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EventFood & Garden Frankfurt

Visit Rhine-Main organic farms this harvest wee in Frankfurt

Visit Rhine-Main organic farms this harvest wee in Frankfurt Dottenfelderhof in Bad Vilbel, Querbeet's Pappelhof in Reichelsheim, and Die Kooperative's Cityfarm in Oberrad open for Foodtura: apple pressing, potato digging, a hen walk, a farm festival, and a free family Sunday with a Schnippelparty in Frankfurt. What you can do - Press juice at the Jahreszeitenwerkstatt (19 September) - Dig your own potatoes at Pappelhof - Meet the hens or join the free Hoffest at Dottenfelderhof - Close the festival at the Familiensonntag on the Cityfarm (free) - Book the Farm to Table dinner at Tonka if you want a long table of Cityfarm vegetables How it works Farm days list prices and booking links on each page. The Hoffest and Familiensonntag are free drop-in. Wear shoes you can get dirty. Why it matters Seeing soil, animals, and harvest in the same week as city kitchens makes regional food feel real.

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Food & Garden Cologne

Get a Biotonne: close the compost loop in Cologne

Get a Biotonne: close the compost loop in Cologne About 40% of what lands in the grey residual bin is compostable organic waste. In Niehl it is burned: costing money, CO₂, and fertile matter that could return to parks and gardens as torffreier Kölner Kompost. What you can do - Ask your landlord for the free brown Biotonne (tenants can use Zero Waste Köln’s postcard template on their project page). - Line the bin with newspaper, keep it in the shade, and skip “compostable” plastic bags: they need industrial conditions Cologne’s plants do not offer. - Buy Kölner Kompost or Blumenerde from AWB/AVG outlets (the Verein advocates more neighbourhood pick-up points). Why it matters Separate bio collection has been mandatory in Germany since 2015, but Cologne households still need to request the bin. Less bio in residual waste can mean a smaller (cheaper) grey bin.

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EventRewilding Frankfurt

Photograph insects for Frankfurt biodiversity research

Photograph insects for Frankfurt biodiversity research Frankfurt's Umweltamt supports SLInBio (Städtische Lebensstile und die Inwertsetzung von Biodiversität): researchers from Senckenberg, Goethe University, and neighbourhood partners study how everyday city life connects to insect diversity. Residents can join by uploading insect photos to the Insekten Hessen reporting portal. What you can do - Photograph bees, butterflies, or beetles in your garden, balcony, or park (no faces needed) - Upload sightings through the Insekten Hessen meldeportal - Follow project updates on insektenvielfalt-frankfurt.org and join open events when listed - Visit the Insect Embassy art installation by ISOE and HfG Offenbach to learn why urban insects matter How it works Scientists use crowd-sourced images to map distribution and population trends across Hesse. SLInBio links the data to questions about urban lifestyles, green yards, and shared stewardship with NABU Frankfurt, BioFrankfurt, and the Palmengarten. Why it matters Insects pollinate food, recycle nutrients, and signal healthy neighbourhoods. A few phone photos from many streets beat a lone expert survey.

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Join inRewilding Rio de Janeiro

Fund your forest-protection project through the Amazon Fund

Fund your forest-protection project through the Amazon Fund Fundo Amazônia, managed by BNDES, puts climate finance into projects that keep Amazon forests standing and living: fire prevention, sustainable forest economies, indigenous territories, and community stewardship. Associations, cooperatives, municipalities, and foundations can submit ideas. Belém and forest cities feel the stakes every day; organisations send proposals through the Fund's public intake in Rio de Janeiro. What you can do - Gather your cooperative, association, or municipal team and sketch one concrete forest-protection or sustainable-use project - Read Como apresentar projetos and match your draft to the Fund guidelines - Submit directly or watch for a chamada pública, then send via the BNDES Portal do Cliente (Fundos, Editais e Chamadas Públicas → Fundo Amazônia) - Skip paid intermediaries: BNDES does not accredit consultants to speed approvals How it works Eligible organisations prepare a technical proposal, protocol it in the Portal, and walk BNDES review stages. Private individuals cannot apply alone; the door is open to groups already building forest protection on the ground. Why it matters When local builders hold the pen on funded projects, Amazon stewardship stays with the people who live beside the trees.

