Réseau International Urgenci

Mission & Goals

URGENCI is the international grassroots movement of all forms of regional and Local Solidarity-based Partnerships for Agroecology (LSPAs), of which Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the best-known iteration. The International Network URGENCI brings together citizens, small-scale food producers, consumers, activists, and researchers representing Local Solidarity-based Partnerships for Agroecology networks and initiatives in over 40 countries. These partnerships are experiments in social innovation defined by their values, rather than by their fixed operational mechanisms or schemes. They are based upon partnership, local exchange, or direct relationships where producers can earn decent livelihoods, and consumers share the risks and rewards of sustainable agriculture in return for their share of healthy, nutritious, locally- grown food. These partnerships are committed to agroecology and farming practices that protect healthy soil and biodiversity and fight the climate (...)