My name is Raluca Barbu and I am from Southern Transylvania, Romania. I have a passionate relationship with food and rural grounds since childhood, inspired by my grandmother and life in the countryside. I graduated agriculture and food economy and communication, and I have been enthusiast activating as consultant in agriculture and rural development policies in the last 17 years. Along the years, I had the privilege to work and gain experience in governmental, non-for-profit and private sectors, at local, national, and European level on aspects concerning small-farmers, biodiversity in agriculture, cooperation and short-supply-chain, promotion of local products, sustainable food. In the last 5 years I’ve got involved with building case studies and contributing to various HORIZON 2020 projects. One of them is FOODSHIFT2030 where we are developing the first draft of food strategy for Brasov city-region, explore the food innovations in Brasov region and explore transition to sustainable food system. Most rewarding part is working at grassroots level, with farmers, advisors, services providers, consumers as well as networking at European level!