AFNR Radio with Renée Verhoeven: Alternative Food Networks

Alternatives to the industrial food system model have always existed, but do we know where to look? Through a series of interviews and discussion broadcast over the radio, we want to dig into alternative food networks and explore the actors and initiatives that embody and sustain them. From farmers engaging local markets and green-michelin restaurants rooted in the local, to urban consumer coops and social kitchens, we want to explore and give the stage to alternative ways of engaging with food and agriculture.

AFNR focuses on the alternative networks nested in the Rijnmond area in the Netherlands. This series explores how varied urban and rural actors perceive, communicate, and relate to food and to each other to create alternative food networks (AFNs).

For our sixth episode, we’ll be sitting down with Renée Verhoeven to chat about her current work at Tuinderij de Stadsboerin, a small ecological garden that works with a self-harvest system on the outskirts of Rotterdam. We’ll also talk to Renée about her plans for her future farm!

Tune in at stream.vvvvvvaria.org or afnr.nl at 9:00am on Wednesday the 5th of Aug