P.A.N.I.E.R.S

P.A.N.I.E.R.S. is a project focused on sustainable consumption and a community-based approach, which aims to make healthy food more accessible. Inspired by the Sécurité Sociale de l’Alimentation (SSA), this initiative offers workshops, vegetable box distributions, training sessions and social gatherings that foster direct links between families facing food insecurity and local small- and medium-scale producers. Each branch of the project fosters a collective spirit of participatory democracy and social cohesion, whilst encouraging a shift in habits towards a more environmentally friendly, regional and community-based diet.

Crops and animal products

• Follow the natural production seasons: no heated and/or large-scale greenhouses; follow natural growing/milking/breeding seasons, …;
• Promote short and local supply and production chains, with as few imports as possible.
• Use biodiversity-inclusive production methods: rotation of crops/fruit trees, mixed cropping, agroforestry/ecology, no pesticides or chemicals, organic/rational production, nature-based solutions, …;
• Develop the land by incorporating biodiversity and provide an area dedicated to biodiversity (e.g. additional flowerbeds, permanent plant cover, no tillage/mowing/management in specific areas, insect hotels);
• Have respect for and/or improve the environmental and ecological characteristics of the area;
• As much naturalness as possible/as little alteration as possible of the surrounding environment (landscape, quality of water, of soil);
• Stimulate the preservation of green and blue areas by limiting the expansion of land use (e.g. rooftop agriculture, eco-grazing);
• Incorporate these practices into the surrounding environment (e.g. promote ecological continuity) to reduce their negative impact on the land;
• Pursuing the use of genetic diversity of seeds and animals, including specific country varieties, to preserve specific and historical biodiversity.

In the long term, P.A.N.I.E.R.S. aims to secure producers’ incomes so that they can plan for the future and continue their agroecological transition. The organic approach, already well established among producers who have been involved in GASAPs for over ten years, demonstrates that a stable model is possible. The project is also part of the European Food Security initiative, which encourages regular visits to farms to carry out a shared assessment of strengths and weaknesses. This approach fosters genuine collective intelligence, where producers are no longer isolated and can move forward together. The objective is clear: to ensure the long-term viability of highly committed producers by strengthening their financial stability and their ability to develop their practices.