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2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-17T11:07:51Z

Admin: /* L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, the Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2779/download You can view the presentation here.]

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: students present on reading material.===
Online, 9/11, 13h00 - 13h45 EET

===L-6 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, 9/11, 13h45 - 14h30 EET

This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===L-7 Urban agriculture and the commons===
Online, 16/11, 11h30-12h15 EET

The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, 16/11-12h15-13h00

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, 30/11 15h00 EET

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:22:27Z

Admin: /* L-7 Urban agriculture and the commons */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: students present on reading material.===
Online, 9/11, 13h00 - 13h45 EET

===L-6 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, 9/11, 13h45 - 14h30 EET

This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===L-7 Urban agriculture and the commons===
Online, 16/11, 11h30-12h15 EET

The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, 16/11-12h15-13h00

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, 30/11 15h00 EET

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:21:59Z

Admin: /* L-6 Food security, food justice and food democracy */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: students present on reading material.===
Online, 9/11, 13h00 - 13h45 EET

===L-6 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, 9/11, 13h45 - 14h30 EET

This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===L-7 Urban agriculture and the commons===
Online, 16/11, 11h30-12h15 EET
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, 16/11-12h15-13h00

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, 30/11 15h00 EET

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:21:14Z

Admin: /* Follow-up with online sessions */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: students present on reading material.===
Online, 9/11, 13h00 - 13h45 EET

===L-6 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, 9/11, 13h45 - 14h30 EET
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===L-7 Urban agriculture and the commons===
Online, 16/11, 11h30-12h15 EET
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, 16/11-12h15-13h00

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, 30/11 15h00 EET

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:17:54Z

Admin: /* Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, 9/11, 13h00 - 13h45 EET

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:15:14Z

Admin:

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the bus stop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time
===Design Thinking===
L-4 AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]
===L-5-1 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2778/download You can view the powerpoint here].

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

===L-5-2 From Unsustainable Food Systems to Just Transitions. Insights from Recent Global Reports.===
An overview of recent reports on Ultra-processed foods and health, EAT–Lancet and planetary boundaries, Doughnut Economics framework, Corporate power in food systems, IPES–Food on fossil fuel dependency, and others.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-14T16:02:47Z

Admin: /* L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===Design Thinking===
AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and two example explorative reports from the Netherlands. You can view the presentation here.

With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-13T04:53:59Z

Admin: /* Nominal Group Technique */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===Design Thinking===
AESOP4Food adapted the method of Design Thinking for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-13T04:49:41Z

Admin: /* Seminar on literature on line */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature online===
Each student selects two texts from the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, and what is the most interesting part.
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everyone presents for 6 minutes (we will use a timer), and we will conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''

1 IPES report: A Long Food Movement. You can focus on the management summary.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. 2017. From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, pages 1-30

4 [https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:]

Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons, Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-13T04:47:00Z

Admin: /* Seminar, on site */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Collaborative work and Seminar on literature==

===Defining the challenges of the study site===
Collaborative work on the study and planning area on site: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction to NGT here.]

===Seminar on literature on line===
Each student selects two texts of the reading material and prepares 3 slides to present:
* The main content
* Your reflection on the content: what do you think of it, what is the most interesting
* Explain how what you read may impact your work as a landscape architect.
Everybody presents for 6 minutes (we will make use of a timer) and we conclude with a general reflection.

'''Material to select from'''
1 IPES report A Long Food Movement.

2 Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism

3 FAO 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en, page 1-30

4 IPES-Food Agribusiness Atlas:
https://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AgribusinessAtlas.pdf
Select three entries: for instance, Blue Food about Fisheries, SEEDS – Plants under copyright control.

5 Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.

6 Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human rights. International Journal of the Commons Vol.11, no2 2017, p649 – 659

7 The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.

8 [[Ihttps://ipes-food.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NewGeopoliticsOfFood.pdf|IPES-Food. 2026. The new geopolitics of food: navigating policies for resilient self-reliance.]]

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-12T19:22:16Z

Admin: /* L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2777/download You can view the PowerPoint here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-12T19:18:45Z

Admin: /* L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2776/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-12T19:02:34Z

Admin: /* Field visit of the study area */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time
We meet at 10h00 at the busstop near the area.

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T13:54:05Z

Admin: /* Introduction to the assignment */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Discussing the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 15h15-15h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T13:53:25Z

Admin: /* L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 14h00-15h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, for which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T13:52:51Z

Admin: /* L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 12h15 - 13h25 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T13:52:13Z

Admin: /* L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, course overview, concepts, and assignment. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2773/download You can download the powerpoint here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T08:42:49Z

Admin: /* L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 12h15 - 14h00
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-10-05T08:42:05Z

Admin: /* Assignment */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2772/download The content of the assignment can be viewed here.]

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=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context and current developments in Food Planning===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

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=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
The lecture and a game recap the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context ===
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 10h40-13h45 EE Time

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. With an update of current policy development and research outcomes.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

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Admin: /* L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
This lecture recaps the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-09-29T13:25:06Z

Admin: /* L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
This lecture recaps the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.
On-site, Wednesday, October 14, 9h05-10h20 EE Time

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-09-29T13:22:14Z

Admin: /* L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective. */

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

==Lectures==

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
This lecture recaps the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-09-29T13:20:20Z

Admin:

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Onsite, Monday, October 12, 14h30 - 15h45 EE Time

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 16h00-17h15 EE Time
This lecture recaps the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===Introduction to the assignment===
On-site, Monday, October 12, 17h15-17h45 EE Time

===Field visit of the study area===
On-site, Tuesday, October 13, 9h05-13h00 EE Time

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===L-4 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.

== Follow-up with online sessions==

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students.===
Online, time to be defined.

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
The lecture explains the principles of commons and provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases.

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, date to be defined.
This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France.

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online, date to be defined.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
Online, date to be defined.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Tuesday, October 13 morning''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==

Collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Assignment==

The content of the assignment will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-09-29T13:02:46Z

Admin:

=Studying foodscapes within the course Productive Landscapes=
This page is still in development and will be completed during the course which is offered to Master Students of the Landscape Architecture Programme of Vilnius Tech- Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto in the autumn of 2026.

==Topic of the course==
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security.

This module addresses the planning, design, and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches, and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy, and food justice, and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges through participatory action research and living labs.

It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). It includes mapping a food system, mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping), and carrying out a SWOT analysis. Students work on collaborative goal setting (applying the nominal group technique for systematic working); proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies. It may relate to the relevant studio project.

==Aim of the course==
After completing the foodscapes part of this module, students should be able to conceive ideas in a collaborative way for future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge and understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, to decide on transformative actions, and to make planning and design proposals.

==Learning outcomes==
The student/learner:
# Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local, and regional setting.
# Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
# Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
# Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system, making use of a transparent method, to define the most relevant challenges.
# Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.
# Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.
# Can reflect on his/her own process, using feedback from others, reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.

==Lectures, Q&A. and presentations==
The lectures and assignments are given by Dr. Roxana Triboi and ir Jeroen de Vries. Face-to-face lectures and site visits will take place Monday until Wednesday, October 12 to 14,2026.

===Preparatory activities between October 5 and October 12, 2026===
You are asked to view the introduction by Carolyn Steel
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]

And to read the summary of the IPES-Food report, 'A Long Food Movement'.

[https://www.ipes-food.org/pages/LongFoodMovement IPES-Food, 2021. A long food movement.]
Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.

Later we ask you to read
Deh-Tor, C.M. . 2017 [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/11/Urban-Agriculture-Magazine-no.-33-Urban-Agroecology.pdf From Agriculture in the City to an Agroecological Urbanism: The transformative pathway of urban (political) agroecology,] in: Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 33 – Urban Agroecology. From this publication the focus is on the introduction, page 5 until page 13.

If you have time to do so, it would be nice also to read the Summary of From Plate to Planet.
* IPES-food: From Plate to Planet: [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.]

===Reading material===

FAO. 2019. FAO framework for the Urban Food Agenda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca3151en Helps to understand the policy context and frameworks that guide urban food systems, aligning with understanding sustainable food planning concepts.

Food and Agriculture Organisation.
FAO Report : [https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0f7b5e22-5f9d-4087-a4ce-46fdffd79060/content "Integrating food into urban planning“ page 18 - 32.]

[https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/food-systems-from-concept-to-practice-and-vice-versa Posthumus, H., de Steenhuijsen-Piters, B., Dengerink, J., & Vellema, S. (2018). Food systems: From concept to practice and vice versa. (Wageningen Economic Research memorandum). Wageningen Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.18174/464054]

====Background material only for additional information====
FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University. http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-for-cities-programme/toolkit/introduction/en/ (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291.]

This article helps to understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of a politics of empowerment. It emphasizes the importance of reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.

Urban Commons Research Collective. (2022). Urban Commons Handbook (Barcelona: dpr-barcelona, 2022): pages 18-29 and 32-54.

Menatti. L. (2017). Landscape: from common good to human right. In: International Journal of the Commons Vol. 11, no 2 2017, pp. 641–683 Publisher: Uopen Journals; http://www.thecommonsjournal.org DOI: 10.18352/ijc.738: pages 649 – 659 (10 pages)

=== Reading material as background for the assignment ===

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364597915_The_Role_and_Functions_of_Stakeholders_in_the_Development_of_Local_Food_Systems_Case_of_Lithuania The role and functions of Stakeholders in the development of local food systems: Case of Lithuania.]

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372985805_Co-creation_of_business_and_marketing_models_for_SMEs_in_short_food_supply_chains_in_Lithuania_Latvia_and_Poland Adam Oleksiuk and Katarzyna Rull Quesad (2023) Co-creation of business and marketing models for SMEsin short food supply chains in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.]

===L-1 - Introduction and Current challenges of the food system, global trends and regional perspective.===
Online, October5, 2025, EE time 14h30 - 15h45
Introduction, overview of the course, concepts, first exercise.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2720/download You can view the presentation here.]

===L-2 City region food mapping methods and cases on multi-scale levels===
Online, Monday, October 6, 9h05 - 10h05 EE Time
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2721/download You can download the presentation here.]

