Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

Sustainable farming isn’t a threat to food security. It might be the only thing that saves it.

The real threat to your dinner isn’t organic farming – it’s climate change (and the agroindustry lobby). In this op-ed Dr ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

From Bessarabia to Brussels? Ukraine’s New AKIS Network to Connect Farmers with Knowledge

Designed to bring the fruits of research, innovation and experimentation within reach of those who need it – farmers and ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

In Search of Untasted Flavours

Native to East Asia, the Goumi tree (Elaeagnus multiflora) is a rare find in Europe, which is a surprise considering its long ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

Ireland Takes the EU Wheel: CAP Cash, Livestock Matters and Securing What Exactly?

From July 1, Ireland’s EU Presidency promises to put food security, farming and fisheries centre-stage. But will it use its ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

Leaked Livestock Strategy Bets on Technofixes & Pulls From Industry Playbook

You can have your cake and eat it too, according to a leaked version of the EU’s upcoming livestock strategy, which leans on ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Letter From The Farm | Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm

The Ciasnocha Family Farm team from left to right: Mirosław, Krzysztof, Marian, Paweł and Mateusz Ciasnocha Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm – a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Can the CAP and Carbon Farming Coexist?

Carbon Farming, isn’t the CAP doing it already? All parameters of soils are deteriorating in the EU. Erosion, compaction, organic matter decline, pollution, loss of biodiversity and salinization are ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

The EU is Mulling a Seismic Budgetary Shift – What Would This Mean for Agri and Rural Areas?

The EU powers-that-be are currently in the midst of big talks on the EU’s €1.2 billion budget, known in EU-speak as the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). And as usual, where there’s big bucks, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe – A Call for Action from Marburg

Farmers across Europe have taken to the streets. They protest volatile incomes, rising costs, unfair pricing and buying practices, unfair competition from imports and free trade agreements, regulatory ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Seeds of Europe – Centering Small Producers’ Voices in Seed Law Reform

The EU’s seed marketing legislation is one of the main causes of a significant decline in cultivated diversity. Traditional and indigenous varieties are being eradicated due to stringent regulations ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

France | The Ag Coop that Shares More than Machinery

What if, instead of going into debt to invest in their farms, farmers came together to pool equipment? What if, instead of struggling to run a small farm alone, there was extra help at hand? What if ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Land Grabbing is Back – This Time Risks are Even Greater

Fifteen years on from the ‘land rush’, a multi-pronged global land squeeze is forcing farmers and communities off the land – and Europe has a key role to play in fixing it. By Nick Jacobs. After a ...