1. Amsterdam Rural Forum May 12 2016 John Huige
Strong City, Strong Countryside From global value chains to regional cooperatives
Amsterdam Rural Forum
May
John Huige
A few general developments in the economy, in cities & the country side; not much time so it is necessary in very broad lines

2. Business as usual & There is no alternative
Growth oriented policies
Global value chains most profitabel e.g. Nutella)
147 dominant networks globally
Results: fossil addiction, cimate change, nature deterioration
Growing protests (CETA TTIP)
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
GVC, relative simple product Nutella, a hazelnut sprtead, head office in Italy: sold in 75 countries; 9 global factories; ingredients: turkey, nigeria, malaysia, brasil, cina and local suppliers. Cumulative control world economy 40% a 147 networks; every policy is oriented towards further growth, although every body can predict that this is not sustainable; not even in the foreseeable future. More and more effects become visible and so are the protest.

3. The energy transition; the new grid on the block
The end of fossil; renewable energy: wind, water, algae, sun.
The end of large energy corporations
The rise of local cooperatives,
Farmers as energy producers.
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
One big change for city and countryside is the energy transition; this brings new opportunities for the countryside to cooperate with the city. It changes the pattern of ownership from large international corporations to small and regional cooperatives. See the picture how it works

4. The food transition healthy city, healthy countryside
Health, food safety, organic, slow food
Transition towns & related movements
From global to local
From anonymous producers to transparent transactions
No meat today …
Food as a political statement
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
A second major change is the food transition; this has many divers aspects.
The ideas about food itself change
The organisation of the food chain changes
The scope changes int more regional
For food safety transpanercy is needed
We have all become flexatarier some meat but often not
How you eat is political: footprint, resilience, energy, patents

5. Circular ever wider? or may be smaller?
Circular: necessary but not sufficient
Circular not enough; regenerative food systems
The circular economy of soil
Circular & degrowth?
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
The circular economy is not just for the large corporations
Circ is not just for further globalisation
But circ economy is very important for food; for the use of the soil
And is not just for ever growing circles

6. Markets are just one way of organizing transactions
The new commons
The new cooperatives
Peer to peer financing
Households as production units
Complementary currencies
LETS
The new sharing
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
The present era is the era of the market. It gives us the idea that only market transactions create value. There are many others

7. Do smart cities stop at the city border?
Smart Economy, Smart Mobility, Smart Environment, Smart People, Smart Living, Smart Governance 
Ingredients: infrastructure, social capital, coordination & cooperation.
The new inequality?
What do you value more: fair incomes for farmers or high incomes for bankers
Why do smart cities need the countryside? Other ingredients!
Food
Recreation
Nature
Culture
Slow down
Inspiration
Giep Hagoort & John Huige May
Popular is the concept of the smart city; see the picture
But if the countryside does not develop a adequate answer a new colonialism is under way; it is not good for both city and countryside
Cities need the countryside. I mention 6 you can probably mention mere.