As background presentations on food system mapping, you can view the presentation of [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2653/download Jorge Molero from the network for agroecology of Spanish Municipalities (30/03/2022)] and the presentation by [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/184/download Katrin Bohn on Spatial and participatory food (systems) mapping (12/05/2022)].

===L-3 Food governance, food councils, multilevel governance.===
Online, Thursday, October 9, 14h30 – 16h05 EE Time
A presentation on governance, agroecological urbanism and a series of examples of the development of a food strategy for part of Bucharest, and an example of a food council from the city Region of Stuttgart.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2731/download You can view the presentation here.]

==Intensive onsite week with lectures by Dr. Roxana Triboi, field visit to the area of the assignment, collaborative goals setting and the lectures 4, 5, and 6.==

===L-4 Agro-ecological urbanism: concepts and building blocks===
On-site, Monday October 13, 10h20-11h55 EE Time
This lecture recaps the building blocks of Agroecological Urbanism.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2732/download You can view the presentation here.]

One of the building blocks is the Agriparc, of which an agroecological version is proposed.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2667/download The presentation on the development of agriparcs in Europe and the proposal for a new model for an agroecological agriparc can be seen here.]
For the city of Montpellier, a design competition was launched for the new Agriparc Les Bouisses.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2668/download You can see here the winning project and its further elaboration designed by Architect Office Fabriques.]

===L-5 Agriculture in a global context ===
On-site, Monday, October 13, 12h10-13h45.

General introduction to agriculture, examples from Turkey, value and supply chains, global development of agricultural land and food consumption, EU policies, and Key Performance Indicators. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2735/download You can view the presentation here.]

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2733/download An update with information on why the current food system is not sustainable, based on recent reports of international organisations, can be viewed here.]

===Nominal Group Technique===
After the field trip: the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). This method can also be applied to other sessions where you collaborate with a group of people, such as participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

===Seminar with collaborative work: presentation on reading material by the students, collaborative goal setting.===
On-site Thursday, October 16, 10h20- 16h05 (with a lunch break).

===L-6 Urban agriculture and the commons===
On-site, Thursday, October 16, 16h20 – 17h50 EE Time.

The lecture explains the principles of commons, provides an overview of its role in the landscape, with some examples of rural and urban cases. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2734/download You can view the presentations here.]

===L-7 Food security, food justice and food democracy===
Online, Thursday October 23, 14h30-16h05 EE time.

This lecture presents the concepts of food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty and food security. We showed the example of the city of Montpellier in France. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2738/download You can see the presentation here.]

Students can position themselves and consider their role as landscape architects, based on the values and strategies presented.

===Intermediate individual presentation and Q&A session on the assignment ===
Online Thursday November 6, 14h30-16h05 EE Time.

===Final presentation and assessment ===
On-site in Vilnius, with online assessment of the foodscape part in the week of November 17-20, 2025.
With prof Stauskis it was agreed that the presentation takes place on Thursday, November 20, at 14h30 EET.

=Practical work=
==Excursion==
''Monday, October 13 morning/afternoon''
Study trip to the study area of the assignment. Details will be communicated by the university staff.
The students will make a food system analysis. Preparation is needed for a general analysis of the area: what kind of producers are in the area, how many hectares of different kinds of crops, and produce.
The study area will be larger than the planning area, and both will be defined beforehand.

==Seminar, on site==
''Thursday, October 9, morning''
The seminar will have two parts:
Part 1: Discussion on aspects of the Lithuanian food system situation, presentation of the students on the references and literature and next steps.

Part 2: collaborative work on the study and planning area: defining the challenges, collaborative goal setting, setting priorities. In this part we will apply the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).
This method you can also apply for other sessions in which you have collaborative work with a group of people, for instance for participation or co-creation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2656/download You can view the introduction on NGT here.]

.

==Exercises==

===Exercise 1, landscape on your plate===
The first exercise is meant to create a greater awareness of the relation between the food that we eat and the landscape that it results into.

STEP 1: Have a look at your plate for dinner. Take a picture or make a drawing of the content.
Then make notes where the food comes from and what kind of a landscape your food results in.
Add some sketches or images of these landscapes.

STEP 2: Place image(s) and description on a padlet. You will receive a QR code.

STEP 3: We will present and discuss the results in an online session.

[[File:Exercise_1_landscape_on_your_plate.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]

==Assignment==

The content of the assignement will be defined during the first weeks of the course.

You can find a [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2611/download draft of the assignment here.]

2026 MLA Vilnius Productive Landscapes

2026-09-29T12:52:52Z

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AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-04-22T13:32:59Z

Admin: /* Registration is closed for the course in 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2747/download You can view the presentation here.]

You can find more details on methods and tools [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2748/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now. Announcement of future courses will take place in the autumn of 2026.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-19T20:15:24Z

Admin: /* session March 19,2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2747/download You can view the presentation here.]

You can find more details on methods and tools [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2748/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-12T20:55:21Z

Admin: /* session March 12, 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2747/download You can view the presentation here.]

You can find more details on methods and tools [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-12T14:07:27Z

Admin: /* session March 12, 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

You can find more details on methods and tools [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-12T14:06:42Z

Admin: /* session March 12, 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

You can find more details on methods and tools [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools| on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-12T14:05:48Z

Admin: /* session March 12, 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

You can find more details on [[https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_Methods_and_tools|methods and tools on this page.]]

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Methods and tools

2026-03-12T13:58:19Z

Admin: /* Paricipatory Action Research */

==Living lab process==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2133_download&client_id=main Living Lab approach - how to work together with various groups of participants from communities, academia, civil society, and public authorities.]

==Participatory Action Research==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2131_download&client_id=main PALAR methodology - the method for participatory learning and research]

==Nominal Group Technique==
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered.
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered. It is an efficient and easy method for collaborative work within your team of learners, with a project team, with a community to make sure all voices can be heard. One can use it for defining challenges, collaborative goal setting, selecting a preferred alternative, or deciding on actions.

It is a structured method for group brainstorming encouraging contributions from everyone, which facilitates quick agreement on the relative importance of issues, problems, or solutions.

Team members begin by writing down their ideas, and then selecting which idea they feel is best. Everyone presents their favourite idea(s); the suggestions are then discussed and prioritised by the entire group using a point system. The ratings of individual group members are combined into the final weighted priorities of the group.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2220_download&client_id=main You can find a presentation on the method, steps and possible uses here.]

==Design Thinking==
Originally it was developed as a process to understand customers' or beneficiaries' wishes, needs, and visions. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning and applied it in the seminar and explicitly in the intensive workshop in Montpellier. It relies on observing, with empathy, how people interact with their environments and employs an iterative, hands-on approach to create innovative solutions. It is a human-centred interdisciplinary approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people (desirability), the feasibility of the technology, and the requirements (viability) for business success. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning.

[[File:7-JdVries-Design Thinking AESOP4Food IP Mont scheme 1.jpg|thumb]]

===Step 1. Empathise and Explore===
In this step you start to understand the problems, needs and desires of actors, stakeholders, users to address best the challenges. By understanding the qualities, challenges, opportunities of the local landscape you will come up with good ideas.
For this you can use the following questions: Who are the actors? What are their problems, needs and desires? What does the local landscape look like? What are the needs and opportunities of this landscape?
Methods to be used are Interviewing / photo voicing / tiny demonstration office; using the empathy maps of the design thinking method, creating personas; performing landscape walks, make overviews by using the transect method, map the landscape mapping with photos, sketches, and notes.

===Step 2. Defining Challenges and Goals===
Here you make a synthesis of the observations about actors, stakeholders and the landscape. The team can collaboratively define the main challenges you need to address and the opportunities you can build on. It can help to visualize these on a map of the area or in a scheme of the food system.
Methods to be used are Nominal Group Technique for collecting challenges, brainstorming for generating ideas, Power mapping for your main idea / challenge, Nominal Group Technique for collecting goals and setting priorities.
You can use the ‘how might we?’ questions: How might the agriparc serve best the needs of those who are more vulnerable? How might farmers benefit from the park for a fair income? How might the landscape look like when agroecology is applied?

===Step 3. Ideate: Vision and Scenario===
The vision builds upon the defined goals and selected scenario. It describes the way the food system and how the landscape may look like in the long term. It can be a written statement, where the main concepts are preferably illustrated with icons, images, and sketches.
Scenarios can be explored using the quadrant method see section 3.4 and the lecture Michiel Dehaene: April 25 and May 16, 2024).

===Step 4. Prototyping===
A prototype is the early physical representation of your idea that allows people to test and explore your idea’s spatial, functional and social feasibility
You use the prototype to prove the value of your idea, get feedback, catch potential failures, learn from failures, integrate lessons into design and it helps to evolve ideas quickly.

Important aspects of a prototype. Slide presentation Jeroen de Vries at the IP in Montpellier, 2024.

Prototypes may have various forms: mind maps, games, AR/VR experience, Performative prototypes (role play), storyboards, comic books, modifiable digital models (street mix or Minecraft), drawings (section drawings, floor plan), or analogue models.

===Step 5. Testing and concluding===
The prototypes are tested by actors, users, stakeholders who give feedback. You can understand better the actors. The prototypes should not be a draft design, but a concept for a focused interaction with users.
Do not reduce your “testing” work to asking whether or not people like your solution. Instead, continue to ask “Why?”, and focus on what you can learn about the person and the problem as well as your potential solutions. When you cannot interact with the local community, you may use personas who do a role play while testing. The prototype could also be a game where participants can explore if the proposal fulfills their needs, answers to their desires.
If it is a 1:1 model, or a scale model participants may also experience how it works.

===Conclusions===
During the AESOP4Food project we used the phases of Design Thinking for the different phase of the course. During the IPs we used parts of the approach and in the third IP we made a skip where we clearly explained all steps to the participants.

AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

==Collaborative Goal Setting==
Participants engaged in collaborative goal setting to define objectives and desired outcomes, fostering a sense of ownership and commitment to achieving shared goals.

In the online sessions, we used Mural.co for this, and onsite it can easily be done using flipover sheets, and stickers.
Important is that:
* Each group member writes down individual his/her goals
* Only places one goal on a sticker
* Collect the goals while the participants explain these
* Similar goals can be grouped by a moderator
* Goals can be reformulated into common goals with the approval of the group.

