Linking sustainable practices throughout Europe
Association VIVA SOL
Rural topic(s): Local food Chains, Access to land
City: Dargužių
Country: Lithuania
Web site: http://www.vivasol.lt
The Association Viva Sol seeks to promote relations between the city and the country people using food culture as the main instrument.
Viva sol has started a farmers’market in Vilnius, a box scheme, environmental training and activities to support small-scale breeders.
Scale of intervention : National
Keywords: local food systems, collective farmland ownership, consumer producers partnerships, rural-urban relationship, farm succession, box scheme, farmer’s market, ecosystem friendly methods, agroecology
Places: Lithuania
Actors: association, producer, consumer, citizen
Methods: training workshop, promotion of local economic activity, networking, raising awareness, meeting, seminar and conference organisation
Success stories:
- [EXP] Viva sol Lithuania, an association of cheese eaters and producers that encourages the settlement of small farmers and artisans in rural Lithuania.
- [EXP] Viva sol, une association de producteurs fromagers et de consommateurs urbain pourun soutien à l’agriculture artisanale et à l’installation en milieu rural.