The Dutch catering market — €3.5 billion — is structurally closed to small, culturally diverse food entrepreneurs. Deciding who is allowed to provide catering in schools, care institutions, government buildings, and companies is made far away from these cultural entrepreneurs. That must change. We show that food is a cultural product and not a raw material. It’s the framework for remembrance and community building. Women on Food, a movement of 100+ Amsterdam women, aims to change this. In codesign we develop and test a cooperative model enabling these entrepreneurs to compete collectively — without giving up their cultural identity and values.
Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action
What does an economy look like that focuses not on GDP growth, but on well-being, ecology and justice?
What is needed to achieve this sustainable economy and how is our current economic system holding back these changes?
We are exploring these questions from a practical perspective as part of the program: ‘Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action’. Together with partners from academia, the professional sector, government and social movements, we are working to shape this transition, set it in motion and anchor it. In doing so, we actively apply knowledge in practice to bring about a transformation of our current economic system.