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Periurban Agrarian Management and Food Policies By Anna Freitas, Candace Clark, and Margherita Del Prete This morning our minds were off the final presentations as we took a field trip to Mercabarna and Agrarian Park Baix Llobregat. Both expanded our exploration of food systems from clearly rural areas like Priorat and Masilla Puigpulat into the Read More …

Migration, food policy, and a monastery By Shanon Dickerson, Nadinne Ivette  González Romero , and Davide Zarri Today was a long day!  It began with several presentations and the first topic was migration. Migration is one of the main problems that rural areas face as people leave to seek opportunities in urban areas. Although some Read More …

Leader, food allergens, an educational farm, a masia, and ice cream! By Michele Kroll and Zoe Larmer Happy birthday America! Today we went on a field trip to Solsones to look at agri-tourism in Catalonya from an Urban -Rural linkages perspective. Once again, we enjoyed wonderful food in a beautiful place while also learning about Read More …

Climate change and the bioeconomy By Daniel Woodhams, Alessandro Clo, and Marta Pagnani Introduction: Today we discussed Climate Change Adaptation and the bioeconomy. This day was representative of most ICRPS days where in a relatively short amount of time we developed a broad grasp of cutting edge policy solutions. Climate Change Adaptation The morning session Read More …

Rural potential in La Noguera By Gemma Cortada   This week on our visit to the climbing equipment shop in Priorat Pep, the shop owner told us that he had had a similar climbing equipment company in Montserrat (El Bruc). The company was dedicated to the sale of mountain equipment and the repair of climbing Read More …

Day off at the beach By Teresa Crawford “The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.” – Don Quixote For the day off, a group of us from ICRPS decided to head into Barcelona for a beach day. We hoped on the Read More …

Territorial Approach and Tourism By Sinead Flannery, Karina Gonzales, and Laura Garcia Herrero It may be Saturday but ICRPS does not stop! Since the university was asleep (i.e., closed for the day), we met at the Plaça Civica so campus security could let the  group in to the Facultat d’Economia i Empresa. As with all Read More …

Rural Innovation and Field Trip to Moianes By Alberto Giacometti , Molly Sparhawk, and  Neil Stoop Today was a combination of lectures and field trip activities. The theme of the day was entrepreneurship and innovation. Yancy Vaillant (UAB) was the first to address the group discussing Creative Destruction, and a shift in the innovation regime Read More …

Climate Change Governance and Food Security By Polina Osipova,   Patricia Teresa Fernandez Guajardo, and Lissel Hernandez Gongora Today we began our morning reflecting on yesterday’s field trip to Priorat. During the debriefing session, each group explored the linkages between their theme (agrifood systems, rural-urban linkages, climate change and rural business), what we observed on Read More …

Field trip to Priorat: “Which Landscape? Which Future?” By Laurie Mangeli Can someone say field trip? That feeling of boarding a bus to somewhere new never gets old. Priorat, a region located in southern Catalonia, is a rural area which back in the 19th century was made up of individual farms with a patchwork of Read More …