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9 april Werkdag met activisten in Nijmegen

🍃 Mycelia van Hoop goes to Reclaim the Seeds Nijmegen! 🍃

Hoe mooi is het als agroecologische boeren en activisten samen buiten werken en in gesprek raken over wat hen drijft en hoe we elkaar kunnen versterken? Kom ook! Hieronder de uitnodiging.

On Sunday 9th of April we will meet at CSA Eetmeerbosch in Nijmegen for a full day of farming and building activities!

🌱 Program
10:30 – Tea & coffee / walk-in
11:00 – Nature sensory walk
12:30 – Brunch
13:30 – CSA Tour
14:30 – Farming and building activities
17:00 – Food, drinks & bonfire

For this event, we are invited to join the Community supported Agriculture (CSA) project Eetmeerbosch (https://eetmeerbosch.nl/). We are going to start the day with tea/coffee and getting to know each other, followed by a nature sensory walk to ground ourselves in the place we’ll be spending the day at. After a brunch break provided by the amazing cooking collective Le Sabot, we will have a tour of the CSA. We will then work on the ‘heart’ of the farm and build a relaxing space to get together where gatherings can be organised. We will end the day by having a bonfire and drinks in this collectively created space.

🌱 Address: Scherpenkampweg 50 (thv) in Nijmegen
You can reach the location by public transport. There will also be option to join a carpool group to self-organise your travel, please enter your departure location and phone number on the form for this purpose.
🌱 Reserve your spot (max. capacity 20ppl): https://form.jotform.com/230883121698361
🌱 The event is free / donation-based!
🌱 We want this event to be as inclusive as possible. Do you need something specific to make your participation possible / easier? Or are you missing any information? Don’t hesitate and feel free to send us an email!
🌱 Contact us through myceliavanhoop@proton.me

´Mycelia van Hoop’ is an initiative from the Dutch Agroecology Network that aims to bring agroecological farmers, activists and allies closer together. It is sometimes difficult for agroecological farmers to leave their farms and find time for activism outside of work, and activists (as well as many others) are very likely to overwork themselves. Both could use a place and some company to regenerate, and Mycelia van Hoop would like to create this place by organising day gatherings at different agroecological farms. The farming and building activities are defined depending on the farmer’s needs, allowing for an exchange of knowledge and skills. The goal is to link rural and urban realities, build a more resilient movement based on a culture of mutual aid and regeneration, and all going back home stronger.

26 October Places of Hope & Resistance in Nijmegen

Hello! 

Welcome to Places of Hope & Resistance by Toekomstboeren & Aseed (known from the Food Autonomy Festival or Reclaim the Seeds). We are happy to invite & welcome you at our first pilot! 

This initiative is meant to bring farmers and activist closer together. For farmers it is sometimes hard to leave their farms and find time for activism and activist have a high chance to overwork themselves. Both could use a place and some company to regenerate. Places of Hope & Resistance likes to create this place, so we all go home stronger at the end of it. However, since this will only be the first gathering there will be an open conversation to get your input in what exactly you need or wish for from this project. 

For this first event we have been invited to come and help out Vera & Fernande from CSA ‘t Heerlijke Land in Malden (close to Nijmegen) on Wednesday the 26th of October. They have a few bigger tasks for which they could use some extra hands, and would also love to show you what is being done there to ensure this piece of land protects and regenerates the climate and biodiversity. 

Programme:

10.30 – 11.00 Walk-in & introduction round
11.00 – 11.30 Introduction CSA ‘t Heerlijke Land 
11.30 – 15.30 Helping on the land (e.g. weeding, composting & maintenance of pathways)
<Break for coffee/tea & cookies>
15.45 – 17.30 Open conversation about Places of Hope & Resistance & closing

From 18.30 there will be Soepcafé in “de Klinker” (Van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen) where people can have a vegan dinner on donation basis (happens every Wednesday, and is no official part of the day). “De Klinker” is a part of  “de Grote Broek”, a legalised squat which has been a pillar of activism in Nijmegen for around 40 years. Would you like to know how you can get involved in climate action? Supporting refugees? Coming up for trans rights? Abortion rights? Or do you need a roof above your head and are you open to squatting? Then come and join the Soepcafe at de Klinker afterwards.

We would like this project to be inclusive. Do you need anything specific to be able to participate? Is it hard for you to physically help, but would you still like to contribute? Or are you missing any information? Don’t hesitate and feel free to send us an e-mail! 

Please register for the event as we have a maximum capacity of 20 people.

CSA ‘t Heerlijke Land
Address: Sint Jacobsweg 13a, Malden (Nijmegen)

How to reach: 
By Public Transport: From Nijmegen CS: Take bus 6 (direction Dukenburg) to Archimedesstraat (8 minute walk) or bus 83 (direction Gennep) to Scheidingsweg (9 minute walk). It’s a +-15 minute bike-ride from Nijmegen CS.

Cars can be parked for free on the premises. 

p.s. of course there will be time for you to eat your lunch, however there is no lunch provided from the project. Tools, coffee, tea and cookies will be available for everyone! Don’t forget your rain clothes and bring a pair of sturdy shoes/boots!