Chairman | SFDO-Sustainable Food Destination Organization® EU
Sotiris enjoys inspiring businesses & policymakers to reach their optimal potential. His actions focus on understanding regeneration and developing synergies in the food and hospitality industry. He is co-founder & Chairman at SFDO-Sustainable Food Destination Organization®EU and co-founder & CEO at Local Food Experts® Crete | Greece. He was trained in The Reap Foundation® at Sustain Earth and Its People, Nebraska |USA, in the legendary Ecole d’ Agrobiologie de Beaujeu® en Agriculture Biologiques, Rhones | France, in Group de Rercherches en Agriculture Biologique® GRAB, Anignon | France. He participated in workshops at the Rodale Institute®|Pennsylvania, USA at the Land Institute® Kansas, USA, at The Joel Salatin Regenerative Farming Revolution® | Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, USA.
He was deputy representative of Greece at IFOAM® Organics International Brussels, Belgium. He worked in ARDAB®|Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on the principles of agroecology and was co-founder and Chief Farm Manager at BIO-FORUM SA®, an organic trader and retailer, for 14 years.
Small farmers, fishermen, beekeepers and shepherds are his heroes.
Topic: Building Sustainable Food Destinations | Cases in Greece