"<< Background >>With the ever-present and increasing threat of climate change but having the possibility of tackling this issue using digital educational tools, transnational cooperation, taking advantage of the interest and desire for such tools in the field, and the need for a more sustainable future in the food market, we applied for this project to jump-start the Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs).Supporting sustainable solutions of agricultural production in order to slow and decline the rate of climate change is something we wholeheartedly believe in. The many facets of this project hit all of the marks that could change directly affect how the EU approaches climate change in the future. From enabling competitive entrepreneurs in the countryside, to establishing a balance between economic and ecological parallels in agricultural production to respecting old, peasant traditions all within European countries. On a larger scale its potential to build trust across borders, inspire the growth and development of ideas and initiatives and most importantly nourish long term positive impact on the environment in order to combat climate change. The need to establish and support SFSCs is vital to sustainable production ties between farmers/producers, and their customers which have an impact on not just the regional area but the country itself. There is a lack of digital learning tools for the target groups of small and medium-sized farmers and this project could fill that void and is a key step into bringing farming into the 21st century. Taking all of this into consideration, we applied to this project to ensure that these steps be taken to contribute to the effort of combating climate change and creating a positive impact on the environment through sustainability, transnational cooperation, and multi-functioning, environmentally friendly agriculture.<< Objectives >>We want to achieve the support and growth of a resource-efficient society, healthy local landscapes, biodiversity, and to accelerate the transition to sustainable food chain systems that reinforce a more environmentally friendly food market. On a smaller scale gradually becoming more ambitious, we would like to improve the quality and quantity of adult learning in this field to develop green skills in connection with initiating their own direct processing activities of agricultural products with added value to include farm-to-fork strategies in their daily work, making them more market visible using digital tools and increasing their overall digital and entrepreneurial competencies. This will in turn support local and regional farmers in joining the sustainable production movement and establish SFSCs. By teaching local and regional farmers in the EU how to start the on-farm production process while reaching a wider customer audience we aim to avoid selling and long-distance transportation of raw materials to agricultural corporations. This will increase the number of direct sales from farms, supporting and creating a perpetual system of self-sustaining local and regional farms. Supporting skills development, strategies, and methodologies that upgrade the current food system in a more earth-friendly direction creates benefits that are not just local. With all of these positives being felt and shared transnationally we can learn how to tackle more daunting challenges beyond borders with larger scale improvements in training, education, and strategies that will strengthen ties for continued work in the field. With all of these initiatives we can learn how to make better use of limited resources, increase cohesion throughout the EU, and ultimately bring about long term change that leads to a lasting impact.<< Implementation >>In the realm of the project implementation period, that is set up for 24 months, we plan various diverse activities. The project planning has been divided into 7 Work packages (WPs) that are activities of the project from the procedural point of view; and 5 Project Results (PRs) that are factual tangible outputs of the project. For a simpler orientation, we have divided WPs into 4 implementations WPs whic include activities that are directly related to the development of digital content OERs and 3 transversal WPs intersecting the project activities and lasting the whole duration of the project. Among the implementation WPs belong the development of white paper, collecting practical case studies from all partner countries, creation of podcast series in a form of debates and interviews with experts in the fiels, creation a set of inspiration learning materials for small and medium-sized farmers and finally a developed of a web-based training platform. The transversal activities include the overall project management, administration and financial evidence, all monitoring and evaluation activities that includes various evaluation questionnaire surveys, extensive pilot testing and analysing the results and including them to the developed materials to assure the highest quality. Finally, we are going to include broad dissemination activities to reach wide audience and organize 6 multiplier events in 6 countries for the relevant stakeholders, interested parties and also policy makers and public body representatives to raise awarness about the issue of farm-to-fork strategy and the need of support of direct production.<< Results >>We expect the outcomes to range from local and regional to larger EU encompassing successes. To start we bring real experience and knowledge about the issue to people who live on and work on agricultural lands, small and medium-sized farmers and food processors and other relevant parties connected to food production. Through the developed educational (digital) materials, we anticipate the target groups to acquire sufficient knowledge of the practical implementation of on-farm production solutions and farm-to-fork sales which they can utilize, begin to use, start and maintain on their farms to support short food supply chains establishment. The educational materials will keep the targets up to date on current situations and possibilities in partner countries, as well as legal practice and rules, case studies of real examples of innovative solutions in these areas from each partner country, educational entertainment podcast series in form of debate with experts and professionals and innovative educational materials. This is important to keep interest, inspire growth and innovation, promote a shared knowledge of the topic. The educational materials will be logically structured and easy to follow to be digestible for people. We expect the broader public, as well as public representatives, to get acquainted with the issue of short food supply chains and farm-to-fork strategy and to understand the necessity of addressing the issue as soon as possible. The expected result is, therefore, not only the increase of target groups green skills and competence but also raising public awareness on the topic of sustainable farming and what it could do to help combat climate change. We believe that the project is meaningful as it would directly help many ""newcomers"" to start their own direct processing, creating farm products and learning how to create added value to them, reach new customer base and sustain it in long-term perspective with the use of digital marketing strategies of farm products. Indirectly, the project should also influence the quality of life in local communities and rural areas as we aim to support the regional development and community life and reduce the negative effects of cilmate change by leaving the long food supply chains that involve long-distance travelling. We also aim to increase the quality of food that consumers buy and eat on a daily basis. In the long-term perspective, we expect the target groups to engage in implementing innovative farm-to-fork solutions on their farms and focus on green sectoral skills to push the market into a more sustainable and earth friendly state to begin a larger initiative throughout the EU."