==Power mapping==
Objective: To create a visual representation of the relationships and influences among different stakeholders in a food system, focusing on their positions relative to a collaborative goal.
===Community and Landscape Analysis===
* Identify your community by analyzing the environmental, social, and political context.
* Use methods like autobiographical narration, theater, and play to gather genuine insights.
* Map traditional social groups, individuals, local and external stakeholders to understand the broader community dynamics.

===Creating the Power Map===
* Start with a central collaborative goal.
* Position stakeholders based on their influence and relationship to this goal.
* Use digital tools like Padlet and Miro for interactive and evolving maps.

[[File:Example of power map in the foodsystem april 2022..jpg|thumb|Powermap on a food challenge developed under guidance of Deni Ruggeri]]

===Democratic Participation Analysis===
* Ensure the community becomes self-aware through the participatory process.
* Involve all affected parties to gather a comprehensive understanding of needs and desires.

Benefits for Students:
* Enhances understanding of complex stakeholder dynamics.
* Develops skills in data collection, analysis, and collaborative planning.
* Encourages active participation and engagement with real-world challenges.

==Food system mapping==
Food mapping is a crucial methodology in understanding and analysing food systems within various contexts.
* To map and evaluate local food systems.
* To identify stakeholders, power structures, and the dynamics of food production, distribution, and consumption.
* To facilitate targeted interventions and policy development.

[[AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Phase_2:_Food_mapping:_analysing_your_local_foodscape_sessions_on_March_14_and_21,_2024|Presentations on different types of food system mapping can be found in Phase II Analysing the local food system.]]
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping for starting transformative actions and presents an overview of the types of mapping. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them.

==Food System Mapping Methodology==
* Define Scope and Objectives: Clearly outline geographic and thematic focus. Ensures targeted and relevant mapping efforts.
* Stakeholder Identification: Use power mapping to identify key players. Engages all relevant stakeholders and ensures comprehensive understanding of the food system.
* Data Collection: Collect quantitative and qualitative data.
* Mapping the Food System: Create visual maps of food system elements. Visualises complex relationships and flows within the food system.
* SWOT Analysis: Conduct a collaborative SWOT analysis. Identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, facilitating strategic planning.
* Analysis and Interpretation: Analyse data to identify trends and issues.
* Developing Interventions: Co-design solutions with stakeholders. Ensures practical and accepted solutions through stakeholder involvement.
* Reporting and Dissemination: Share findings and strategies.
* Monitoring and Evaluation: Establish metrics for ongoing evaluation. Ensures continuous improvement and adaptation of interventions.

In AESOP4Food, this methodology was applied for the Living Lab assignment to map Bucharest District 6's foodscape, involving detailed mapping and stakeholder workshops to identify challenges.

AESOP4Food Methods and tools

2026-03-12T13:58:02Z

Admin: /* Paricipatory Action Research */

==Living lab process==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2133_download&client_id=main Living Lab approach - how to work together with various groups of participants from communities, academia, civil society, and public authorities.]

==Paricipatory Action Research==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2131_download&client_id=main PALAR methodology - the method for participatory learning and research]

==Nominal Group Technique==
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered.
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered. It is an efficient and easy method for collaborative work within your team of learners, with a project team, with a community to make sure all voices can be heard. One can use it for defining challenges, collaborative goal setting, selecting a preferred alternative, or deciding on actions.

It is a structured method for group brainstorming encouraging contributions from everyone, which facilitates quick agreement on the relative importance of issues, problems, or solutions.

Team members begin by writing down their ideas, and then selecting which idea they feel is best. Everyone presents their favourite idea(s); the suggestions are then discussed and prioritised by the entire group using a point system. The ratings of individual group members are combined into the final weighted priorities of the group.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2220_download&client_id=main You can find a presentation on the method, steps and possible uses here.]

==Design Thinking==
Originally it was developed as a process to understand customers' or beneficiaries' wishes, needs, and visions. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning and applied it in the seminar and explicitly in the intensive workshop in Montpellier. It relies on observing, with empathy, how people interact with their environments and employs an iterative, hands-on approach to create innovative solutions. It is a human-centred interdisciplinary approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people (desirability), the feasibility of the technology, and the requirements (viability) for business success. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning.

[[File:7-JdVries-Design Thinking AESOP4Food IP Mont scheme 1.jpg|thumb]]

===Step 1. Empathise and Explore===
In this step you start to understand the problems, needs and desires of actors, stakeholders, users to address best the challenges. By understanding the qualities, challenges, opportunities of the local landscape you will come up with good ideas.
For this you can use the following questions: Who are the actors? What are their problems, needs and desires? What does the local landscape look like? What are the needs and opportunities of this landscape?
Methods to be used are Interviewing / photo voicing / tiny demonstration office; using the empathy maps of the design thinking method, creating personas; performing landscape walks, make overviews by using the transect method, map the landscape mapping with photos, sketches, and notes.

===Step 2. Defining Challenges and Goals===
Here you make a synthesis of the observations about actors, stakeholders and the landscape. The team can collaboratively define the main challenges you need to address and the opportunities you can build on. It can help to visualize these on a map of the area or in a scheme of the food system.
Methods to be used are Nominal Group Technique for collecting challenges, brainstorming for generating ideas, Power mapping for your main idea / challenge, Nominal Group Technique for collecting goals and setting priorities.
You can use the ‘how might we?’ questions: How might the agriparc serve best the needs of those who are more vulnerable? How might farmers benefit from the park for a fair income? How might the landscape look like when agroecology is applied?

===Step 3. Ideate: Vision and Scenario===
The vision builds upon the defined goals and selected scenario. It describes the way the food system and how the landscape may look like in the long term. It can be a written statement, where the main concepts are preferably illustrated with icons, images, and sketches.
Scenarios can be explored using the quadrant method see section 3.4 and the lecture Michiel Dehaene: April 25 and May 16, 2024).

===Step 4. Prototyping===
A prototype is the early physical representation of your idea that allows people to test and explore your idea’s spatial, functional and social feasibility
You use the prototype to prove the value of your idea, get feedback, catch potential failures, learn from failures, integrate lessons into design and it helps to evolve ideas quickly.

Important aspects of a prototype. Slide presentation Jeroen de Vries at the IP in Montpellier, 2024.

Prototypes may have various forms: mind maps, games, AR/VR experience, Performative prototypes (role play), storyboards, comic books, modifiable digital models (street mix or Minecraft), drawings (section drawings, floor plan), or analogue models.

===Step 5. Testing and concluding===
The prototypes are tested by actors, users, stakeholders who give feedback. You can understand better the actors. The prototypes should not be a draft design, but a concept for a focused interaction with users.
Do not reduce your “testing” work to asking whether or not people like your solution. Instead, continue to ask “Why?”, and focus on what you can learn about the person and the problem as well as your potential solutions. When you cannot interact with the local community, you may use personas who do a role play while testing. The prototype could also be a game where participants can explore if the proposal fulfills their needs, answers to their desires.
If it is a 1:1 model, or a scale model participants may also experience how it works.

===Conclusions===
During the AESOP4Food project we used the phases of Design Thinking for the different phase of the course. During the IPs we used parts of the approach and in the third IP we made a skip where we clearly explained all steps to the participants.

AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

==Collaborative Goal Setting==
Participants engaged in collaborative goal setting to define objectives and desired outcomes, fostering a sense of ownership and commitment to achieving shared goals.

In the online sessions, we used Mural.co for this, and onsite it can easily be done using flipover sheets, and stickers.
Important is that:
* Each group member writes down individual his/her goals
* Only places one goal on a sticker
* Collect the goals while the participants explain these
* Similar goals can be grouped by a moderator
* Goals can be reformulated into common goals with the approval of the group.

==Power mapping==
Objective: To create a visual representation of the relationships and influences among different stakeholders in a food system, focusing on their positions relative to a collaborative goal.
===Community and Landscape Analysis===
* Identify your community by analyzing the environmental, social, and political context.
* Use methods like autobiographical narration, theater, and play to gather genuine insights.
* Map traditional social groups, individuals, local and external stakeholders to understand the broader community dynamics.

===Creating the Power Map===
* Start with a central collaborative goal.
* Position stakeholders based on their influence and relationship to this goal.
* Use digital tools like Padlet and Miro for interactive and evolving maps.

[[File:Example of power map in the foodsystem april 2022..jpg|thumb|Powermap on a food challenge developed under guidance of Deni Ruggeri]]

===Democratic Participation Analysis===
* Ensure the community becomes self-aware through the participatory process.
* Involve all affected parties to gather a comprehensive understanding of needs and desires.

Benefits for Students:
* Enhances understanding of complex stakeholder dynamics.
* Develops skills in data collection, analysis, and collaborative planning.
* Encourages active participation and engagement with real-world challenges.

==Food system mapping==
Food mapping is a crucial methodology in understanding and analysing food systems within various contexts.
* To map and evaluate local food systems.
* To identify stakeholders, power structures, and the dynamics of food production, distribution, and consumption.
* To facilitate targeted interventions and policy development.

[[AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Phase_2:_Food_mapping:_analysing_your_local_foodscape_sessions_on_March_14_and_21,_2024|Presentations on different types of food system mapping can be found in Phase II Analysing the local food system.]]
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping for starting transformative actions and presents an overview of the types of mapping. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them.

==Food System Mapping Methodology==
* Define Scope and Objectives: Clearly outline geographic and thematic focus. Ensures targeted and relevant mapping efforts.
* Stakeholder Identification: Use power mapping to identify key players. Engages all relevant stakeholders and ensures comprehensive understanding of the food system.
* Data Collection: Collect quantitative and qualitative data.
* Mapping the Food System: Create visual maps of food system elements. Visualises complex relationships and flows within the food system.
* SWOT Analysis: Conduct a collaborative SWOT analysis. Identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, facilitating strategic planning.
* Analysis and Interpretation: Analyse data to identify trends and issues.
* Developing Interventions: Co-design solutions with stakeholders. Ensures practical and accepted solutions through stakeholder involvement.
* Reporting and Dissemination: Share findings and strategies.
* Monitoring and Evaluation: Establish metrics for ongoing evaluation. Ensures continuous improvement and adaptation of interventions.

