Romania’s small farmers continue to fight for their rights
ARC2020 working with small farmers to organise a 10 day EU-wide Speakers’ tour on land-grabbing […]
ARC2020 working with small farmers to organise a 10 day EU-wide Speakers’ tour on land-grabbing […]
EEB commissioned report suggests greening of the CAP is on course to end in failure […]
New video from viEUws outlines some of the sticking points ahead of the discussions […]
EU Court of Auditors Press Release […]
Key messages from conference held in European Parliament on alternatives to pesticides […]
Civil society reaction to ongoing debate on ban of pesticides harmful to bees […]
Agriculture Ministers neglect citizens and the environment, but keep farm lobbies happy […]
Civil society (and animals) gather in Strasbourg ahead of EU Parliament’s final CAP vote Calling for a greener and fairer CAP, several hundred farmers and consumers in colourful costumes from 12 countries came together in Strasbourg today for a series of actions outside the European Parliament as MEPs held their final debate on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) before the plenary vote on March 13th. Strasbourg 12.03.2013 – ‘Farms instead of Factories’ kicked off with an open-air cooking event and a live DJ, and ended with a human chain in front of the Parliament. Leaders from the European movements for the environment, good food and good farming gave speeches. Many MEPs came to meet those outside and share a bowl of soup. The event was coordinated by ARC2020 as part of their Good Food Good Farming campaign, and supported by 27 additional organisations. Among their key concerns were the suggestions of the European Parliament’s Agricultural Committee to water down the EU Commission reform proposals of improving all farmers’ environmental performance through mandatory greening measures; the impact […]
EU Agriculture Commissioner talks openly about his hopes for the CAP and his home country […]
UK and Germany not in favour of temporary ban, despite strong evidence on disastrous impact […]
Press releases and comments start to flood in following first assesment of vote […]
ARC2020 Press Release for immediate release […]
Radio Interview […]
Crop rotation debate hots up as pressure mounts from both civil society and politicians […]
Petition launched in France […]
Agricultural and Rural Convention