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Rural Resilience

Extrait de livre | Goûter à l’indépendance

June 4, 2021 ARC

Dans cet extrait du livre “L’EUROPE RURALE EN MOUVEMENT – Voyage aux pays des transitions”, Philippe Barret nous raconte l’histoire du Beaufortain (73), un petit territoire de 4 villages au cœur des Alpes françaises. Depuis le 17ème siècle ses habitants se réunissent pour préserver une agriculture familiale et la vie à la montagne. Dans ce chapitre, vous rencontrerez certaines des personnes impliquées dans « Nos campagnes en résilience » : la coordinatrice du projet Valérie Geslin, la bénévole Jeanine Sochas et le paysan Pierre Gachet. […]

Rural Resilience

Paroles de paysans | Marie et Gilles AVOCAT

June 4, 2021 ARC

Qu’est-ce que le social dans l’agriculture ? Que peut apporter « Nos campagnes en résilience » aux paysans ? Marie et Gilles AVOCAT élevaient des brebis et produisaient du fromage au sein d’un GAEC. Autour d’un café dans une ambiance familiale et conviviale, ils nous livrent, avec passion, leur vision sociale de l’agriculture. […]

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Withdraw The CAP Movement Takes on Timmermans, Trilogues and Parliament Plenary

May 24, 2021 ARC

The Withdraw the CAP movement emerged in recent months to challenge Europe’s biggest policy spend. This initiative of young people, many climate strikers from the Fridays for Future movement, have taken the EU’s top brass to task over the gap between environmental rhetoric and business-as-usual reality. SO what happened at their  meeting last with with Vice-President of the EU Commission Frans Timmermans, of EU Green Deal Fame. Here the group who met him give us the lowdown, and tell us what they are focused on next for withdraw the cap.  […]

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The True Cost of Britain’s Addiction to Factory-Farmed Chicken

May 14, 2021 ARC

The intensive poultry industry in the UK has expanded in recent decades, becoming more akin to the USA’s mega farms. Investigating how intensive poultry units have multiplied across certain parts of the UK, Alison Caffyn discovered that the poultry industry has taken advantage of weak regulatory and planning regimes to scale up the lucrative business.  […]

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Pesticide Poisonings – Numbers Revised Upwards Globally

May 5, 2021 ARC

15 times more pesticide poisonings occur annually now than 30 years ago. About 385 million cases of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning occur each year, according to a new systematic review on global pesticide poisoning. This is up from 25 million annually in 1990, the last year such an estimate was made. Here Justice Pesticides outlines key findings of that review, as well as a study on pesticide contamination near intensively managed agricultural areas in South Tyrol, Italy. […]

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Agroecology Grows in Hungary

April 30, 2021 ARC

Agroecology is gaining more and more support from different actors around the world and is inspiring new collaborations such as the recently formed Hungarian Agroecology Network. The network was created 5 months ago and has already more than 60 active members from all over Hungary; among them farmers, representatives of producer and consumer groups, of NGOs and short supply chains, academics and researchers. Lili Balough has more. […]

Rural Resilience

Clin d’œil culture | « Nature intérieure » par Rémi SERAIN

April 28, 2021 ARC

Pour cette édition inaugural du « Clin d’œil culture », nous vous invitons à découvrir une œuvre du sculpteur savoyard Rémi SERAIN, « l’Otarie ». Selon l’artiste, cette œuvre symbolise la fragilité de la terre et l’équilibre à trouver pour l’homme. Matériaux : bois flotté, éléments naturels récupérés au gré des balades. […]