Brexit boobytrap for UK government
A British exit of the EU could result in a shortfall of billions in CAP payments to UK farmers. This is not on the UK political radar, as Peter Crosskey reveals. […]
A British exit of the EU could result in a shortfall of billions in CAP payments to UK farmers. This is not on the UK political radar, as Peter Crosskey reveals. […]
ARC NEWSFLASH December 2014 Save the date! 10 and 11th February 2015 Conference & Civil society gathering on GOOD FOOD and GOOD FARMING Renewing civil society’s agenda towards sustainable food and agriculture on 10 and 11th February 2015 in Brussels Hello from Oliver and Luise, Arc2020’s Communication team! Welcome to our December newsletter, this month we have some exciting news to share:The Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020), Friends of the Earth Europe and IFOAM EU invite you to participate in a civil society gathering and conference on February 10/11 2015 in Brussels, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Why you should attend? People of all ages across Europe are hungry for change and want to see better agri-food policies based on agro-ecological principles. This conference and gathering will help develop a civil society agenda for the agroecological changes needed in the food system, including in Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Good food and farming practices already taking place across Europe will be highlighted. This 2-day event brings together representatives from civil society, grassroots groups, researchers, national/regional authorities, policymakers and more […]
Attila Szocs overviews the issue of land grabbing, in light of the European Economic and Social Committee fact finding visit to Romania. […]
How will the Principality spend its largest RDP payout ever? Peter Crosskey investigates. […]
Michaela Skodova from long time Arc2020 supporters Groupe de Bruges tells us about their new, interactive CAP information project […]
An Italian Insurance Company owns 5000 ha in Romania. Maria Rodriguez Beperet of Eco Ruralis explains. […]
European Parliament reinstates Member State’s right to use environmental concerns to ban GM crop cultivation […]
London’s food sovereignty month saw a lively seed exchange weekender. Peter Crosskey reports. […]
A small number of companies and organisations dominate the cereal seed sector in one of the EU’s most important seed producing countries. […]
Hundreds of French peasants + many mobilisations = 1 cause […]
ARC2020’s Oliver Moore was at Ireland’s STOP TTIP Day of Action. Here’s what he said. […]
Thousands of farmers, environmentalists and fair trade activists protested against TTIP on October 11. […]
The international “Access to Land”- working group coordinates comparable initiatives in several European countries. […]
Peter Crosskey has been paying close attention to the Savory Monbiot debate. Here’s his view on holistic management. […]
Dear friends and supporters of Arc2020, “A window was opened in what has been for 50 years the Cathedral of the Green revolution”. So said José Graziano De Silvia, Director General of the FAO at the International Agroecology Symposium recently. It did seem like a momentous moment, coupled with French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll backing of Agroecology that very week too. And yet, a few days later, the global high-level agri-food agenda had moved onto Climate Smart Agriculture – the other CSA. And lo, it came to pass that a broad, strong agroecology – the kind we promote in our project with Friends of the Earth Europe – will have to struggle for the limelight against this bells and whistles version of business-as-usual. Attila Szocs of Eco Ruralis explains the issues with the other CSA in more detail later on in this newsletter. Later on too you’ll get our take on Phil Hogan – AG Commissioner designate – and what was gleaned from the European Organic Congress regarding the Organic Regulation. In particular inadvertent pesticide contamination – who foots the […]
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