtable

Essential Addons

The Organic Valley of Drôme: Agroecology in Action

Agroecologist, independent researcher and writer Edona Emilie Arnesen

The Drôme valley in France, located between Lyon and Marseille and shaped by the river Drôme running from East to West between the Italian-French mountain border and the river Rhône, is a unique bioregion with a strong common value foundation of solidarity, relationality, citizen engagement, community building, organic living, culture, creativity, and cooperatives and associations above enterprises. I will share stories of cooperative producer shops, associative cafés in villages, of outdoor bars and concerts teeming with life from all walks of life (including dogs), of the abundance of alternatives for sourcing organic, local, seasonal food directly from producers and the abilities present to buy anything one needs organically made, of the diversity of cultural happenings and communal creation which lives in the valley, and how the valley itself has actively chosen to be a hotspot for organic and agroecological life.

Presentation

Essential Addons

Communing to synthesise our experiences from the Forum as a stepping stone to move into action

Agroecologist, independent researcher and writer Edona Emilie Arnesen

A communion to gather the threads from the forum that have most impacted you and to share both them and what you take with you as inspiration and motivation to move into action. The communion is both a place of coming together to share, decompress, synthesize – and also a space to get supported in what you want to take into action with your own hands, heart and head. We come together to make sense of how we want to “be in the world”, for ourselves, others and for greater causes within the context of agroecological food systems and societies. We will do exercises to concretise what we’ve individually learned and reflected on so we can all leave with a strengthened personal quest to realise in our communities.

Workshop

Deafal : IESS – Innovative Agroecological Actions for Soil Regeneration

Mr Matteo Mancini

IESS is a Tuscan project by Deafal promoting agroecological practices like cover crops, composting, and poultry integration to regenerate soil. Using digital tools for monitoring and planning, it combines traditional knowledge with innovation to build resilient farming systems and tackle climate, soil, and biodiversity challenges.

Presentation

RE-PEAT

Campaign Coordinator Bobbi

In this workshop we explore how the shift to peat-free horticulture can spark systemic change, connecting peatland conservation with social justice to reimagine how we grow, sell, and relate to food and plants.

Workshop

AllEcoSys project, funded by the Agroecology partnership

Nika Jachowicz (postdoc, University of Copenhagen), Lene Sigsgaard (Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and affiliated to University of Copenhagen), Martine Bjelland (researcher, Norwegian University of Life Sciences) and Stine Kramer Jacobsen (associate professor, University of Copenhagen)

Beneficial Insects in agroecosystems – importance of diversification and how to assess it. What we know, how to study insects, examples from AllEcoSys Agroecology project.

Presentation

LAND TOGETHER - Cultivating, belonging and justice

Program Manager Lauren Beatty-Harris

This proposal uplifts women as ancestral seed keepers and cultural stewards, exploring agroecology as a path to food justice, healing, and reconnection across generations, migrations, and historical displacements.

Presentation

Rydeholm Agroforestry Farm

Perennial possibilities

Farmer Anders Lindén at Rydeholm

Rydeholm is located in the middle of the agricultural landscape of Söderslätt, on fertile clay soils that are conventionally cultivated for grain, rapeseed and sugar beet. The main tree crops on the farm are Walnut, Hazel and Chestnut, but also Pine for pine nuts, Almond, Ginkgo and Araucaria have their places in the plantations.

Field visit

Agroecology Europe

Agroecology Europe in Action: Our collective way forward

Join Agroecology Europe for an engaging session presenting our mission, methods, and key positions, including on livestock and regenerative agriculture. Discover how we work, what we stand for, and why it matters.

Presentation

The county administrative board of Skåne

Project Managers – Mia Davidsson, Helen Nilsson & Maritha Hamrin

Competence Development within the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy

We want to promote diversity in Skåne’s agricultural landscape, both biological and knowledge based. Through dynamic procurement and versatile networks, we create knowledge, meetings, and synergies that strengthen rural businesses.

Workshop

GOOD Project, University of Coimbra

Research Fellow – GOOD Project, University of Coimbra, Irene Katsaros

Reclaiming Agroecology: Youth at the Forefront of Systemic Change

Agroecology is a transformative movement. This keynote explores how youth resist greenwashing, reclaim food sovereignty, and co-create resilient, participatory models that challenge extractivism, foster equity, and drive genuine sustainability.

Keynote speech

Inkota-network, Romero Initiative & Agrar Koordination

Senior Policy Advisor for Global Agriculture – Silke Bollmohr, Human Rights and Climate Justice in Agrarian Supply Chains – Anne Straesser, Advisor for International Agricultural Policy – Mireille Remesch

Arrowroots, agroecology and the struggle for food justice

Around the fire we share meals and stories, weaving connections of food, history, and justice—honoring resilience, exposing injustices, and envisioning a nourishing, sovereign future together.

Storytelling and cooking