International Agroecology Shortcourse
CAN’s Agroecology Shortcourse is a two-week intensive learning and living experience from breakfast through dinner, geared towards introducing students and professionals to agroecology and fostering knowledge exchange and networking among individuals working toward food systems change.
| Year | Location | Hosted By | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mumemo, Marracuene, Mozambique | Community Agroecology Network & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
Agroecology and Climate Change in Africa: An Agroecology Training Course in Mozambique |
| 2015 | Santa Cruz, California | Community Agroecology Network & The University of California at Santa Cruz | Agroecology, A Global Movement: Tracing Our Roots and Looking Forward |
| 2014 | Estelí, Nicaragua | ASDENIC | Agroecology and Social Transformation: transdisciplinarity, health, and human development |
| 2013 | Burlington, Vermont | The University of Vermont | Agroecological Approaches for Climate Change and Food Systems Resilience |
| 2013 | Quintana Roo, México | Mayan Intercultural University of Quintana Roo |
Agroecology as an intercultural focus for transforming systems of food production |
| 2011 | Santa Cruz, California | Community Agroecology Network & The University of California at Santa Cruz | Agroecology and the Transformation of Food Systems: The California Model |
| 2010 | San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico | Community Agroecology Network, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), and the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) | Cultural Memory, Biodiversity and Agroecology: Linking tradition, education and science for sustainability |
| 2009 | Burlington, Vermont | The University of Vermont | Participatory Action Research in Agroecology to Support Sustainable Food Systems |
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CAJAC, our community of learning and practice in southern Mexico focused on agroecology, youth and solidarity economies, convened for its final encuentro last October. Building from the values of ancestral markets in this region the event took the form of a community market and fair where people gathered to build relationships, exchange knowledge and trade goods,.