Survey Shows Huge Support for Nature Restoration Law in Blocking Member States
EU Member States not supporting the Nature Restoration Law are doing so against the wishes of their own citizens. That's according to a new survey of over 6000 people in a poll conducted in the...
View ArticleLetter From The Farm | Strong Roots for a Surer Future
Investing in a small family farm is much more than an economic consideration: it can help to revitalise an entire village. In the Greek village of Trikorfo (Τρίκορφο), father and son Vasilis and Lukas...
View ArticleThe Civil Society Guide to Avoiding Electile Disfunction
With the European elections just around the corner, civil society is revving up for the next mandate. Ahead of the vote, ARC2020 has compiled a one-stop shop of resources from farming, environmental,...
View ArticleWhere now for the EU Green Deal? Barometer findings unpacked.
The good news is that experts think the Green Deal will live on (in some shape or form). The bad news is that they paint a pretty bleak picture when it comes to the legacy of the past 5-year term on...
View ArticleLand Grabbing is Back – This Time Risks are Even Greater
Fifteen years on from the ‘land rush’, a multi-pronged global land squeeze is forcing farmers and communities off the land – and Europe has a key role to play in fixing it. [...] The post Land Grabbing...
View Article“CAP-as-you-wish Instead of Future-Proof Farming and Food Policy”
There have been massive protests by farmers in many European countries in recent months. Depending on the country, different agricultural policy issues have played a role. Hannes Lorenzen, President of...
View ArticleOp-Ed – The Solution to Free Half of European Arable Land from Pesticides
In this op-ed, Annemarie Botzki of FoodWatch International makes the case, and outlines a vision, for how European farms can to exit pesticides, crop by crop. [...] The post Op-Ed – The Solution to...
View ArticleVote For The Future: Good Food Good Farming Campaign Culminates in Brussels...
On June 1st, hundreds of citizens, NGOs, and grassroots movements gathered at Place de l’Albertine in Brussels, urging politicians to improve farmers' conditions, halt environmental rollbacks, and...
View ArticleWhat do Agroecological Farmers Think about Biotech?
A new report from A Bigger Conversation highlights the unique needs and perspectives – and values-based choices – of agroecological farmers when it comes to agricultural technologies. By Ayms Mason....
View ArticleFarmers Protests, Policy Failures and the Lobby
Wouter van de Klippe delves into the recent farmer's protests, and assesses the role both the agri-lobby Copa-Cogeca, and the Common Agricultural Policy itself, have played. Van de Klippe argues that...
View ArticleThe German Farmers’ Association’s Double Game – Shrewd farmer lobbyists
The German Farmers' Association (Deutscher Bauernverband) promises nature conservation, but acts against it. Jost Maurin (Die Tageszeitung, taz) makes the case that this trajectory could serve as a...
View ArticleImpact and Opportunities of the 2023-27 CAP Reform in Denmark
In the report that accompanies this article, CONCITO analyses the implementation of the 2023-27 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform after its first year of implementation, using Denmark as a case...
View ArticleElection Post-Mortem – where to now for Parliament & People?
In the aftermath of the European Parliamentary Elections 2024, Oliver Moore assesses what happened and what might happen next, with a farming, food and rural lens. [...] The post Election Post-Mortem...
View ArticleGreece | The Sisters of the Seeds
Welcome to the gardens of St John’s monastery in the village of Anatoli, Thessaly, Greece. We bring you a heartwarming story of sharing and sufficiency, in a letter from a visit to the farm by Hannes...
View ArticleThe EU’s Nature Restoration Law has been Approved – but Don’t Put the Bubbly...
Ministers have given their final blessing to the EU’s Nature Restoration Law, marking the last milestone for the law to enter into force. But proponents shouldn’t put the champagne on ice just yet, as...
View ArticleWill the Nature Restoration Law Decision be Reversed? Not likely – here’s why
Last minute political manoeuvres, coalition collapse and legal challenges – the Nature Restoration Law’s dramatic final showdown proved every bit as tumultuous as the rest of its path to adoption. But...
View ArticleBrussels News – GMO No-Gos and Political Roundabouts
This week saw an unsuccessful last-ditch attempt to push the EU’s proposal to loosen rules on gene editing over the finish line, leaving the plans on ice. Meanwhile, it’s all been Politics with a...
View ArticleGermany | Communications for Sustainable Food Systems – Bringing everyone along
In Marburg, Germany kollektiv von MORGEN (the collective of TOMORROW) is working with food education activists and other food system stakeholders to develop regional communication strategies around...
View ArticleA Leek for Change! The Belgian Trio on a Mission to Save Seeds
You’ve probably heard of people extending an olive branch – perhaps less common is offering up a leek. Seeds4All digs into why the leek symbolises the struggle for seed autonomy and why the cooperation...
View ArticleTrue Bread – the Restorative work of Farmers, Millers & Bakers in Hungary
The Hungarian Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG) reports on the renewed interest - and importance - of short and local distribution channels, which are better able to meet the growing...
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