In AESOP4Food, this methodology was applied for the Living Lab assignment to map Bucharest District 6's foodscape, involving detailed mapping and stakeholder workshops to identify challenges.

AESOP4Food Methods and tools

2026-03-12T13:57:45Z

Admin: /* Living lab process */

==Living lab process==

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2133_download&client_id=main Living Lab approach - how to work together with various groups of participants from communities, academia, civil society, and public authorities.]

==Paricipatory Action Research==

==Nominal Group Technique==
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered.
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered. It is an efficient and easy method for collaborative work within your team of learners, with a project team, with a community to make sure all voices can be heard. One can use it for defining challenges, collaborative goal setting, selecting a preferred alternative, or deciding on actions.

It is a structured method for group brainstorming encouraging contributions from everyone, which facilitates quick agreement on the relative importance of issues, problems, or solutions.

Team members begin by writing down their ideas, and then selecting which idea they feel is best. Everyone presents their favourite idea(s); the suggestions are then discussed and prioritised by the entire group using a point system. The ratings of individual group members are combined into the final weighted priorities of the group.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2220_download&client_id=main You can find a presentation on the method, steps and possible uses here.]

==Design Thinking==
Originally it was developed as a process to understand customers' or beneficiaries' wishes, needs, and visions. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning and applied it in the seminar and explicitly in the intensive workshop in Montpellier. It relies on observing, with empathy, how people interact with their environments and employs an iterative, hands-on approach to create innovative solutions. It is a human-centred interdisciplinary approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people (desirability), the feasibility of the technology, and the requirements (viability) for business success. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning.

[[File:7-JdVries-Design Thinking AESOP4Food IP Mont scheme 1.jpg|thumb]]

===Step 1. Empathise and Explore===
In this step you start to understand the problems, needs and desires of actors, stakeholders, users to address best the challenges. By understanding the qualities, challenges, opportunities of the local landscape you will come up with good ideas.
For this you can use the following questions: Who are the actors? What are their problems, needs and desires? What does the local landscape look like? What are the needs and opportunities of this landscape?
Methods to be used are Interviewing / photo voicing / tiny demonstration office; using the empathy maps of the design thinking method, creating personas; performing landscape walks, make overviews by using the transect method, map the landscape mapping with photos, sketches, and notes.

===Step 2. Defining Challenges and Goals===
Here you make a synthesis of the observations about actors, stakeholders and the landscape. The team can collaboratively define the main challenges you need to address and the opportunities you can build on. It can help to visualize these on a map of the area or in a scheme of the food system.
Methods to be used are Nominal Group Technique for collecting challenges, brainstorming for generating ideas, Power mapping for your main idea / challenge, Nominal Group Technique for collecting goals and setting priorities.
You can use the ‘how might we?’ questions: How might the agriparc serve best the needs of those who are more vulnerable? How might farmers benefit from the park for a fair income? How might the landscape look like when agroecology is applied?

===Step 3. Ideate: Vision and Scenario===
The vision builds upon the defined goals and selected scenario. It describes the way the food system and how the landscape may look like in the long term. It can be a written statement, where the main concepts are preferably illustrated with icons, images, and sketches.
Scenarios can be explored using the quadrant method see section 3.4 and the lecture Michiel Dehaene: April 25 and May 16, 2024).

===Step 4. Prototyping===
A prototype is the early physical representation of your idea that allows people to test and explore your idea’s spatial, functional and social feasibility
You use the prototype to prove the value of your idea, get feedback, catch potential failures, learn from failures, integrate lessons into design and it helps to evolve ideas quickly.

Important aspects of a prototype. Slide presentation Jeroen de Vries at the IP in Montpellier, 2024.

Prototypes may have various forms: mind maps, games, AR/VR experience, Performative prototypes (role play), storyboards, comic books, modifiable digital models (street mix or Minecraft), drawings (section drawings, floor plan), or analogue models.

===Step 5. Testing and concluding===
The prototypes are tested by actors, users, stakeholders who give feedback. You can understand better the actors. The prototypes should not be a draft design, but a concept for a focused interaction with users.
Do not reduce your “testing” work to asking whether or not people like your solution. Instead, continue to ask “Why?”, and focus on what you can learn about the person and the problem as well as your potential solutions. When you cannot interact with the local community, you may use personas who do a role play while testing. The prototype could also be a game where participants can explore if the proposal fulfills their needs, answers to their desires.
If it is a 1:1 model, or a scale model participants may also experience how it works.

===Conclusions===
During the AESOP4Food project we used the phases of Design Thinking for the different phase of the course. During the IPs we used parts of the approach and in the third IP we made a skip where we clearly explained all steps to the participants.

AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

==Collaborative Goal Setting==
Participants engaged in collaborative goal setting to define objectives and desired outcomes, fostering a sense of ownership and commitment to achieving shared goals.

In the online sessions, we used Mural.co for this, and onsite it can easily be done using flipover sheets, and stickers.
Important is that:
* Each group member writes down individual his/her goals
* Only places one goal on a sticker
* Collect the goals while the participants explain these
* Similar goals can be grouped by a moderator
* Goals can be reformulated into common goals with the approval of the group.

==Power mapping==
Objective: To create a visual representation of the relationships and influences among different stakeholders in a food system, focusing on their positions relative to a collaborative goal.
===Community and Landscape Analysis===
* Identify your community by analyzing the environmental, social, and political context.
* Use methods like autobiographical narration, theater, and play to gather genuine insights.
* Map traditional social groups, individuals, local and external stakeholders to understand the broader community dynamics.

===Creating the Power Map===
* Start with a central collaborative goal.
* Position stakeholders based on their influence and relationship to this goal.
* Use digital tools like Padlet and Miro for interactive and evolving maps.

[[File:Example of power map in the foodsystem april 2022..jpg|thumb|Powermap on a food challenge developed under guidance of Deni Ruggeri]]

===Democratic Participation Analysis===
* Ensure the community becomes self-aware through the participatory process.
* Involve all affected parties to gather a comprehensive understanding of needs and desires.

Benefits for Students:
* Enhances understanding of complex stakeholder dynamics.
* Develops skills in data collection, analysis, and collaborative planning.
* Encourages active participation and engagement with real-world challenges.

==Food system mapping==
Food mapping is a crucial methodology in understanding and analysing food systems within various contexts.
* To map and evaluate local food systems.
* To identify stakeholders, power structures, and the dynamics of food production, distribution, and consumption.
* To facilitate targeted interventions and policy development.

[[AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Phase_2:_Food_mapping:_analysing_your_local_foodscape_sessions_on_March_14_and_21,_2024|Presentations on different types of food system mapping can be found in Phase II Analysing the local food system.]]
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping for starting transformative actions and presents an overview of the types of mapping. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them.

==Food System Mapping Methodology==
* Define Scope and Objectives: Clearly outline geographic and thematic focus. Ensures targeted and relevant mapping efforts.
* Stakeholder Identification: Use power mapping to identify key players. Engages all relevant stakeholders and ensures comprehensive understanding of the food system.
* Data Collection: Collect quantitative and qualitative data.
* Mapping the Food System: Create visual maps of food system elements. Visualises complex relationships and flows within the food system.
* SWOT Analysis: Conduct a collaborative SWOT analysis. Identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, facilitating strategic planning.
* Analysis and Interpretation: Analyse data to identify trends and issues.
* Developing Interventions: Co-design solutions with stakeholders. Ensures practical and accepted solutions through stakeholder involvement.
* Reporting and Dissemination: Share findings and strategies.
* Monitoring and Evaluation: Establish metrics for ongoing evaluation. Ensures continuous improvement and adaptation of interventions.

In AESOP4Food, this methodology was applied for the Living Lab assignment to map Bucharest District 6's foodscape, involving detailed mapping and stakeholder workshops to identify challenges.

AESOP4Food Methods and tools

2026-03-12T13:56:16Z

Admin:

==Living lab process==

==Paricipatory Action Research==

==Nominal Group Technique==
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered.
The Nominal Group Technique was employed as a structured method for generating ideas and making decisions within group settings, ensuring all participants' voices were heard and considered. It is an efficient and easy method for collaborative work within your team of learners, with a project team, with a community to make sure all voices can be heard. One can use it for defining challenges, collaborative goal setting, selecting a preferred alternative, or deciding on actions.

It is a structured method for group brainstorming encouraging contributions from everyone, which facilitates quick agreement on the relative importance of issues, problems, or solutions.

Team members begin by writing down their ideas, and then selecting which idea they feel is best. Everyone presents their favourite idea(s); the suggestions are then discussed and prioritised by the entire group using a point system. The ratings of individual group members are combined into the final weighted priorities of the group.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2220_download&client_id=main You can find a presentation on the method, steps and possible uses here.]

==Design Thinking==
Originally it was developed as a process to understand customers' or beneficiaries' wishes, needs, and visions. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning and applied it in the seminar and explicitly in the intensive workshop in Montpellier. It relies on observing, with empathy, how people interact with their environments and employs an iterative, hands-on approach to create innovative solutions. It is a human-centred interdisciplinary approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people (desirability), the feasibility of the technology, and the requirements (viability) for business success. AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning.

[[File:7-JdVries-Design Thinking AESOP4Food IP Mont scheme 1.jpg|thumb]]

===Step 1. Empathise and Explore===
In this step you start to understand the problems, needs and desires of actors, stakeholders, users to address best the challenges. By understanding the qualities, challenges, opportunities of the local landscape you will come up with good ideas.
For this you can use the following questions: Who are the actors? What are their problems, needs and desires? What does the local landscape look like? What are the needs and opportunities of this landscape?
Methods to be used are Interviewing / photo voicing / tiny demonstration office; using the empathy maps of the design thinking method, creating personas; performing landscape walks, make overviews by using the transect method, map the landscape mapping with photos, sketches, and notes.

