Register for the second online Encounter -on Farmer-led farming tool Research and Development- that will be held on September 9th, 2025 (11-12:30 CEST) ; as part of a serie of 8 Encounters, held from June 2025 until April 2026.
L’Atelier Paysan (France) and Tzoumakers (Greece) are conducting similar actions in their respective contexts to decentralize agriculture innovations and technologies and exit this power from corporate actors to the hands of farmers and rural people.
During the first Encounter (June 24th), both organisations explained their origins and purpose (watch the recording) and in this second Encounter (September 9th); they will shed light on how they consider and implement the (co)design and (co)building process of tools at local level.
Recognizing that the exchange of innovations, methods and practices amongst peer organisations is of high importance to strengthen their activities; these organisations came together with others from all over the world in the Grassroots Innovations Assembly for Agroecology (GIAA), in 2023. This serie of 8 online sharing is an opportunity for peer organisations to exchange structured knowledge and learn from each other; documenting valuable -and often invisible- practices to promote innovations co-creation at the grassroots’ level.
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L’Atelier Paysan is a self-building cooperative in France that allows farmers to design and build the tools and equipment that will support their production system. Farmers are supported by engineers in the design; whilst they collectively decide on the characteristics of the tool they want to create. This initiative is of great inspiration for many other organisations across Europe, North America, and beyond.
In the Greek mountains of Epirus, Tzoumakers’ members organisations are building spaces for communities, young people and farmers to master their future, building the tools and equipment they need for food production and processing but also for decentralized energy systems and other essential issues for people’s autonomy and sovereignty
Schola Campesina Aps is an international agroecology school rooted in Italy, in the Biodistrict della Via Amerina e delle Forre. Through organisation of workshops, events and trainings, Schola Campesina facilitates the exchange of knowledge amongst peer organisations worldwide to advance Agroecology and Food sovereignty.
