Talents Portraits: Maria Fritz
Channel: Local2Local
Date: 2022-09-29

Utrecht University, Amped and Local2Local have been collaborating in the local food domain since the spring of 2014, through initiatives, pilots and projects, together with Green Office Utrecht, Stichting Groentetas, student communities, faculties and partner organizations. 

Amped and Local2Local facilitated many internships, research projects and provided students the opportunity to work, gain experience and exchange knowledge in the local food chain in the Utrecht region. This was premised on the idea that the transition to a sustainable and regionally connected food system can’t be achieved without socio-cultural change and an active leading role by the next generation. In 2020 these activities converged into the formation of Local2Local Talents, to support and grow their roles in the food transition. 

Talents Portraits
In the weekly Talents Portraits series we introduce young people who have been part of this journey and would like to share their experiences, learnings and views on the future of food.

This week we feature Maria Fritz from Germany. Maria has a very adventurous academic background, eventually she got her Masters in Sustainable Development at Utrecht University four years ago, met Local2Local at Sustainable Pathways 2018, she was intrigued, started working on projects, joined the team, gained a lot of experience in the transition movement of local food and circled back to her hometown Karlsruhe in 2021 to sow the seeds of change there.