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Join inFood & Garden Addis Ababa

Thur Biotech microbial biofertilisers

Replace chemical inputs and rebuild degraded soil Thur Biotech (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) manufactures microbial biofertilisers that replace chemical inputs, rebuild degraded soil, and boost farmer incomes. What you can do - Source biofertiliser products for your farm or cooperative plot - Run side-by-side trials with neighbours to compare soil health and input costs - Share results with local agricultural extension groups How to participate - Follow product and distribution updates on the Thur Biotech portfolio page Why it matters Soil is infrastructure. Microbial inputs that cut chemicals while raising yields give smallholders a dignified path off dependency on expensive synthetics.

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VolunteerRewilding Frankfurt

Plant a Miyawaki tiny forest at MainWäldchen in Frankfurt

Plant a Miyawaki tiny forest at MainWäldchen in Frankfurt MainWäldchen is Transition Town Frankfurt's Tiny Forest pilot: a dense Miyawaki-style planting on about 110 m² in the Grünzug Feldscheidenstraße (Eckenheim). The mini-wood stores water, lowers heat, and gives birds and insects a permanent home neighbours can help tend. What you can do - Join planting and care days announced on mainwaeldchen.de and frankfurt-im-wandel.de/projekt/mainwäldchen - Observe which species colonise the young forest and share photos with the team - Adapt the pattern for another bare corner in your district How it works Volunteers work with the city park strip created in 2022, packing native layers tightly so the forest matures fast. The group hopes many more Wäldchen follow across Frankfurt. Why it matters Small urban forests turn leftover pavement edges into living shade and biodiversity without waiting decades for a single street tree.

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LearnFood & Garden Yaxunah

Loan heirloom seeds like a neighbourhood library

Loan heirloom seeds like a neighbourhood library In Yaxunah, Yucatán, nine women run K'an-Lol ("the flower of good corn" in Yucatec Maya): a community seed bank that loans traditional maize, beans, chilies, and other crops at no cost. Borrowers plant their milpa, harvest, and return fresh seed so the stock stays alive for the next season. Most users are subsistence farmers feeding their families, with small surpluses sometimes reaching local markets. The bank is a library, not a shop: seeds move in circulation instead of sitting in a vault. Fundación Haciendas del Mundo Maya supports the project alongside local volunteers. Surplus garden produce can reach buyers through Traspatio Maya (Instagram). What you can do - Visit Yaxunah when community programmes are open and ask how the seed bank lends and receives maize (see Yucatán Magazine coverage) - Message Traspatio Maya to order a guacal of fresh produce from Yaxunah growers when you are in the region - Replicate the pattern at home: labelled jars, a simple loan ledger, and a rule to return double the borrowed grain if you cannot swap seed immediately (as Yaxcabá neighbours describe for their bank) - Pair seed saving with nixtamalization skills so heirloom maize becomes tortillas and staples again, not just decoration How it works Farmers borrow seed, grow in milpa plots, and return after harvest. Varieties such as nuuk nal (reddish maize) stay in use even though they need more care than industrial hybrids. Coordinators track loans; partners like FHMM help with training and fair-trade outlets. There is no fixed online booking: contact organisers through community channels or partner foundations before you travel. Why it matters Imported kernels can cross-pollinate native fields. A seed library keeps criollo genetics in farmers' hands, not only in policy speeches. It is low-tech mutual aid that scales one neighbourhood at a time.

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VolunteerRewilding Riga

Care for Sporta Pils wild meadows, Riga

Care for Sporta Pils wild meadows, Riga Sporta Pils Gardens keep biodiversity meadows on a central brownfield. Ask how to help meadow care beyond allotment plots. What you can do - Browse sportapilsdarzi.lv - Ask about meadow or biodiversity workdays - Visit the gardens and offer habitat help How it works Meadow care sits beside allotments. Confirm volunteer slots with the organiser. Why it matters Riga grows wild flowers where concrete once waited.

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VolunteerFood & Garden Frankfurt

Share harvests with Solawi Frankfurt

Share harvests with Solawi Frankfurt Solawi Frankfurt is a consumer cooperative that shares the costs and risks of Birkenhof in Egelsbach. Members receive weekly organic vegetables, fruit, and eggs while helping with delivery runs and farm logistics. What you can do - Read how solidarity farming works on frankfurt-im-wandel.de/projekt/solawi - Contact info@solawi-ffm.de about joining the coming harvest year - Volunteer for delivery coordination or distribution days in Frankfurt How it works The group estimates annual farm costs together, pays a fair share to the grower, and splits the harvest. New households are welcome each season. Why it matters Solawi keeps peri-urban soil in food production and gives city residents a direct stake in how their meals are grown.