===Step 2. Defining Challenges and Goals===
Here you make a synthesis of the observations about actors, stakeholders and the landscape. The team can collaboratively define the main challenges you need to address and the opportunities you can build on. It can help to visualize these on a map of the area or in a scheme of the food system.
Methods to be used are Nominal Group Technique for collecting challenges, brainstorming for generating ideas, Power mapping for your main idea / challenge, Nominal Group Technique for collecting goals and setting priorities.
You can use the ‘how might we?’ questions: How might the agriparc serve best the needs of those who are more vulnerable? How might farmers benefit from the park for a fair income? How might the landscape look like when agroecology is applied?

===Step 3. Ideate: Vision and Scenario===
The vision builds upon the defined goals and selected scenario. It describes the way the food system and how the landscape may look like in the long term. It can be a written statement, where the main concepts are preferably illustrated with icons, images, and sketches.
Scenarios can be explored using the quadrant method see section 3.4 and the lecture Michiel Dehaene: April 25 and May 16, 2024).

===Step 4. Prototyping===
A prototype is the early physical representation of your idea that allows people to test and explore your idea’s spatial, functional and social feasibility
You use the prototype to prove the value of your idea, get feedback, catch potential failures, learn from failures, integrate lessons into design and it helps to evolve ideas quickly.

Important aspects of a prototype. Slide presentation Jeroen de Vries at the IP in Montpellier, 2024.

Prototypes may have various forms: mind maps, games, AR/VR experience, Performative prototypes (role play), storyboards, comic books, modifiable digital models (street mix or Minecraft), drawings (section drawings, floor plan), or analogue models.

===Step 5. Testing and concluding===
The prototypes are tested by actors, users, stakeholders who give feedback. You can understand better the actors. The prototypes should not be a draft design, but a concept for a focused interaction with users.
Do not reduce your “testing” work to asking whether or not people like your solution. Instead, continue to ask “Why?”, and focus on what you can learn about the person and the problem as well as your potential solutions. When you cannot interact with the local community, you may use personas who do a role play while testing. The prototype could also be a game where participants can explore if the proposal fulfills their needs, answers to their desires.
If it is a 1:1 model, or a scale model participants may also experience how it works.

===Conclusions===
During the AESOP4Food project we used the phases of Design Thinking for the different phase of the course. During the IPs we used parts of the approach and in the third IP we made a skip where we clearly explained all steps to the participants.

AESOP4Food adapted the method for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xg:ml&cmdClass=ilObjFileGUI&cmd=sendFile&ref_id=236 You can view the presentation of the steps of this method here.]

==Collaborative Goal Setting==
Participants engaged in collaborative goal setting to define objectives and desired outcomes, fostering a sense of ownership and commitment to achieving shared goals.

In the online sessions, we used Mural.co for this, and onsite it can easily be done using flipover sheets, and stickers.
Important is that:
* Each group member writes down individual his/her goals
* Only places one goal on a sticker
* Collect the goals while the participants explain these
* Similar goals can be grouped by a moderator
* Goals can be reformulated into common goals with the approval of the group.

==Power mapping==
Objective: To create a visual representation of the relationships and influences among different stakeholders in a food system, focusing on their positions relative to a collaborative goal.
===Community and Landscape Analysis===
* Identify your community by analyzing the environmental, social, and political context.
* Use methods like autobiographical narration, theater, and play to gather genuine insights.
* Map traditional social groups, individuals, local and external stakeholders to understand the broader community dynamics.

===Creating the Power Map===
* Start with a central collaborative goal.
* Position stakeholders based on their influence and relationship to this goal.
* Use digital tools like Padlet and Miro for interactive and evolving maps.

[[File:Example of power map in the foodsystem april 2022..jpg|thumb|Powermap on a food challenge developed under guidance of Deni Ruggeri]]

===Democratic Participation Analysis===
* Ensure the community becomes self-aware through the participatory process.
* Involve all affected parties to gather a comprehensive understanding of needs and desires.

Benefits for Students:
* Enhances understanding of complex stakeholder dynamics.
* Develops skills in data collection, analysis, and collaborative planning.
* Encourages active participation and engagement with real-world challenges.

==Food system mapping==
Food mapping is a crucial methodology in understanding and analysing food systems within various contexts.
* To map and evaluate local food systems.
* To identify stakeholders, power structures, and the dynamics of food production, distribution, and consumption.
* To facilitate targeted interventions and policy development.

[[AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Phase_2:_Food_mapping:_analysing_your_local_foodscape_sessions_on_March_14_and_21,_2024|Presentations on different types of food system mapping can be found in Phase II Analysing the local food system.]]
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping for starting transformative actions and presents an overview of the types of mapping. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them.

==Food System Mapping Methodology==
* Define Scope and Objectives: Clearly outline geographic and thematic focus. Ensures targeted and relevant mapping efforts.
* Stakeholder Identification: Use power mapping to identify key players. Engages all relevant stakeholders and ensures comprehensive understanding of the food system.
* Data Collection: Collect quantitative and qualitative data.
* Mapping the Food System: Create visual maps of food system elements. Visualises complex relationships and flows within the food system.
* SWOT Analysis: Conduct a collaborative SWOT analysis. Identifies strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, facilitating strategic planning.
* Analysis and Interpretation: Analyse data to identify trends and issues.
* Developing Interventions: Co-design solutions with stakeholders. Ensures practical and accepted solutions through stakeholder involvement.
* Reporting and Dissemination: Share findings and strategies.
* Monitoring and Evaluation: Establish metrics for ongoing evaluation. Ensures continuous improvement and adaptation of interventions.

In AESOP4Food, this methodology was applied for the Living Lab assignment to map Bucharest District 6's foodscape, involving detailed mapping and stakeholder workshops to identify challenges.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-06T19:08:18Z

Admin: /* Registration is closed for the course in 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' received the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-03-06T19:07:34Z

Admin: /* session March 5, 2026 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2746/download You can view the slides here.]

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-02-27T07:33:37Z

Admin: /* session February 26 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-02-27T07:31:35Z

Admin: /* session February 26 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-02-27T07:30:32Z

Admin:

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2744/download You can view the slides of the presentation here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-02-27T07:24:23Z

Admin: /* session February 26 */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2745/download You can review the slides of the presentation here.]

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food seminar 2024

2026-02-17T15:40:30Z

Admin:

=A Transdisciplinary and Participatory Approach to Food System Resilience Planning=

Discover the future of sustainable food planning with the AESOP4FOOD Erasmus+ program in 2024 an engaging online open course that's designed to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering a transdisciplinary and participatory learning experience.

==Course in spring 2025==
The AESOP4Food team continued the course in a slightly different mode in the spring of 2025.

Those who still want to benefit from the course can view the presentations and recordings of all the sessions of 2024.

The presentations and recordings of the previous courses, the reading list and other material can be found on other pages of this wiki.

==Content and schedule==
Key concepts: Agroecological Urbanism, Regional Agroecological Food Systems, Multi-level Governance, Food Justice, and Democracy.

[[File:AESOP4Food 2024 schedule.jpg|80dpi]]

'''International Collaboration:''' Embrace the opportunity to collaborate with international participants, each bringing their unique background and expertise from planning disciplines, agronomy, environmental sciences, and related fields.

'''Transdisciplinary Approach:''' Explore the theoretical foundations, case studies, and project presentations and engage in transdisciplinary learning, facilitated by Participatory Action Learning Research and Action Learning Research (PALAR).

'''Flexible:''' Learners, teachers, and teams can integrate this course into their own studio, project work or capacity building while formulating their own assignments.
This approach is supported by a series of Living Labs focusing on food resilience.

==Forms of Participation in 2024==
# Lectures and Discussions: Attend insightful lectures and engage in stimulating discussions to expand your knowledge. Participants who follow the course only in lecture mode, will not receive a certificate.
# A[[Assignments_2024|ssignments (5 ECTS):]] Dive deeper into sustainable food planning by working on practical assignments. Collaborate with small teams focused on Living Labs or projects, benefit from additional tutoring and feedback sessions, and present your results in intermediary sessions. Participants who succesfully complete the assignment will receive a certificate for the course.

=Phases of planning with presentation and recordings=
Here you will find the presentations and recordings for each phase. Those of the previous seminar in 2023 can be [[Seminar_schedule_2023|found here.]]

==Kick Start Kit - to get to know the subject==
For those who are just starting their journey in the field of sustainable food planning it may help to get an overview of how this discourse on sustainable food planning started, what the important driving factors of the systems are, and what the main challenges are. This preparation will take around 8 hours but may take more or less time for you depending on your language skills and experience with reference studies.

For this, you can start to make '''a concept map.'''
* Start with getting acquainted with what a concept map is. This may take 60 minutes.
You can use this background material:
Before making the map you can read this article by [https://cmap.ihmc.us/docs/theory-of-concept-maps#google_vignette Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas about Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them.]
You can use any tool you like for producing the map, the easiest is just drawing and sketching. If you want to do it digital you might use the following open source software for producing your map: [https://cmap.ihmc.us/ Cmap Tools] or [https://vue.tufts.edu/ VUE - The Visual Understanding Environment].

Then view and read the following:

* View the video of '''Cathryn Steel on the Hungry City'''. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWRclarri0 Hungry Cities by Carolyn Steel video]. 30 minutes.

Read the following pages of the reports of IPES-Food and FAO:
* FAO Report : [https://www.fao.org/3/CA2260EN/ca2260en.pdf "Integrating food into urban planning“]. Read '''Chapter 1 Food and urban planning - The missing link''', page 18 - 32. This will take 60 minutes.
This report aims to motivate city officials and their technical teams, urban planners, and related professionals to view food as central to a truly systemic approach, and to contribute to the understanding of the different factors involved in the inclusion of food in all urban planning efforts. The book presents cases and examples from all over the world. The introduction highlights serious challenges that planners need to address.

* IPES-food: '''From Plate to Planet''': [https://ipes-food.org/report/from-plate-to-planet/ How local governments are driving action on climate change through food.] Read the whole report page 1-28 and make notes of the main issues you consider relevant to your role and position. 120 minutes.

