Sustainable Model Village
This 5-day LTTA training activity took place in a picturesque village of Somogyvámos in Hungary at the end of August. A month before the LTTA training took place we organized an online training with an expert from Hungary about the project itself and the topic of photo- and videography, which was attended about a dozen of participants […]
We are delighted to be partners in a new strategic partnership project that focuses on rural entrepreneurship as well as empowering youth in this particular field. The project has been funded and supported by the Erasmus+ program. We have just had our first transnational project meeting that was held in Abentheuer, Germany and we have […]
Marly Winckler, IVU chair and Dr Eric Slywitch, Director of the Department of Medicine and Nutrition announced with great pleasure the publication of the International Vegetarian Union’s Guide to Vegan Nutrition for Adults for healthcare professionals in its English version. The Portuguese version, for healthcare professionals, was also released in February this year. Other versions […]
We are delighted to be partners in a new strategic partnership project that focuses on entrepreneurship, and which is supported by the Erasmus+ program and we have just had our first transnational project meeting. The meeting was held in Somogyvámos and we have chosen the Rádhé Resort Center as the venue for our guests’ accommodation […]
Plastic is poisoning life on Earth. It’s everywhere: in the rain, our food, even in the human placenta! We have seen it choking life in the deepest oceans and on the highest mountains. Now, shocking studies are finding plastic pollution everywhere: in the rain, our food, our drinking water, even in the human placenta! It’s poisoning us […]
Matthew Glover is a serial entrepreneur whose investment business, Veg Capital, has supported some of the most exciting and disruptive brands on the market. His latest venture, VFC (Vegan Fried Chicken) encapsulates his energy and optimism about the future. But first, we wanted to touch on one of his most impactful social interventions – Veganuary […]
The Smart Protein team has exciting news to share with you! A pan-European survey, published by ProVeg International, in partnership with Innova Market Insights, the University of Copenhagen, and Ghent University, as part of the Smart Protein project, has just been published and is available to download for free. Access the free report now! The pan-European survey has been published and analyzed in […]
Our organisation and its partners are supported by the European Commission within Erasmus+ programme, and it is the Eco Valley Foundation (Öko-völgy Alapítvány) which coordinates a Strategic Partnership project called Rural Entrepreneurship for Yout(th) [2021-1-HU01-KA220-YOU-000029893] for young people who are interested in the topic of rural entrepreneurship that is addressed within the project. The partnership […]
Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)‘s monthly Food Price Index, which also found that global prices have risen by more than 3% since July, reaching levels not seen since 2011. The Food Price […]
Billions of bees, butterflies, and beetles… are dying off, threatening ecological collapse. Toxic agricultural pesticides are among the key culprits, but now a European Citizen Initiative could get them phased out. One million signatures would force the EU to address our call, helping to save our bees from deadly pesticides. The insect apocalypse keeps unfolding – silently, […]