Soil City was initiated by Open Jar Collective to create space for conversation, participatory research and knowledge exchange about soil. Soil isn’t part of most everyday interactions, education or policies…

When did you first become aware of the WASTED? Last spring my colleague Stef Le Fevre asked me if I wanted to supervise the implementation of the WASTED project from…

Increasingly disillusioned with industrial mega-farms that characterised much of our modern food system, many cities are witnessing a renewed interest in more socially and environmentally conscious systems of local food…

Food security is no joke. And not just in the developed world. Sooner than you would like to think, projections for increasing, interlinked crises in climate, energy and food may…

The Food Mash series is nearing its second event! If you missed the first Food Mash, you can read about it here. In 2014, however, we will do things a…

As Amsterdam develops a new Food Agenda, we developed a new approach to policy development itself, giving citizens a voice, generating constructive discussion and debate, and exploring potential paths for…

Farming the City teamed up with Metabolic and BiteMe to advance a common goal: a more resilient food system in Amsterdam. Recognizing fragmentation among actors, they co-created Food Mash –…

Everyone living in Holland knows what a Tosti, Dutch for grilled cheese sandwich, is about. And they all have their own personal reason for this tosti-love, being easy, cheap, but…

We are proud to announce that on Sunday March 24, in collaboration with the Food Film Festival, CITIES is organizing a special edition of the OLD AMSTERDAM FOOD TOUR on…

In February we had two groups of 30 students from Wageningen University joining our Old Amsterdam Food Tour. All taking a course in Food Culture with Petra Derkzen, the tour…