Welcome to Organizing REKO
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Fieldwork in Valmiera with a baby
The sun greets us when getting off the plane from Stockholm to Riga on this beautiful October morning in 2024. We are not the usual picture of researchers on a fieldtrip, equipped with backpacks, voice recorders, pen and paper. Instead, we are carrying a tired toddler, push a stroller and have lost the first pair…
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The Buzz of a New REKO Ring: Vaksala Torg
Wednesday, August 28. Uppsala, Sweden. There is a new REKO ring in town. It is located in the middle of the city, at a large square near the central train station. Here in Uppsala, where I live, previous rings have all been located outside the city center, as they usually are. This ‘move’ makes it…
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Passion & Food: Perspectives From A Research Internship
This post was written by master student Emma Anttila. It summarizes her experience while conducting a research internship on the Organizing REKO project. — Hello everyone! My name is Emma Anttila and for the last two months, I have been a research intern for the Organizing REKO project. I am currently enrolled at Uppsala University,…
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A Decade of REKO
Congratulations to the first 10 years of REKO! Last month we could follow a celebration of REKO turning ten. The founder of REKO, Tomas Snellman, various producers, and a number of researchers gathered at Hanken School of Economics to celebrate, take stock and look forward. We were fortunate to have our very own Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen…
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Welcome to follow our research journey on the organizing of REKO
This site will be the home of the recently started research project Organizing REKO: The Viability of a Local Food System in Finland, Sweden & Latvia. The project runs between August 2023 and June 2026. We will soon update this site with relevant information and blog posts. /Daniel, Emma, Hanna & Steffi