Wageningen University & Research

Lecturer & Researcher Urban Food Systems

Veenendaal, Utrecht Province, Netherlands

Aeres University of Applied Science Almere

Lecturer & Researcher on Urban Food Systems

Voedsel Anders Netwerk NL

member Steering Committe

Collaboration of 12 Dutch cities, 3 Ministries and the Province of Gelderland working on exchange of best practices and improvement of urban food policies.

City Deal Voedsel op de Stedelijke Agenda

Programma Manager

An international pact on urban food policies signed on 15 October 2015 by cities from all over the world. The goal is to build equitable and sustainable food systems. By now the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact has been signed by over 160 cities from all around the world.

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

Member of Technical Team

RUAF is a leading Centre of Expertise and Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and City Region Food Systems. Main thematic work areas: urban food policies, city region food systems, urban and peri-urban agriculture, short food supply chains, governance and civil society participation

RUAF Foundation

Senior Programma Officer

Consultancy studies: • Study on "Degree of satisfaction with actual services and future expectations of members" for the Association of horticulturalists in Bizkaia (BIHOEL) (2010)• Study on "Viability of the introduction of organic and local food in school canteens in the Basque country" funded by the Basque regional government for the Zadorra Foundation (2009)• Study on "Incorporation of young horticulturalists in the surroundings of the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz" funded by the Basque regional government for the Zadorra Foundation (2009)

Sustainable Food & Farming Research (The Netherlands, Spain)

Independent researcher & consultant

- Responsible Assignment Rural Sociology, International Master Territorial Rural Development, University of Córdoba, Spain• Lecturer Alternative Food Systems, Master Agroecology: Un Approach for Rural Sustainability, International University of Andalucia, Baeza, Spain• Visiting Lecturer Sociology of Food, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Postgraduate Courses, University of Córdoba (Spain)

Visiting Professor

- Teaching activities for courses on "Globalisation and Sustainability of Food Production and Consumption" and "Integrated Natural Resource Management in Organic Agriculture"• Supervision of various Master thesis in Rural Sociology

University Lecturer, Rural Sociology Group

- General coordinator and researcher for EU project "Encouraging Collective Farmers’ Marketing Initiatives" (COFAMI, FP6-2003-SSP-3 6541) in The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech republic and Latvia (2005-2008)•	Participant Working Group "Economics of Green Care" in COST Action 866 on "Green Care in Agriculture" (2006-2008)•	Coordinator Work package "Multifunctionality of Activities, Plurality of Identities and New Institutional Arrangements" for European project "Capitalisation of Research Results on the Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Rural Areas (MULTAGRI, GOCE-CT-2003-505297) with research teams in The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway and Central & Eastern European countries (2003-2004)•	Coordinator Dutch team bilateral research cooperation between Wageningen University and INRA (France) on "Multifunctional Agriculture: From Farm Practice to Farm Design and Institutional Innovation" (2003-2005)•	General coordinator and researcher for EU project "The Socio-economic Impact of Rural Development Policies: Realities and Potentials" (IMPACT, FAIR CT-4288) in The Netherlands, Spain, UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy (1999-2002)•	Participant Working Group "Alternative Food Networks" in COST Action A12 on "Rural Innovation" (1999-2002)

Henk Renting