* [https://www.ipes-food.org/_img/upload/files/tippingthescales.pdf IPES-food: '''Who’s Tipping the Scales?''' Briefing note]. Read the Key messages- page 4, the Introduction- page 5-6, make sure you understand the schemes on page 11 and 13, read the recommendations page 28-30. This will take some 60 minutes.

* IPES-Food: '''[https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/food-from-somewhere/ Food from somewhere].''' Read the management summary, 6 pages, this will take 60 minutes.
This report dives into the subject of territorial markets and their role in food security, food justice, and food democracy. It explains the mechanisms behind the global corporate chains which are more and more replacing or assimilating other modes of provisioning. This is happening in the context of deteriorating food and nutritional security, the rise of diet-related disease, sustained food price inflation, and supply shocks – where people need healthy, diverse, and accessible food provisioning options more than ever.
Local markets can weather shocks and deliver resilience because they are rooted in communities, landscapes, and cultures, and because they empower diverse networks of people to deliver food sovereignty and food security. The report highlights leverage points in support of territorial markets. Providing appropriate support for these systems would allow them to deliver further benefits for food security, equity, and ecological health – reinforcing their role as the cornerstone of food security and climate resilience for years to come.

* '''Finalise your concept map''' on sustainable food planning and '''note down questions''' you have regarding the subject. 120 minutes.

At the start of each course we will have a Q&A session discussing the questions.

==Phase 1 - exploring the field of play==
''Themes: Main challenges, Theoretical frameworks, Approaches and methods: PAR, living labs, analysing methods; Defining your position and values

''* Understands the concept of food systems in their cultural, local and regional setting.
* Can explain the main concepts related to participatory learning and research and the role of living labs.
* Can explain the main concepts related to sustainable food planning.
* Is aware of contemporary challenges to sustainable food systems in the context of spatial planning.
* Develops an understanding of the multiple dimensions of food systems: social, environmental, economic and spatial.
* Can define her/his own position and values regarding sustainable food planning.''''

===Session February 29, 2024===
Roxana Triboi, LE:NOTRE Institute, presented an overview of the seminar with the main learning goals and Jeroen de Vries introduced the main concepts and the assignments. Damien Conaré, l'Institut Agro Montpellier, provided insight into the field of play, looking back at the development of food systems and showing the impact of the current system. He presented current initiatives and policies for sustainable food planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2332_download&client_id=main You can view the PowerPoint here.]

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===Session March 7, 2024===
Jeroen de Vries, LE:NOTRE Institute presented a recap on the first session and highlighted the discourse that Chiara Tornaghi proposed in her paper on the Food Disabling City. The Long Food Movement report shows a positive scenario with a bottom-up approach that is empowered by civil society, in which each of us can choose a pathway that is most suited. The policy document for Agroforestry in the Netherlands shows how a multi-level approach can link niche initiatives to national and regional policies. Michiel Dehaene, Universiteit Gent, presented the development of the approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, with a set of building blocks that can be used as thematic entries for all planners. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2334_download&client_id=main You can view the powerpoint presentation here.]

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==Presentation of the introduction of participatory action research March 5, 2024==
Jeroen de Vries, LE:NOTRE Institute, presented quality criteria, validation, and methods for participatory action research based on the publication of Wood and his experience in the Landscape Democracy Project. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2333_download&client_id=main You can view the presentation here.]

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==Phase 2: Food mapping: analysing your local foodscape==

''Themes: Mapping a food system; Mapping the stakeholders, consumers, and policymakers (power mapping); SWOT analysis''

* ''Can map and evaluate a concrete situation of a food system.''
* ''Can select the most adequate methods and tools to be applied for analysis and evaluation.''
* ''Can identify stakeholders and power structures in a new and unknown context.''
* ''Can map a local or city/region food system.''
* ''Can define the most relevant challenges in a collaborative way.''

===Session March 14, 2024===
The second phase focuses on the mapping of food systems. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2337_download&client_id=main Marian Simón Rojo of UPM gave an introduction on the relevance of mapping for starting transformative actions and presented an overview of the types of mapping. You see the powerpoint here.] Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presented several projects and how mapping played a role in them. You can view the [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2338_download&client_id=main powerpoint of her presentation here.]
You can (re)view the lecture by Marian Simón Rojo and Katrin Bohn here.

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===Session March 21, 2024===
The second session on food mapping with introductions by Jessica Milgroom, Assistant Professor (Research), Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience on Mapping for food-system change. She presented a research on the typology of various ways of mapping and the way these are used for transformation. Most maps were developed over a longer period, which calls for a curator for the map. An important conclusion is that you first need to define your goal for mapping and if it is a snapshot for analysis or a long-term map.

Ana Zazo Moratalla, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain), presented the detailed mapping for the city of Concepción in Chili, which served as a basis for a food strategy for the metropolitan area. The main goal was to understand the food system with its food sheds and it resilience and the food security for the inhabitants. An important element are the street markets which provide 75% of the fresh food. The research analysed the service areas of street markets and supermarkets, the production areas. It addresses both the conventonial system and the local food system, with alternative networks. Material can be found on http://leu.servicios.ubiobio.cl

You can (re)view the presentations by Jessica Milgroom and Ana Zazo Moratella here.
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==Padlet for Question and Answers==
[https://padlet.com/geronimo2/q-a-for-aesop4food-seminar-2024-hipp49oe61wb3p9j On this padlet] all participants can ask questions on the content of the lectures of phases 1 and 2, the reading material, the assignments, the living labs, etcetera. Answers that can not be handled during the online session will be collected and later presented to the participants.

==Phase 3. Objectives: Collaborative goals and vision==

''Themes: Collaborative goal setting; Selecting the challenges to address''
* ''Can apply techniques of collaborative goal setting.''
* ''Can formulate an approach and/or a possible solution for a selected challenge that is related to his/her own competences and role in the system.''

===Session April 4, 2024===
Damien Conaré presents the theoretical background on collaborative goal setting and Clara Zamour (Terres en villes) presents a case study on Designing and implementing a local food strategy with a set of key messages. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2339_download&client_id=main You can view the slides here.] Part of the session is dedicated to collaborative goal setting using a mural which will be continued next week.

You can (re)view the recording of the session here.
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If you are not familiar with using the mural application, it is advised to view this 3, 5 minutes instruction.

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===Session April 11, 2024===
Jessica Halliday [https://ruaf.org/ (RUAF)] presented 'Food Policy Council – Lessons on inclusiveness' introducing the concept of food governance, multi-level stakeholder platforms, the role of food councils, and action planning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2340_download&client_id=main The slides of the presentation are here.]

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==Intermediate presentations of the assignments by the participants, Thursday, April 18,2024==
The presentations will be scheduled between 16h00 and 18h30 CEST. An overview will be presented here on April 16.
Participants present in 15 minutes their project or assignment and will receive feedback.
Also, the participants who follow the seminar in lecture mode are welcome to listen to the presentations.

==Phase 4: Strategy and interventions==

''Themes: Scenarios, alternatives, strategy, prototyping, testing''
* ''Can develop a strategy based on a joint vision making use of methods of scenario planning of alternatives.''
* ''Can select and apply methods and tools for prototyping.''
* ''Can develop a prototype based on the strategy and present it to/ discuss it with others for testing and evaluating.''

=== Session April 25, 2024===
Introduction by Michiel Dehaene, Ghent University on "Navigating the policy field of food planning" adressing:
* wicked problems - thinking uncertainty and disagreement
* policy navigation - a policy arrangement perspective
* strategizing: prototyping and scenario planning
Followed by a Q&A session and a short exercise on foresight approaches.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2341_download&client_id=main You can view the presentation here.]

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===Session May 16, 2024.===
Michiel Dehaene provides us with a short recap of strategies and scenarios. Bram Vandemoortel of the Architecture Workroom Brussels, Open Space Platform gives a lecture on prototyping and problem-solution combinations. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2344_download&client_id=main You can view the powerpoint here.] Bram shows how prototypes can play a role in addressing the challenges of wicked problems and how an integrated place-oriented approach can help to solve contradictions in sectoral interests and regulations. The lecture places prototyping in the context of participation, programming and platforms, with local coalitions. He explains the role of prototyping in exploring ‘possibilities’ and mapping conditions in which prototypical action could unfold / could be systematically pursued. Examples of prototypes are the 'voedselpoort', a connector between urban and rural areas.

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==Phase 5: Evaluation & monitoring==

''Themes: collaborative evaluation; self-reflection''

* ''Can have a critical reflection of the role of the planner in a pluralistic society (expert vs facilitator).''
* ''Can reflect on his/her process, using feedback from others reflecting on cultural, social and economic differences.''

===Session May 23, 2024.===
Aleksandra Nowysz of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences gives an introduction to food systems evaluation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2347_download&client_id=main You can view the powerpoint here.]

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Roxana Triboi presents the development of Territorial Food Strategies in France and the way this was monitored in the region of Clermont Ferrand. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2348_download&client_id=main You can view the presentation here.]

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Thibaud Lalanne, coordinator of the Centre for Sustainable Food Education of the municipality of Mouans-Sartoux (France) presents the Food Project of Mouans-Sartoux.

You can view the [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2345_download&client_id=main presentation of Thibaud Lalanne here]. A summary of the main results from the three impact studies of the Territorial Food Project of Mouans-Sartoux’s municipalities can be downloaded [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2346_download&client_id=main here.]

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===Session June 6, 2024.===
Anna Podlasek of Warsaw University of Life Sciences presents the principles of monitoring and evaluation, both in the traditional way and in a collaborative / participatory way. She shows the process from goals, activities, results, outcomes to impact and describes the indicators for M&I. In her presentation there is a rich overview of tools and methods for evaluation. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2352_download&client_id=main You can view the presentation here.]

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AESOP4Food seminar 2025

2026-02-17T15:39:02Z

Admin:

=Introduction=
This sustainable food planning seminar makes use of the learning resources which are available on the AESOP4Food wiki.

Participants are expected to prepare themselves for each session by viewing a recording and reading the compulsory material.

The seminar takes place from March 6 until April 10, 2025. Every week on Thursday 17h00 – 18h15 CET.