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VolunteerFood & Garden Quito

Join Quito's community compost and zero waste network

Municipal tools: neighbourhood compost Ecuador’s Alianza Basura Cero documents a growing compost network and municipal zero waste ordinances residents can advocate for locally. The alliance publishes a model ordinance and maps community compost sites, from Pomasqui and Cotacachi to neighbourhood clubs such as Club del Compost in Bellavista. What you can do - Find a mapped compostera comunitaria near you and volunteer for a work day. - Ask your parish or neighbourhood council to adopt zero-waste ordinance language from the alliance toolkit. Why it matters Community compost keeps food sovereignty and soil health local while giving municipalities a replicable legal frame, reuse included, not just collection.

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VolunteerFood & Garden Sydney

Volunteer at Sydney City Farm in St Peters

Volunteer at Sydney City Farm in St Peters City of Sydney runs Sydney City Farm in Sydney Park as a place to learn urban growing and sustainable food. You can join farm volunteers for two-hour shifts and help beds, nursery stock, and orchard projects take shape. What you can do in Sydney - Sign up for farm volunteer working bees through the council What's On calendar (volunteer for Sydney City Farm) - Attend a 45-minute site induction before your first regular shift, as the council requires - Help on Thursday cropping mornings, Friday nursery tasks, or Saturday orchard and display garden projects when sessions are listed - Explore the farm on a self-guided tour when you want to see the hub before you commit How to join New volunteers complete the council registration form and book a session online when places are open. Shifts are usually two hours. The organiser asks for sturdy shoes, a hat, gloves, and a water bottle. Why it matters in Sydney Neighbours meet while seedlings go in and harvests are shared. Skills from the farm travel home to balconies, courtyards, and community plots across the city. Good to know - Do I need gardening experience? The council welcomes newcomers after the mandatory induction; interest in horticulture matters more than a formal CV. - Is there a fee to volunteer? The volunteer programme pages describe free working bees; check the booking terms for your date. - Where is the farm? Sessions use Sydney City Farm at Sydney Park; the working-bee listing gives the street address in St Peters.

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VisitFood & Garden Leipzig

Garden together at the Hildegarten

A green meeting place in Plagwitz The Hildegarten at Bürgerbahnhof Plagwitz is a community garden run by engaged residents. Neighbours of all ages grow fruit, vegetables, and herbs in shared beds using ecological methods that protect soil and pollinators. What you can do - Drop in during open hours to garden, chat, or simply enjoy the green. - Join workshops on permaculture, composting, and nature-friendly gardening: no prior experience required. - Help with seasonal tasks or bring ideas for new community plots. When & where - April-October: Mon, Thu, Fri 16:00-19:00; Sat-Sun 13:00-19:00 - Röckener Str. 44, 04229 Leipzig (Bürgerbahnhof Plagwitz) Why it matters Leipzig aims to become a Zero-Waste city by 2030; neighbourhood gardens turn waste prevention into hands-on care for food, soil, and community.

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Upcoming initiatives for Food and land sovereignty

Apple pressing at Dottenfelderhof

Apple pressing at Dottenfelderhof Gather fallen apples and pears, then press sweet juice to take home (1 litre included). 10 €. What you can do - Join 09:30 to 12:00 at Dottenfelderhof 1, Bad Vilbel - Listing: dottenfelderhof.de event 809 When & where Saturday 19 September 2026, 09:30 to 12:00 (CEST). Dottenfelderhof 1, 61118 Bad Vilbel. Pin: 50.1942, 8.7527. How it works 10 € including juice to take home. Outdoor harvest work. Why it matters Pressing juice is harvest you can drink the same morning. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Jahreszeitenwerkstatt. Organiser: Landbauschule Dottenfelderhof e.V.

Potato digging at Pappelhof

Potato digging at Pappelhof Learn organic potato growing, then dig your own portion (5 kg included). Extra kilos to buy. 10 €, book by 16 September. What you can do - Register at veranstaltung.querbeet.de/kartoffelbuddeln1 - Dorheimer Str. 107, Reichelsheim (Wetterau) When & where Saturday 19 September 2026, 12:00 to 16:00 (CEST). Querbeet Pappelhof, Dorheimer Str. 107, 61203 Reichelsheim. Pin: 50.3605, 8.8024. How it works 10 €, booking required. Bring sturdy shoes. Why it matters A sack you dug yourself beats a plastic net from the aisle. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Kartoffel-Buddeln. Organiser: Querbeet Bio-Frischvermarktung GmbH.

