The Austrian partners introduce themselves

Here the Austrian partners introduce themselves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPy6peN8Pcc&feature=youtu.be

Ecotendències: alimentació, salut i medi ambient

Cosmocaixa is dealing with this hot topic. Have a look on this site where you can find: videos, news, latest reports, survey and contests about the topic:

http://www.ecotendenciescosmocaixa.org/ca/web/eco/inicio

European Survey

The EU is carrying out a Consultation for the review of the European policy on organic agriculture.
The answers to this survey will be taken into account in the design of the future policies for the agriculture in the European Union. Please, have a look on the survey, answer it and send it to the EU politicians to express your opinion on this issue:

Survey: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=orgagric2013&lang=en

Food preservation

The Turkish team has proposed the topic: Food preservation. They have created a presentation to explain differetn preservation methods and they have issued a survey to ask to all partners about preservation method we have in oru countries. The questions are:

LOVE FOOD, HATE WASTE!

1.Do you use traditional food conservation methods in your country?

     YES   o                        NO  o

2.If yes, Are these methods common in cities or in rural areas in your country?

     CİTY    o                      RURAL   o

3.What kinds of traditional conversation methods are used generally?(You can choose, more than one)

·   Drying                         o

·  Salting                         o

·   Sugar                          o

·   Smoking                      o

·   Pickling                       o

·   Canning and bottling   o

·   Jogging                      o

·   Burial in the ground   o

·  Fermentation             o

4.What kinds of modern- day conversation methods are used?(you can choose more than one)

·   Freezing                          o

·   Artificial food additives  o

·   Vacuum packing               o

5.What kinds of food is preferred to preserve in your country?

·  Meat                   o

·  Vegatable            o

·  Fruit                    o

6.Which one do you prefer to consume?

·  Traditionally conserved food           o

·  Frozen food                                     o

Menjar desaprofitat

On 11th January 2012, "El Periódico" published a whole article about the subject thrown away food. Read it here:

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/comida-basura-2291253

Logo contest

All participant countries will submit their logos for the project to the Turkish partners. By the end of January the best logo will be chosen and it will appear in the website. Partners are encouraged to foster their creativity to design a logo as a symbol for the project and it will be used to be the image of the project. We look forward to the ideas and nice designs!.

To see all the logos created click here

Thrown away food. Topics.

The idea of this project comes from the viewing of the TV program "Con la comida no se juega", food is not to play with. We are going to analyse different aspects of the food and why it is thrown away. The topics are:

• El Banc d'aliments, the food bank. Famine in Spain. Social dining rooms. Health consequences of malnutrition.
• The perfect product. Making up. Sizes. Economical consequences. Who decides?.
• Recycling cooking. Recipes.
• Famine in the industralised world (economic crisis).
• The freegans' movement. Who. What. Why. Where. Connections.
• EU laws-policies related to redundant food. The role of EU laws and public administrations. Food laws.
• Social welfare associations. Charities. Activities. Profile of users. Sponsors. Reasons.

Questions will be put forward for the others partners to answer and a final presentation will be created.