[[File:Dates 2025.jpg|thumb|left]]

Each session consists of a 30-minute recap of the subject, followed by 30 minutes of discussion (if the group is large this will be in self-organised breakout rooms) and 15 minutes outlook on the next session.

=Study Guide=
Before you register please read the Study Guide.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2695/download You can download the study guide here.]

=Rationale=
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security. This seminar concerns the planning, design and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy and food justice and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges by participatory action research and living labs. It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). Subjects of the sessions are defining the main challenges, mapping and analysing a food system, collaborative goal setting, proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies.

=Aim of the seminar=
After participating in the seminar, learners should be able to elaborate proposals in a collaborative way for the future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge, understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, decide on transformative actions, planning and design proposals. For this learners can apply the main concepts of sustainable food planning and the building blocks of an Agroecological Urbanism.

=Competences developed=
The learner knows and understands the essence and significance of existing food systems in a local and city-regional scale and is able to apply knowledge and new ideas in a changing social – economic environment to initiate transformative actions for making food systems more sustainable.

=Activities by the participants=
Participating in the seminar will take some 8 hours per week.
The tasks consist of:
* Viewing the recording of the selected lecture for each session
* Critical reading of the preparatory material for each phase of the seminar
* Participating in the recap lecture, the Q&A session and the discussion, that takes place on Thursdays from 17h00-18h30 CET.

Participants who want to receive a certificate for the seminar need to actively follow at least 5 of the sessions and give an online presentation of 15 minutes of their main understandings and findings. The framework of the presentation is available on the padlet that the participants use.

=Session 1- March 6, 2025=
Introduction on the content and organisation of the course, including a short intro on M&E – LE:NOTRE Institute

''Preparation viewing before March 6''

View the recording and the presentation '''slides nr 23 until 73''' of Feb 29, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_February_29,_2024

''Preparation reading before March 6''

* Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291]. This article helps participants understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of the politics of empowerment. Underlines the importance for reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.
* [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2143_download&client_id=main Deh-Tor, C.M. 2021. Food as an urban question, and the foundations of a reproductive, agroecological, urbanism, Chapter 1 in: Tornaghi, Ch. and Dehaene, M. 2021]. Resourcing an Agroecological Urbanism: Political, Transformational and Territorial Dimensions. This chapter explores the foundations of a reproductive, agroecological urbanism, providing theoretical insights into sustainable food planning. It helps participants understand the role of agroecology in urban planning.

''Recap, Q&A and discussion''

Roxana Triboi and Jeroen de Vries gave a short introduction to the structure of the course and a recap of the main challenges of the current food system (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2696/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

=Session 2- March 13, 2025=

Field of Play - LE:NOTRE Institute
Roxana Triboi and Jeroen de Vries recap the main drivers, the role of multi-level governance and the building blocks of an Agroecological Urbanism (30 minutes). This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2699/download You can view the slides of the presentation here.]

''Preparation viewing before March 13''

View the recording and the presentation slides of March 7, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_March_7,_2024

''Preparation reading before March 13 – in total 23 pages''

* IPES-Food, 2021. [https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/a-long-food-movement/ Read the management summary. (9 pages)] A long food movement. Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.
* [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2697/download FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University.] (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

=Session 3- March 20, 2025=

Analysing / mapping – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Marian Simon Rojo of Universidad Politecnica de Madrid gave a recap of goals and types of mapping food systems (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2701/download You can view the powerpoint here.]
This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion

''Preparation viewing before March 20''

View the recording and the presentation slides of March 14, 2024:
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping and an overview of the mapping types. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them. https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_March_14,_2024

View the recording on mapping by Jorge Molero on how to map of March 30, 2023
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/Seminar_schedule_2023#Session_March_30,_2023

''Preparatory reading in total 34 pages before March 20''
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357018853_Powering_transformative_practices_against_food_poverty_with_urban_planning Simón‐Rojo, M. (2021). Powering transformative practices against food poverty with urban planning. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 6(1), e20021].
* Bortoletti, M., and J. Lomax. (2019). Collaborative framework for food systems transformation. A multistakeholder pathway for sustainable food systems. ISBN (2019): 978-92. United Nations Environment Programme, https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/knowledge-centre/resources/collaborative-framework-food-systems-transformation-multi-stakeholder. Presents a coherent framework about how different stakeholders can help implement policies and support governments in advancing a systemic transformation.
* [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-021-01142-2 Jensen, P. D., & Orfila, C. (2021). Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: An empirical case study of food security and resilience. Food Security, 13, 551- 570.]

=Session 4- March 27, 2025=

Goal setting/visioning – L’Institut Agro Montpellier

Damien Conaré of the UNESCO Chair of World Food Systems at Supagro Montpellier recaps collaborative goal-setting and visioning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2702/download You can see his presentation here.] This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing''

View the recording and the presentation slides of April 4, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_April_4,_2024

''Preparation reading – 24 pages''
* FAO/RUAF – [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/09/toolkit.pdf A Vision for City Region Food Systems – Building Sustainable and Resilient City Regions.] only have a look at the pages that relate to visioning: page 34 until 37, to be aware of the existence of this toolkit.
* UN Habitat, 2012: Visioning as a Participatory Planning Tool – read Chapter 1 and 3. https://issuu.com/unhabitat/docs/visioning_as_participatory_planning_tool

=Session 5 - April 3, 2025=

Scenarios, strategy, prototyping – Universiteit Gent

Michiel Dehaene of Ghent University gives a recap of scenario planning, developing strategies and the use of prototypes (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2703/download You can see the presentation here.] This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing before April 3''

View the recording and the presentation slides of April 25, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_April_25,_2024

''Preparation reading before April 3: 40 pages''

* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319287180_Exploring_the_concept_of_agroecological_food_systems_in_a_city-region_context Mette Vaarst, Arthur Getz Escudero, M. Jahi Chappell, Catherine Brinkley, Ravic Nijbroek, Nilson A.M. Arraes, Lise Andreasen, Andreas Gattinger, Gustavo Fonseca De Almeida, Deborah Bossio & Niels Halberg (2018) Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 42:6, 686-711]

* [https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/37acb7c4-443f-4ea7-886b-e2c080d8a1d1/9781317601128.pdf Scoones et al. (2015) The politics of Green Transformation (Chapter 1). Oxon/New York: Routledge.] '''Only Chapter 1 is compulsory reading: page 1 - 24.'''

=Session 6 - April 10, 2025=

Monitoring & Evaluation – LE:NOTRE Institute

Jeroen de Vries will give a recap on collaborative monitoring and evaluation (30 minutes), based on the material that is provided by the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
This will be followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing before April 10''

View the recording and the presentation slides of May 23, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_May_23,_2024

''Preparation reading before April 10''
*
[https://www.outcomes.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/UNICEF-tools-for-participatory-evaluation-with-youth.pdf UNICEF (2005) Useful Tools for Engaging Young People in Participatory Evaluation. UNICEF CEE/CIS Regional Office.]

= April 17 and 22 - Sessions of participants who give a presentation for a certificate=

The presentations are scheduled for:
* Thursday afternoon, April 17, from 14h00 - 16h00 and 16h20-18h30 CEST
* Tuesday afternoon, April 22, from 17h20 - 18h20.

On Monday, April 7, we will publish a schedule who will present at what time and date.

All course participants are welcome to attend all the sessions.

AESOP4Food seminar 2025

2026-02-17T15:38:28Z

Admin: /* Registration */

=Introduction=
This sustainable food planning seminar makes use of the learning resources which are available on the AESOP4Food wiki.

Participants are expected to prepare themselves for each session by viewing a recording and reading the compulsory material.

The seminar takes place from March 6 until April 10, 2025. Every week on Thursday 17h00 – 18h15 CET.

[[File:Dates 2025.jpg|thumb|left]]

Each session consists of a 30-minute recap of the subject, followed by 30 minutes of discussion (if the group is large this will be in self-organised breakout rooms) and 15 minutes outlook on the next session.

=Study Guide=
Before you register please read the Study Guide.
[https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2695/download You can download the study guide here.]

=Rationale=
Productive landscape concerns the current problems of foodscapes, food systems, short chains, and food security. This seminar concerns the planning, design and management of sustainable foodscapes, integrating both environmental, social, and economic aspects of the productive landscape. It addresses the main challenges, theoretical frameworks, approaches and methods for sustainable food planning. It relates to the concepts of food security, food safety, food democracy and food justice and the way stakeholders and communities can address the challenges by participatory action research and living labs. It builds upon the work of the International Panel of Experts in Food Planning (IPES) and the Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). Subjects of the sessions are defining the main challenges, mapping and analysing a food system, collaborative goal setting, proposing transformative actions, developing scenarios, alternatives, and implementation strategies.

=Aim of the seminar=
After participating in the seminar, learners should be able to elaborate proposals in a collaborative way for the future physical interventions of a part of a local-regional food system in relation to its context. The goal is to develop adequate knowledge, understanding of food systems, to define driving forces, understand the planning process, decide on transformative actions, planning and design proposals. For this learners can apply the main concepts of sustainable food planning and the building blocks of an Agroecological Urbanism.

=Competences developed=
The learner knows and understands the essence and significance of existing food systems in a local and city-regional scale and is able to apply knowledge and new ideas in a changing social – economic environment to initiate transformative actions for making food systems more sustainable.

=Activities by the participants=
Participating in the seminar will take some 8 hours per week.
The tasks consist of:
* Viewing the recording of the selected lecture for each session
* Critical reading of the preparatory material for each phase of the seminar
* Participating in the recap lecture, the Q&A session and the discussion, that takes place on Thursdays from 17h00-18h30 CET.

Participants who want to receive a certificate for the seminar need to actively follow at least 5 of the sessions and give an online presentation of 15 minutes of their main understandings and findings. The framework of the presentation is available on the padlet that the participants use.

= Registration=
Registration is closed now.