Hinterhofhimbeeren courtyard walk in Frankfurt

Hinterhofhimbeeren courtyard walk in Frankfurt Free 2-hour walk of Ginnheim courtyards, roof herbs, figs, and facade vines with Klimawerkstatt in Frankfurt. What you can do - Meet at Ginnheimer Kirchplatz, Ginnheimer Hohl 2 (free) - Wear shoes for yards and a short roof visit if offered - Instagram: klimawerkstatt When & where Saturday 19 September 2026, 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST). Ginnheimer Kirchplatz, 60431 Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1444, 8.6491. How it works Free. Outdoor walking tour: weather applies. Why it matters Seeing fruit on a facade makes the next balcony feel possible. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Hinterhofhimbeeren & Fassadenwein. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

Ginnheim Stadtteil Picknick in Frankfurt

Ginnheim Stadtteil Picknick in Frankfurt Bring-and-share long table on the village square, framed by the Kirchplatzgärtchen beds in Frankfurt. Free. Email if you want to help set up. What you can do - Bring something homemade to share - Optional: email kirchplatzgaertchen@posteo.de - Combine with the 14:00 courtyard walk the same day When & where Saturday 19 September 2026, 15:00 to 18:00 (CEST). Ginnheimer Kirchplatz, Ginnheimer Hohl 2, 60431 Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1444, 8.6491. How it works Free. Rain plan as announced by the garden group. Why it matters A square picnic is urban agriculture's friendliest public face. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Stadtteil Picknick. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

Lacto-fermentation at Die Kooperative in Frankfurt

Lacto-fermentation at Die Kooperative in Frankfurt Beginner workshop in the Kooperative greenhouse with seasonal veg in Frankfurt. 90 € regular, Pay-What-You-Can seats if you write to the host. What you can do - Book at a pinch of salt by 15 September 2026 - Meet Im Bärengarten 5, Oberrad - Ask the shop if you need a solidarity place When & where Sunday 20 September 2026, 14:00 to 16:30 (CEST). Die Kooperative, Im Bärengarten 5, 60599 Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1038, 8.7159. How it works Paid workshop with optional cheaper seats. Booking required. Why it matters A jar you salted yourself is the start of a winter pantry. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Lakto-Fermentations-Workshop. Organiser: a pinch of salt. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

Slow Food vegetarian cook-along in Frankfurt

Slow Food vegetarian cook-along in Frankfurt Barbara Stadler (Chef Alliance) leads a vegetarian cook-together: everything to the middle of the table, no fake meat in Frankfurt. 43,80 €. What you can do - Book Eventbrite by 18 September 2026 - Paulinum, Valentin-Senger-Straße 136a When & where Tuesday 22 September 2026, 18:00 to 21:00 (CEST). Begegnungsstätte Paulinum, Valentin-Senger-Straße 136a, 60389 Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1408, 8.7007. How it works 43,80 €, booking required. Accessible venue as tagged by Foodtura. Why it matters Cooking from the centre of the table is Slow Food at human scale. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Slow Food Kochworkshop. Organiser: Slow Food Frankfurt. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

THE KITCHEN SCHOOL with Anna Schmidt in Frankfurt

THE KITCHEN SCHOOL with Anna Schmidt in Frankfurt Vegan From Root to Plate in the KMH studio above Kleinmarkthalle in Frankfurt. 140 €, book by 13 September. What you can do - Register at aboutkitchen.world - Meet at KMH, Hasengasse 5-7, first floor - Read the Foodtura listing When & where Wednesday 23 September 2026, 18:00 to 22:00 (CEST). KMH, Hasengasse 5-7, 60311 Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1134, 8.6837. How it works 140 €, booking required. Why it matters A market-hall kitchen is a good place to learn root-to-plate habits. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: THE KITCHEN SCHOOL. Organisers: MORGEN, KMH, Anna Schmidt. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

Slow Food olive oil tasting in Frankfurt

Slow Food olive oil tasting in Frankfurt Conrad Bölicke (ArteFakt) and Pietro Radosti (PietrOlio) guide 5 to 6 Mediterranean oils in Frankfurt. 43,80 €. What you can do - Book Eventbrite - Same Paulinum room as the cook-along When & where Wednesday 23 September 2026, 18:00 to 20:30 (CEST). Paulinum, Valentin-Senger-Straße 136a, Frankfurt. Pin: 50.1408, 8.7007. How it works 43,80 €, booking required. The Eventbrite page listed an early close date: confirm it is still open before you travel. Why it matters Tasting skill is how cheap bottles stop winning by default. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Slow Food Olivenölverkostung. Organiser: Slow Food Frankfurt. Details checked: 2026-09-19.

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