Past Events

On 7-8 September in Brussels, the European Association of Rural Development Institutions (AEIAR) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and organising a conference on the future land use of rural and peri-urban areas.

From 6 to 8 July 2016, about 100 people will gather in Southern France (Var) to attend the National Days of RENETA, the French network of starter farms and incubators.

Our petition, Preserving and managing farmland as our common wealth, will be presented before the Committee of Petitions of the European Parliament on 13 July 2016.

On Thursday 28 April a platform of Spanish organisations will present a new campaign for a fair and sustainable land policy to the Parliament Lower House.

From 11th to the 20th of April, 2016, the global peasant movement, La Via Campesina, will hold its International Conference for People’s Agrarian Reform in Maraba, Brazil.

From 31 March to 2 April 2016, about 300 people – civil society organisations, farmers and indigenous people’s organisations, academics and policy-makers – will gather in Valencia, Spain to discuss access to land on a global stage.

6-7 January 2016 As part of the Access to Land Network, the UK based Oxford Real Farming Conference in January 2016 will feature a range of workshops exploring access to land as well as holding the premier of our new film: Land for our food, with speakers from the film. This annual (...)

3-4 November 2015, Sicily, Italy The European Commission has gathered an expert group to explore the issue of new entrants into farming. It seeks to explore the features, needs and good practices of new entrants and in particular of newcomers. It further aims at sharing these good practices, (...)

Dronten, Netherlands - 22-5 October 2015 This workshop will gather future farmers, rural youth and newcomers from accross Europe, to tackle issues and find common solutions, to facilitate access to land and finance, build capacity of rural youth, or faclitate the return of youth to rural areas.