Urban Roots:
Collaborative Learning and Action
for Food, Community, and Solidarity
foundation
exploration
synthesis
co-creation & impact
Urban Roots is a collaborative, multi-city learning journey that treats food as a political, ecological, and civic issue — connecting urban agriculture with circular systems, community solidarity, and participatory action.
Urban Roots
Discover how food, community, and shared knowledge can transform cities. Urban Roots bring together learners, practitioners and local actors to reimagine sustainable urban life through collective learning and action.
Supported by EELISA, the Urban Roots Project aims to advance food sovereignty and community solidarity through collaborative, place-based learning on urban agriculture. In line with this aim, the program includes online thematic forums, a learning expedition in Madrid, an online atelier, and a field school in Istanbul — each designed with active stakeholder participation.
Join us to learn together
Jun 29 - Jul3
2026
Combining field immersion, creative collaboration, and community engagement, the field school invites participants to explore how food sovereignty, circularity, and neighborhood solidarity can take root in dense urban contexts
ISTANBUL FIELD SCHOOL
May 4-14
2026
A reflective and design-oriented bridge between the former exploratory activities and the final field school in Istanbul. Students will work towards synthesizing field observations into systems thinking.
ONLINE ATELIER
MADRID LEARNING EXPEDITION
A two-day activity with field visit to a curated selection of community urban gardens, community kitchens, food banks across Madrid. The urban walks will be accompanied by short talks by entrepreneurs, photo-voice, and walking debates.
Apr 23-24
2026
ONLINE FORUMS
Short, theme-based expert inputs followed by facilitated student discussions, interactive polls, and co-created multi-disciplinary takeaways on the foundations of urban agriculture and circularity.
Feb 26 - Mar 12 - Apr 9
2026
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