The document discusses the Agroecological Fair held weekly at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) campus to promote organic and local foods. The fair features small local producers selling organic products while conducting workshops on agroecology and exchanges between farmers and students. It aims to provide healthier food options on campus and educate students on food and agriculture.

1. UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Key words: food, organic food
UFRJ Campus Agroecological FAIR
more on http://feiraagroecologica.pr5.ufrj.br/

2. Foto: Imagens UFRJ Gabriela D’Araújo
Context: The UFRJ Master Plan is targeted to reach 30000 of meals per
day by 2020 (building new restaurants all over the Campus).
With approximately 60,000 people per day, with about 1/3 of that total
consisted of students, the university campus is a real city.

3. Context 2: bring healthier and organic food for
the campus.
Foto: overview of the Central
University Restaurant in
the UFRJ, in front of the
building, the tends of the
Agricultural Fair

4. Context 3: Restaurants placed in a university should not
only provide food to students, it should be a place of food
education

5. Project: Fair Agroecological UFRJ
•Held weekly in the gardens of the Restaurant;
•Small local producers of RJ;
•Participatory project management;
•Production flow by direct trade;
•Conducting workshops, lectures and visits of the
farmers concerned;
•Possibility of exchanges between scientific
and traditional knowledge.

6. •Possibility of exchanges between scientific
and traditional knowledge.

7. ids visiting Agroecological Fair

8. University students interacts
with producers

9. Family farmers brings
Weekly their products to the Campus

10. Organic foods are presented and sold

11. Artisans products

12. Prepared organic
foods sold at the Fair

13. Producers shows how to prepare
and clean the Palmito Pupunha

14. Students present the
concept of agroecology to visitors