=Session 1- March 6, 2025=
Introduction on the content and organisation of the course, including a short intro on M&E – LE:NOTRE Institute

''Preparation viewing before March 6''

View the recording and the presentation '''slides nr 23 until 73''' of Feb 29, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_February_29,_2024

''Preparation reading before March 6''

* Tornaghi, Chiara. (2016). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2125_download&client_id=main Urban Agriculture in the Food‐Disabling City: (Re)defining Urban Food Justice, Reimagining a Politics of Empowerment. Antipode. 49. 10.1111/anti.12291]. This article helps participants understand urban food justice issues and introduces the concept of the politics of empowerment. Underlines the importance for reflecting on personal values and competencies and addressing inequalities within food systems.
* [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php?target=file_2143_download&client_id=main Deh-Tor, C.M. 2021. Food as an urban question, and the foundations of a reproductive, agroecological, urbanism, Chapter 1 in: Tornaghi, Ch. and Dehaene, M. 2021]. Resourcing an Agroecological Urbanism: Political, Transformational and Territorial Dimensions. This chapter explores the foundations of a reproductive, agroecological urbanism, providing theoretical insights into sustainable food planning. It helps participants understand the role of agroecology in urban planning.

''Recap, Q&A and discussion''

Roxana Triboi and Jeroen de Vries gave a short introduction to the structure of the course and a recap of the main challenges of the current food system (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2696/download You can view the powerpoint here.]

=Session 2- March 13, 2025=

Field of Play - LE:NOTRE Institute
Roxana Triboi and Jeroen de Vries recap the main drivers, the role of multi-level governance and the building blocks of an Agroecological Urbanism (30 minutes). This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2699/download You can view the slides of the presentation here.]

''Preparation viewing before March 13''

View the recording and the presentation slides of March 7, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_March_7,_2024

''Preparation reading before March 13 – in total 23 pages''

* IPES-Food, 2021. [https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/a-long-food-movement/ Read the management summary. (9 pages)] A long food movement. Addresses global challenges and opportunities for transforming food systems towards sustainability. This comprehensive report emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current food systems to address pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, and public health concerns. It outlines a vision for a sustainable food future, where long-term planning and grassroots movements play key roles.
* [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2697/download FAO. (2018) City Region Food System Toolkit, Assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems, publication of FAO, RUAF and Wilfrid Laurier University.] (introduction page 1-3, schemes page 133-144 (p. 138-149 in pdf).

=Session 3- March 20, 2025=

Analysing / mapping – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Marian Simon Rojo of Universidad Politecnica de Madrid gave a recap of goals and types of mapping food systems (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2701/download You can view the powerpoint here.]
This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion

''Preparation viewing before March 20''

View the recording and the presentation slides of March 14, 2024:
Marian Simón Rojo of UPM introduces the relevance of mapping and an overview of the mapping types. Katrin Bohn, of Bohn&Viljoen Architects & the School of Architecture & Design of the University of Brighton, presents several projects and how mapping played a role in them. https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_March_14,_2024

View the recording on mapping by Jorge Molero on how to map of March 30, 2023
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/Seminar_schedule_2023#Session_March_30,_2023

''Preparatory reading in total 34 pages before March 20''
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357018853_Powering_transformative_practices_against_food_poverty_with_urban_planning Simón‐Rojo, M. (2021). Powering transformative practices against food poverty with urban planning. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 6(1), e20021].
* Bortoletti, M., and J. Lomax. (2019). Collaborative framework for food systems transformation. A multistakeholder pathway for sustainable food systems. ISBN (2019): 978-92. United Nations Environment Programme, https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/knowledge-centre/resources/collaborative-framework-food-systems-transformation-multi-stakeholder. Presents a coherent framework about how different stakeholders can help implement policies and support governments in advancing a systemic transformation.
* [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-021-01142-2 Jensen, P. D., & Orfila, C. (2021). Mapping the production-consumption gap of an urban food system: An empirical case study of food security and resilience. Food Security, 13, 551- 570.]

=Session 4- March 27, 2025=

Goal setting/visioning – L’Institut Agro Montpellier

Damien Conaré of the UNESCO Chair of World Food Systems at Supagro Montpellier recaps collaborative goal-setting and visioning. [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2702/download You can see his presentation here.] This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing''

View the recording and the presentation slides of April 4, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_April_4,_2024

''Preparation reading – 24 pages''
* FAO/RUAF – [https://ruaf.org/assets/2019/09/toolkit.pdf A Vision for City Region Food Systems – Building Sustainable and Resilient City Regions.] only have a look at the pages that relate to visioning: page 34 until 37, to be aware of the existence of this toolkit.
* UN Habitat, 2012: Visioning as a Participatory Planning Tool – read Chapter 1 and 3. https://issuu.com/unhabitat/docs/visioning_as_participatory_planning_tool

=Session 5 - April 3, 2025=

Scenarios, strategy, prototyping – Universiteit Gent

Michiel Dehaene of Ghent University gives a recap of scenario planning, developing strategies and the use of prototypes (30 minutes). [https://lnicollab.landscape-portal.org/goto.php/file/2703/download You can see the presentation here.] This was followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing before April 3''

View the recording and the presentation slides of April 25, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_April_25,_2024

''Preparation reading before April 3: 40 pages''

* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319287180_Exploring_the_concept_of_agroecological_food_systems_in_a_city-region_context Mette Vaarst, Arthur Getz Escudero, M. Jahi Chappell, Catherine Brinkley, Ravic Nijbroek, Nilson A.M. Arraes, Lise Andreasen, Andreas Gattinger, Gustavo Fonseca De Almeida, Deborah Bossio & Niels Halberg (2018) Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context, Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 42:6, 686-711]

* [https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/37acb7c4-443f-4ea7-886b-e2c080d8a1d1/9781317601128.pdf Scoones et al. (2015) The politics of Green Transformation (Chapter 1). Oxon/New York: Routledge.] '''Only Chapter 1 is compulsory reading: page 1 - 24.'''

=Session 6 - April 10, 2025=

Monitoring & Evaluation – LE:NOTRE Institute

Jeroen de Vries will give a recap on collaborative monitoring and evaluation (30 minutes), based on the material that is provided by the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
This will be followed by Q&A on the preparatory material and a discussion.

''Preparation viewing before April 10''

View the recording and the presentation slides of May 23, 2024:
https://wiki.landscape-portal.org/index.php/AESOP4Food_seminar_2024#Session_May_23,_2024

''Preparation reading before April 10''
*
[https://www.outcomes.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/UNICEF-tools-for-participatory-evaluation-with-youth.pdf UNICEF (2005) Useful Tools for Engaging Young People in Participatory Evaluation. UNICEF CEE/CIS Regional Office.]

= April 17 and 22 - Sessions of participants who give a presentation for a certificate=

The presentations are scheduled for:
* Thursday afternoon, April 17, from 14h00 - 16h00 and 16h20-18h30 CEST
* Tuesday afternoon, April 22, from 17h20 - 18h20.

On Monday, April 7, we will publish a schedule who will present at what time and date.

All course participants are welcome to attend all the sessions.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

2026-02-17T15:37:24Z

Admin: /* required results of the assignment */

==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

[[File:Scheme for course 2026.jpg|thumb|left]]

===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

'''Written report'''

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

'''Presentation'''
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.

AESOP4Food Spring Seminar 2026

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==Course schedule==
AESOP4Food continues with an online Seminar on Sustainable Food Planning in the Spring of 2026.

This open-access seminar offers a structured learning format to strengthen your understanding of food systems and planning approaches, with a focus on sustainable food planning and agroecological urbanism.

The course will take place from 26 February until mid-March 2026 with an optional assignment track until 30 April 2026. The sessions will be on Thursdays from 17:00 until 18:15 CET.

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===session February 26===
Introduction to the course, the main challenges for developing sustainable food systems, the position of the planner for transformative actions.

===session March 5, 2026===
Current developments in sustainable food planning, de EAT-Lancet report relating diets to planetary boundaries, food as a commodity in world trade.

===session March 12, 2026===
Research and planning approaches, principles of Participatory Action Research, starting and organising living labs, steps of Design Thinking, methods for collaborative goal setting and evaluation.

===session March 19,2026===
The approach of an Agroecological Urbanism, the building blocks and how they may be applied. Productive Housing Estate, Land & Market Access Incubator, Landed Community Kitchen, Political Pedagogies, Healthy Soilscape, Territorial Food Hub, Agroecological Park, Farming the Fragemented Land.
Exemplary case studies of some of the blocks.

==Two participation modes==

===lecture mode===
Registered participants can attend the sessions and are expected to take part in discussions and the interactive parts. For this, no certificate will be issued.

===assignment mode===
Participants develop a short assignment that is linked to one building block of agroecological urbanism. They choose the building block when registering and define their working area. They will receive advice during three tutoring/feedback sessions starting from March 26 until April 30, 2026. It is recommended that they choose the subject of the assignment related to their field of study, current work, or activities.
A certificate can be issued by LE:NOTRE Institute after a positive assessment of a 15-minute presentation and a short written report.

===required results of the assignment===
Upon registration in assignment mode, participants will receive further instructions for their work.

Written report

Uploading a written report of 3-4 pages on the assignment containing the following sections:
# A description of the chosen building block and the subject, object, area or situation to which it will be applied (with scope, location)
# The main aim of the assignment.
# A plan with the steps that will be undertaken to complete the assignment with allocated time: for instance, 1. Desk research on xx, 2. Interviews with xxx, etc.
# Methods of analysis, mapping and evaluation with the results, e.g. the challenges, the power system
# Selection of the main challenge(s) to address
# An approach, strategy, prototype with some proposals.
# Self-reflection on process, the results, own values and one’s own position.

Presentation
* Uploading a presentation (PowerPoint or other multimedia presentation mode) of the elements of the assignment.
* Giving an online presentation of 15 minutes to assessor(s). Someone else of your own choice can be present.

==Registration is closed for the course in 2026==
The registration is closed now.

Participants in '''lecture mode''' will receive information for the first session that takes place on Thursday, February 26, starting at 17h00 CET.

Participants who will work on their '''self formulated assignement''' will receive the framework for the assignment on February 17th by mail.

For any questions, please send an email to office[at]ln-institute.org.

==Future Outlook - Communities of Practice==
If there are participants who intend to continue working on approaches to one of the building blocks, we have the idea to organise communities of practice with them.