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We’re Hiring! Call for Paris Correspondent for 2022

December 14, 2021 ARC

The European think tank ARC2020 seeks a freelance Paris Correspondent to cover agricultural, rural and regional policies and discussions in France, at government, regional and CSO level, especially during the French EU presidency. The correspondent will deliver content on socio-ecological transition in agri-food and rural domains, via tools such as news and feature articles, audio visual elements, events and reports. The correspondent will be based in France but will work as part of an international team based around Europe. […]

We’re Hiring! Call for CAP Policy Analyst and Animator for 2022

December 14, 2021 ARC

ARC2020 – The Agricultural and Rural Convention has worked on the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since 2010. Run by a small team and guided by an international group of board members, ARC carries out research, publishes regular content and organises debates and events on key CAP-related issues. ARC is now looking for a part-time position to support the CAP Strategic Plan project in two related areas: analysing and developing content on the CAP Strategic Plans; organising NGO and institutional networking around the national strategic plans implementing the next CAP post 2022. […]

Position Paper on Soil Carbon Sequestration and its Possible Remuneration through CO2 Certificates

December 14, 2021 ARC

More than 30 organisations and individuals active in the fields of nature conservation, environmental protection, agriculture and science have collectively spoken out against the use of CO2 emissions certificates as a tool for preserving and building humus in soil. In a position paper on soil carbon sequestration, the broad alliance rejects the compensation of greenhouse gas emissions through CO2 emissions certificates. […]

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

December 9, 2021 ARC

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. […]

Germany | Farm and Food Policy by Traffic Lights

December 5, 2021 Hannes Lorenzen

A new German government coalition of Socialists, Liberals and Greens – known as the “traffic light coalition” – has put a new farming and food policy on its agenda. ARC2020 President Hannes Lorenzen provides insight into the agreement reached between the coalition parties. […]

National Coalitions Urge Commission to Assess CAP Plans with Ambition

November 30, 2021 ARC

As the CAP process moves into its next phase, national coalitions are mobilising to encourage the European Commission to do a robust, ambitious job in assessing Member States CAP Strategic Plans. […]

A Toxic Multi-Billion-Euro Business Costing Citizens Big Time

November 30, 2021 Hans van Scharen

What is the scale and impact of pesticides in agri-food? Where is power expressed, and what are the costs associated with the use of these agri-industrial inputs? A new concept note and policy brief throws some light on the topic. Op-Ed by Le BASIC – Christophe Alliot, Sylvain Ly CCFD-Terre Solidaire – Maureen Jorand Pollinis – Nicolas Larmaan PAN-Europe – Martin Dermine and CEO – Hans Vanscharen. […]

UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose

November 27, 2021 Vicki Hird

Farmers in England and Wales want to move away from centralised supply chains where they say they have little influence over prices, not enough connection to consumers, and are not rewarded for delivering positive climate and nature outcomes. This is according to the findings of Sustain in its report ‘Beyond the Farmgate’ which lays out the results of a new survey of 500 English and Welsh farmers. […]

MEPs have a final plenary CAP vote this week – what’s at stake?

November 22, 2021 Oliver Moore

Despite the spin, after years of negotiations, the CAP that will be voted on this week in Strasbourg does little of substance to really address the crises – climate and biodiversity – and does as little as possible to address fairness. And there will be much talk of the greenest CAP ever, but this is mostly hot air unfortunately. Here we outline what’s being voted on in plenary, present related survey data from EEB/Birdlife, IFOAM EU and share the views of Sommer Ackerman of the Withdraw the CAP movement. […]

Webinar: La Política Agrícola Común más allá de la Unión Europea: Consideraciones para Centroamérica

November 18, 2021 Melina A Campos

Este webinar tiene como objetivo presentar cómo las políticas, legislaciones y sistemas de ejecución europeos desempeñan un papel en obstaculizar o promover la sostenibilidad de los productos agrícolas y alimenticios de Centroamérica (CA), y de terceros países comercializados dentro del mercado de la Unión Europea (UE), especialmente tomando en cuenta las disposiciones legales de la regulación del Organización Común de los Mercados (OCM) y su interrelación con los Acuerdos de Asociación. […]

Germany | Hitch Up the Wagon it’s Time to Transform Agriculture

November 18, 2021 ARC

Agricultural industry, species extinction, nutrition, climate: If we reform agriculture, we could achieve great things. Such reform should be a priority for the incoming “traffic-light” coalition government in Germany, but will it rise to the task? Tanja Busse has more. […]

Manifesto for Regenerative Agriculture Adopted at Climate Farming Congress

November 17, 2021 ARC

A Manifesto for Regenerative Agriculture was signed by participants of the first Climate Farming Congress which took place in Germany this month. Experts and practitioners came together with the objective of unifying the voice of regenerative agriculture in Europe. […]

COP26 | Gender Day – Othering The Soil, And Other Climate Blindspots

November 17, 2021 Ursula Billington

Integrating women’s rights into climate action, with food and farming at the centre, is vital if planetary health is to be successfully restored. This was the message from a Gender Day event at COP26 that underscored the links between climate change, equality and the role of women in agriculture. Ursula Billington reports. […]

Letter From The Farm | A Swiss Shepherdess In Bohemia

November 12, 2021 Louise Kelleher

Jacqueline Frantová was a young Swiss urbanite when she first came to the Czech Republic in the mid-nineties. It was the “Wild East”, a place where anything could happen. Little did she suspect she would become a shepherdess. Today Jacqueline and her Bohemian family raise goats, sheep and cows in the Czech countryside. […]

COP26 | Corporations Team Up With CSOs To Push Big Data Solutions For Sustainable Food & Farming Systems

November 11, 2021 Ursula Billington

Food and farming is notable by its almost total absence from climate change discussions at COP26. Yet farmers can and want to be part of the solution. Could big data be the key to unlocking a transition to sustainble farming and food systems? An unlikely alliance of multinational corporations and civil society organisations makes the case for a Global Farm Metric. Ursula Billington reports. […]