Terra Madre 2024: A Vision for Resilient Food Systems In September 2024, EVERARD Consulting & Communication traveled to Terra Madre Salone del Gusto in Turin, the world’s largest gathering dedicated to **good, clean, and fair food**. This wasn’t just a conference—it was a living laboratory for the future of food, where farmers, chefs, activists, and policymakers converge to reimagine how we nourish ourselves and the planet.

Wëlle Gaart: Cultivating Resilience Through Permaculture At EVERARD, resilience isn’t just a concept—it’s something we grow. **Wëlle Gaart**, our permaculture garden, embodies this philosophy. Inspired by Charles Dowding’s no-dig method and Masanobu Fukuoka’s natural farming, we let nature lead. No tilling, no stressing plants, and no fighting weeds. Instead, we trust the soil, embrace biodiversity, and learn from the land. Here, cabbages thrive among wild greens, tomatoes gr

Why we’re here.   We came to Ghent for the same reason our clients hire us: to turn good intentions into practical steps. Velo-city is the world’s biggest cycling conference, and day three delivered a sharp mix of data, dialogue, and doing . Below are our field notes from the three sessions we attended—and a few thoughts on how we’ll translate them for projects back home. 1) Data you can actually use Mapping what exists (and what’s missing).   The European Cyclists’ Federatio

Afternoon on two wheels.   We used Day 3 with friends from Luxembourg, to roll out along Ghent’s Cycling Highway. It’s the kind of ride that explains itself: wide where it needs to be, legible at the tricky bits, and stitched into places people actually want to go. We traded notes the whole way—what makes a link feel “effortless,” where wayfinding carries you through, how crossings either invite you or make you hesitate. Field time like this keeps our desk work honest. We onl