On the 30th of June, 2016, Dr Stephan Rist and Mrs Bettina Scharrer, from the Centre for Development and Environment and Dr. Moser, from the Archives of Rural History – both structures within the University of Bern, Switzerland – hosted the first workshop of a project called “The importance of solidarity economy in the development of organic agriculture in Europe, in the past and the present”. This kick-off workshop was the first round of a 3-year project.