The first meeting of the Advisory Board on 25 April was warm, informative, but above all very usefull for finetuning and sharpening the ideas and envisaged actions of CERES. 

We discussed the outlines of the Movie to be produced by Human Factor TV and laughed together when brainstorming on additional ideas. The contents of the Toolkit was discussed and several actions were thought of to involve all women in The Netherlands in securing our global Food Security. 

A huge thanks to this professional and passionate group of women!

Op de Floriade 2012 heeft de NVR twee dagen lang workshops en lezingen verzorgd over duurzame voedselproductie, verantwoord inkopen en koken met onkruid en vergeten groenten. De Soroptimisten lanceerden CERES, een filmproject dat vrouwen uitnodigt vriendinnen bewust te maken van duurzaam voedsel en voedselproductie. Onder leiding van Rianne Meester-Broertjes en Marianne Willems heeft de commissie Duurzame Ontwikkeling van de NVR een gevarieerd programma op de Floriade neergezet. . “Ons doel is bewustwording: bewust over milieu, het belang van streekproducten, de eigen ecologische voetafdruk en heel specifiek wilden we aandacht vragen voor voedselverspilling en voedselveiligheid", vertelt Rianne Meester-Broertjes. lees meer 

On 13 and 14 April 2012 Marlène van Benthem and Jolande ter Borg represented CERES at the 'Floriade' (a famous Dutch World Agricultural Expo, which is organized every 10 years). Together with the NVR, Voedingscentrum and several other (women) organizations, CERES organized 3 workshops per day.In an entertaining quiz several important facts about the global food situation were presented and the crucial role of women in reaching global food security was evidenced.
On 14 April 'CERES' own film team' consisting of Josefien Fleuren (Basement Productions) and Helma Peters (Wilhelmina Films) shot several scenes for 3 movies.Amongst others NVR Chair Dieny Scheffer and Member of the Board Anneke van Veen were interviewed. Anke Vervoord (director of 'NBvP, Vrouwen van Nu' and Women Representative for the UN 2012) was invited to describe her perfect "EVA" (Effectieve Voedselzekerheids Actie = Effective Food Security Action).