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European Action Days 2021 – Good Food Good Farming on the Ground

This October the pan-European Good Food Good Farming European Days of Action took place with decentralised events across Europe for the fourth time. 188 events were organised in 18 different countries fighting for better food and farming in Europe and across the world. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more events than ever were organised during the action month. […]

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Switzerland | Illegal Seeds – Really?

“The seeds regulation is unconstitutional.” A thesis from the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Law demonstrates that the system that decides which plant varieties can be sold in Switzerland contradicts other objectives of agriculture under the Swiss constitution, such as safeguarding the environment, landscape and local economy. By Anton Vos. […]

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Suisse | Des semences hors la loi, vraiment?

«La réglementation sur les semences est anticonstitutionnelle.» Une thèse de la faculté de droit de Genève démontre que le système qui décide quelles variétés végétales peuvent être commercialisées en Suisse contredit les autres objectifs constitutionnels de l’agriculture comme la préservation de l’environnement, du paysage et de l’économie locale. Par Anton Vos. […]