An interview with Victoria Nagy, leader of the EU4Advice Living Lab Hungary

Victoria Nagy, manager of the Living Lab Hungary, participated in the Cross Living Lab event, where she shared insights into her passion for local food and the importance of small-scale food production. During our interview, she discussed her work within Hungary’s local and regional food systems, emphasising the role of local food associations in supporting the development of short food supply chains.

Nagy highlighted the importance of mapping all the actors involved in these supply chains to create shared value and common goals. In her role at Living Lab Hungary, she focuses on building a network of short-food supply chain advisors and organisers, inviting producers, consumers, and government representatives to collaborate. She also emphasised that through the EU4Advice project, there is much to learn about community-building and ensuring the sustainability of the living lab beyond the project’s conclusion.

Watch the interview here! 

Advisors
Are you helping farmers and producers to sell their things directly, to improve their bargaining power or position in the value chain, or to transition to more socially and environmentally production systems?

Now is your chance to join the first-ever European advisory network focused on short food supply chains (SFSCs), established through the Horizon Europe projects COREnet and EU4Advice, which ultimate aim is to enhance the sustainability, competitiveness and visibility of European short food supply chains. A key step to pursue this goal, is to enhance the connections between SFSC actors in Europe, the capacity building and the knowledge sharing between advisors, producers, researchers and policy-makers.

This platform will connect you to a wide community of experts and advisors related to SFSC and support effective exchange of knowledge and solutions among advisors and other food system stakeholders, through access to training materials, thematic workshops, collaborative knowledge-sharing sessions, and networking activities. Additionally, you will be listed in a public database of SFSC advisors, giving you visibility as a trusted resource in the SFSC field. Moreover, your participation will also play a role in shaping policy recommendations at the EU level that support the development of the SFSC sector.

Your involvement in the network and related activities is entirely voluntary, and you will at all times have flexibility in choosing how to participate. As a first step, we’ll ask you to complete a brief questionnaire to understand your expertise and role in SFSCs better.