TOOL DETAILS
Title
‘Farming on crisis?’ video blog - Greece
Tool category
& type
Website and Social Media:
Keyword(s)
Audiovisual & media, Awareness raising, Campaign, Common agricultural policy, Communications, Cooperation, National Rural Network, Policy, Sustainable agriculture, Video, Young farmers, Young people
Summary
This video-blog is a rare and innovative communication tool showing how the current Common Agricultural Policy is perceived by Greek farmers and stakeholders, and how they see and shape the new CAP. There are 5 short video clips showing a young Greek journalist visiting and discussing with young Greek farmers about their experiences and views related to CAP and food security, and gathering ideas about how CAP should look like in order to meet the needs of actual and future farmers and European consumers. This video blog has been awarded best short documentary at the second annual Arclight Cinemas documentary festival in Hollywood.
Country
& RDP Region(s)
Greece
Main purpose
Its main aim is to bring in a more personal way to reach especially young audience and to put on their agenda pressing and challenging issues related to CAP reform, farming in Greece and food security across Europe.
Related
tools used
Facebook and Twitter accounts, participation to short movie competitions
Target audience
EAFRD Beneficiaries:
Rural Development Stakeholders:
General Audience:
Technical information
This is a form of blogging that has video as main medium. 5 short clips (varying between 3 and 13 minutes, in Greek Language with English subtitles are actually recorded and published I this form, allowing distribution over the internet, using RSS, and can also played ob mobile devices.
Date produced
September 2012
Cost range
€5 000 to €9 999
Publisher/
Organiser
Food Politics - a web-campaign, at the initiative of the Nederlands Agrarisch Jongeren Kontakt, the Youth Food Movement, and Netwerk Platteland. Project facilitated by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.
Distribution & Promotion
The video blog is promoted through Vimeo, Facebook and Twitter accounts and the web blog of the campaign Foodpolitics.eu
Name of organisation
Foodpolitics.eu
Type of
organisation
Project - Cooperation
Partner organisation(s)
Nederlands Agrarisch Jongeren Kontakt, the Youth Food Movement
Image(s)
Name of contact person
Josien Kapma – Project Coordinator from Netwerk Platteland
Address
Netwerk Platteland Postbus 64 3830 AB Leusden
Telephone
+31 33 432 60 24
