Letter from Christiansen Farm – Breeding Time
Time waits for nobody - but it seems to travel quickly or slowly depending on circumstance. Organic breeding techniques have a different relationship to time and place than genetic engineering methods;...
View ArticleAn Agrifood Stakeholder’s Guide to the EU’s New Power Structure
There’s a lot of new faces in new places this week in Brussels as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has finally revealed her picks and priorities for her new team of Commissioners over this...
View ArticleFood from Somewhere – IPES Food report on key role local food resilience plays
"Food from Somewhere" is a recent report from IPES-Food on territorial markets - localised food systems and chains. So what's in it? This report finds a disaster prone, not fit-for-purpose food system...
View ArticleCAP not Matching Europe’s Green Ambitions, say Auditors (again)
CAP 2023-2027 is greener than the previous CAP - but plans "do not match the EU’s ambitions for the climate and the environment". That's according to the ECA - the European Court of Auditors - which...
View ArticleOctober is Here – That Means European Days of Action!
Every October, farmers, consumers, activists and citizens come together to celebrate food and farming – and demand political change! For the seventh year in a row, the European Days of Action are...
View ArticleFrom Farmers for Farmers – and for Healthy Societies on a Planet Conducive to...
The European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) is an independent, farmer-led coordination and political advocacy organization of the movement of regenerative agriculture at the European...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Time for a Rethink to Reverse the Rapid Decline of Farming in Europe
A new study from the Greenpeace European Unit - Go Big or go Bust shows just how rapidly farming in Europe is going in a particular trajectory. Simply put, small farm are disappearing, and large farms...
View ArticleOp-ed – The Brave New World of Bayer & Co
In this op-ed, Hans Van Sharen of Corporate Europe Observatory argues that Bayer, a German agrochemical giant, exerts vast political and economic influence globally, often harming public health,...
View ArticleMichael Dower Award for Rural Resilience – Nominate A Rural Action-Taker Today!
Michael Dower (1937-2022) has inspired rural Europe for decades. Co-founder of the European AgriCultural Convention (EAC), which later became ARC2020, he was a phenomenal agent of change. Launching...
View ArticleDo the 28 CAP Strategic Plans Progress Fairness for Farmers?
New CAP Strategic Plans have been prepared and implemented since 2023 in all EU member states. Are they helping progress values of fairness, as enshrined in both CAP and other EU legislation? Here we...
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