ORGANISING EVENTS FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND PRODUCERS

Events organised for local farmers and producers play an important role in both supporting producers and ensuring that consumers have access to safe and healthy food. These events provide direct communication between producers and consumers and raise awareness about production processes and food safety. Boğaziçi Mensupları Tüketim Kooperatifi (BÜKOOP) organises various events for this purpose:

Documentary Screenings: Documentary screenings are organised to raise awareness on agriculture and co-operatives. These events share the success stories and challenges of local co-operative movements and inspire similar initiatives.

Producer Interviews and Visits: Interviews with local producers and field visits inform consumers about the production process. Through these events, consumers learn first-hand how the food they consume is produced and the challenges faced by producers.

Workshops: Practical workshops such as sourdough bread making are organised. These workshops not only help participants learn about traditional production methods, but also help them understand how labour-intensive these processes are.

Long Saturday Events: Organised on the first Saturday of every month, Long Saturday events take place at BÜKOOP Baraka. These are social events where producers and consumers come together and exchange information about products and production processes.

Price and Product List Updates: Regular updates of seasonal products and their prices inform consumers and direct them to healthy, affordable food. These events are of great importance in supporting local farmers and producers and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

They also help consumers to make informed choices, ensuring access to healthy and fair food. Organised by BÜKOOP through volunteer labour, these events contribute to building strong and trusting relationships within the community.

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Events for Local Farmers and Food Producers

Boğaziçi University organises various events where local farmers and food producers can connect with each other and share information on sustainable agriculture and food production:

Climate-Water-Agriculture Summit for a Sustainable Future: The summit, which was held on 28 April 2023 in cooperation with Boğaziçi University Climate Change and Policy Implementation Center (iklimBU) and Argo TV, was attended by representatives and experts from various sectors operating in the fields of sustainable agriculture, water and climate crisis, and three different panels were held under the titles of ‘Our Diminishing Water as the Climate Changes Rapidly’, ‘Sustainability for the Future’ and ‘Production for Sustainable Food’.

https://haberler.bogazici.edu.tr/tr/news/kampus/2/gelecegin-surdurulebilir-tarimi-bogazicinde-t/2693

Farm Summit: In the summit held on 5 December 2023 with the partnership of Argo TV and TÜSEDAD under the consultancy of Bountarım, current developments in the dairy sector, problems and solution proposals of the sector were discussed, and the prominent topics of the summit were sustainability and planned production. The summit, which was attended by leading names of the sector, academicians and NGO members, was broadcast live.

Farm Summit

AGRICOMPET Project: The AGRICOMPET project, supported by the European Union and TUBITAK, aims to increase the competitiveness of small-scale agricultural producers in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Turkey. The project supports cooperation between stakeholders and producers operating in the agriculture and food sector in Mediterranean countries. In this context, successful practices in the sector are examined and solutions suitable for different conditions are developed, and it is aimed to disseminate these solutions among small farmers, producer organisations, practitioners and policy makers.

AGRICOMPET Project

BÜKOOP Events: The Boğaziçi Members Consumption Co-operative (BÜKOOP), which operates at Boğaziçi University North Campus, provides healthy and fair food from small producers to consumers at affordable prices, while at the same time providing an environment that encourages information sharing between producers and consumers. By inspiring the establishment of new consumer co- operatives, BÜKOOP aims to provide solutions to the difficulties faced by both small producers and consumers in the fields of food, agriculture and animal husbandry. Through documentary screenings, producer interviews and field visits, it raises consumers' awareness about the food production process and supports them to establish trust-based relationships.

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