Conscious Food Systems Alliance

🧑🌾 👩🌾 Stay tuned for CoFSA’s presence at next week’s Oxford Real Farming Conference! 📍 From Thursday 9th & Friday 10th January, CoFSA will be participating in the following events to celebrate farming and agriculture with a wider range of like-minded people. - Event of Listening to the Land  - Panel Discussion on Land, Food, and Spirit  - Workshop on Land, Food and Spirit 🙌 Stay tuned and join us in the education and celebration of farming and agriculture! #cofsa #unpd #ORFC #farming 

🎉🎆 Hello 2025! 🎆🎉 As the year concludes, we want to take a moment to celebrate YOU—our incredible community of passionate individuals who make #CoFSA what it is today. You and our wider community have been with CoFSA every step of our 2024 journey forward. 🔮 Let’s reflect on the milestones we’ve reached together and envision the opportunities that 2025 holds! What’s your vision for the year ahead? You can share your thoughts in the comments.  Thank you for being a part of the CoFSA community. We can’t wait to continue this amazing journey with you into the new year! 🌟 Here’s to new beginnings, fresh opportunities, and a brighter and more sustainable food system! 🌟 #HappyNewYear #CoFSA #undp 

Our team at CoFSA is growing and we recently welcomed Camila Rosado Cuervo! 🎉  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲?   Camila supports the CoFSA team with communications, administrative tasks, and maintenance of the knowledge management / virtual collaboration tools for CoFSA working groups. Her work will be a great support in further strengthening CoFSA's outreach and enhancing the member experience.  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗙𝗦𝗔?   A psychologist by training and a master’s in human ecology from Lund University, Camila is passionate about transformative social change. She is particularly interested in the intersection of inner and outer transformation and exploring how food serves as a bridge for social change. CoFSA's focus on supporting practices of care, inter-relationality, and strengthening the fabrics of life around food resonates strongly with her values and interests.  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮?   Camila is passionate about natural cosmetics, and herbalism, as a firm believer in the healing powers of plants. She enjoys cooking and outdoor sports. Her interests have also led her to delve into topics and practices related to the mind-body connection, nutrition and planetary health and slow living. A warm welcome to Camila as she joins CoFSA in our journey forward! 🙌 

🎄 💫 Happy holidays from CoFSA! 💫 🎄 This holiday season, we want to thank our amazing community for your continued support and dedication throughout the year. We’re filled with gratitude for the incredible journey we’ve shared with all of you. We are also looking forward to sharing the reflection, renewal, and future planning during this holiday with you. 🎁 ✨ Do you have a message for your 2024? What are your hopes and visions for the year ahead? ✨ We’d love to hear your reflections and dreams for the future. Share your thoughts with us in the comments. 🎁 As we step into the new year, let's continue this amazing journey together. Let's spread kindness, love, and hope this season. Together, we can create lasting change. 🌟 #Christmas #CoFSA #NewYear #undp 

🌱 What can we do to save the environment, climate, and the food system, and does our effort matter? CoFSA is proud to be part of the retreat at The Garrison Institute which seeks to answer this question. The retreat provided a valuable platform for interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational dialogues, and CoFSA will continue our conscious approach to bringing forward change. Watch the video and join our movement! Here’s also an insightful blog written by Thomas Legrand reflecting on the retreat journey: https://lnkd.in/dQ3b9VJV

📢Curious to know more about our Conscious Food Systems Leadership Programme?  Join us for an information session where we will answer all of your questions about the programme: This session is open to everyone!    📆 16 January, 9 - 9.45 am GMT  📍 Register: https://lnkd.in/dSRMyHvg  

🌍 We're officially launching our Conscious Food Systems Leadership Programme (African Cohort), delivered and designed in partnership with Inner Green Deal🌍 This programme aims to help food systems practitioners in Africa enhance their sustainability efforts through #consciousness-based practices. By adopting a #holistic approach, it addresses the #food system #crisis by fostering #innercapacities aligned with the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) Framework's five dimensions: being, thinking, relating, collaborating, and acting. This programme will help participants:  🌱 Develop a more holistic approach to addressing the food system crisis, incorporating the role of inner capacities.   🌱 Develop relevant inner capacities and skills to support the transformation towards regenerative food systems.   🌱 Have the capacity to integrate the inner dimension into their work (into their way of working, team, organisations and projects) with outer challenges (food system change).   🌱 Become familiar with #COFSA key concepts and approaches (inner capacities, consciousness approaches and practices, CoFSA model of transformation, CoFSA areas of intervention, etc.)   🌱 Nurture a sense of belonging and connection to the CoFSA community The programme will start on March 4th and end by May13th, and it is open to 50 participants. 💡 This programme is free to CoFSA Members. To become a member, you need to fill the form: https://lnkd.in/eZ9ha8Ja     🔍Read more about the course content and application process here: https://lnkd.in/eGxfrDXx     🧠 Information session: January 16th, 2025 from 9 to 9.45 pm GMT. Register: https://lnkd.in/dSRMyHvg 📍 Application deadline: January 24th, 2025 Apply:https://lnkd.in/dRieFuGb If you have any questions, please email camila.rosado@undp.org   

From deep conversations and sharing circles to field visits and commitments, the Communities of Wellbeing journey in Kanpur is planting seeds of regeneration 🌱 Together, we’re proving that community-led solutions are the key to a thriving planet.     #CommunitiesOfWellbeing #Regeneration #UNDP 

❄️ Join a free Winter Solstice Meditation with Satish Kumar ❄️ This Winter Solstice, come together for a free online meditation with Satish Kumar, a renowned activist, former monk, and founder of Schumacher College, as he leads us through a special 30-minute session of reflection and connection. 🗓 Saturday, 21st December 2024 at 7 pm GMT. 📍 Online event. You can register here: https://lnkd.in/gWVP_TZ2 🌱 This meditation is part of a monthly series that began in 2022, offering a space for those passionate about the land to come together and strengthen our bonds with the Earth and each other. ✨ Join this relaxing session! Let’s honor the changing seasons and reflect on our shared purpose. #WinterSolstice #Meditation #undp #cofsa 

How can communities harness their values to regenerate the planet? 🌱    This week in Kanpur, India, we’re testing with Shramik Bharti a unique journey of wellbeing and regeneration.  “Communities of Wellbeing” is more than a methodology. It’s a journey to rediscover values, inspire action, and create regenerative futures.  Stay tuned to witness transformation in action 💚    Discover the methodology here: https://lnkd.in/ePivqMCC      #CommunitiesOfWellbeing #Regeneration #UNDP