The Local Food Advisors' Journey 2026 campaign is launched: a European roadmap to strengthen advice on short supply chains

The EU 4Advice and COREnet initiative, Local Food Advisors' Journey 2026, was created with the aim of highlighting the European Network of Advisors on Short Food Supply Chains (EAN-SFSC) and, at the same time, actively involving advisors in its construction and continuous improvement .

This initiative is designed as a flexible and evolving roadmap for advisors who are part of the shared COREnet and EU4Advice network. The work-in-progress approach allows the advisor community itself to contribute comments, proposals, and ideas , thereby strengthening knowledge sharing around short supply chains (SFSCs).

A lively and participatory itinerary

The Advisors' Journey combines different formats and resources designed to facilitate mutual learning and the practical transfer of knowledge, including:

• Webinars and online training
• Practice abstracts
• Short project videos
• Dynamic content to discover innovative approaches in SFSC counseling

One of the key elements will be short videos , which will allow for the agile presentation of various European projects linked to advice and local food systems , showing their objectives, tools and results, and facilitating the identification of opportunities for cooperation and adoption in daily advisory work.

Advisors' Monday: the central focus of the initiative

The backbone of this campaign will be “Advisors’ Monday,” a monthly one-hour webinar held every third Monday of the month at 10:00 AM (CET) . These online sessions will bring together advisors from all participating countries, creating a stable space for meeting, discussion, and collective learning.

The journey will continue throughout 2026 with new sessions and content, including a second webinar scheduled for February 16 , organized by COREnet , which will continue this European collaborative process.

As a starting point for the itinerary , on January 19th there will be a first webinar focused on food hygiene and experiences from Austria , which will mark the official start of the Local Food Advisors' Journey 2026, and you can find more information about it here .