In the interests of transparency, ARC2020 is making available the draft regulation on NGTs – New Genomic Techniques. Also made available is the Impact Assessment which accompanies it. […]
June 12 – 15th 2023 will see the 3rd Balkan Rural Parliament and Balkan Food Summit take place in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Organised by the Balkan Rural Development Network and the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe, with the support of GIZ (the German Society for International Cooperation) […]
The Environment Committee’s compromise text on the Nature Restoration Law sees few significant changes to the main targets, including in the contentious area of rewetting organic soils. Other relevant restoration actions are however more restricted to Nature 2000 sites than in the Commission proposal. Oliver Moore reports. […]
The main groups in the Environmental Committee have reached an agreement text on the Nature Restoration Law late this evening: “This evening the ENVI shadow rapporteurs of the Nature Restoration Law arrived at a package deal, which will be brought to the vote in the ENVI committee on 15th June” a short joint statement reads. […]
Producing and selling locally is a shared value. Rural territories are defined not by administrative borders but by economic concerns. That’s what we heard on the ground from the farmers and other rural actors we visited in France in 2021 and 2022. Last in a four-part series analysing the hot topics around transition, by the Rural Resilience project team. […]
« Produire et vendre localement » comme « valeur forte », un sens commun pour les paysans rencontrés… Voilà ce que « Nos campagnes en résilience » a pu observer lors des visites de terrain (2020-2022). Au cours des entretiens, nous avons évoqué la place de l’agriculture dans les dynamiques territoriales. Tous les participants agriculteurs ont évoqué le territoire non dans sa définition institutionnelle (avec les frontières administratives) mais le plus souvent dans une logique économique. Quatrième et dernière partie d’une analyse thématique. Rédaction : l’équipe du projet, désormais connu sous l’appelation « Rural Resilience ». […]
MEPs from the Agri committee in the European Parliament have voted for complete rejection of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL). The vote was by a 2/3 majority – 30 for the rejection vs 16 against, with no abstentions. So what’s next? […]
While the debate intensifies around pesticides and new genomic techniques (NGTs), the European Commission appears to be in a political battle on many fronts as to whether these topics are on or off its agenda for the Summer. […]
If we all agree to take back the power over our food, what do we need? Helping to frame the discussion at the Global Bean Seed Festival, Xavier Hamon, artisan cook and partner of the Rural Resilience project, encourages us to re-cultivate hundreds of varieties of grains and pulses, take back land, win political mandates, and most of all, support those who work for the living world, day after day. Words : Xavier Hamon. […]
Samedi le 22 avril, à l’occasion de la rencontre internationale Global Bean Seed Festival, Xavier Hamon, artisan-cuisinier et partenaire du projet Rural Resilience, présente une tribune politique qui met en avant la relation au vivant liée à la culture des légumineuses. Si nous sommes tous d’accord pour reprendre le pouvoir sur notre alimentation, de quoi avons-nous besoin ? Paroles : Xavier Hamon […]
The countryside is a nice place to live. Farmers are happy. That’s what we heard on the ground in the cooperative farms we visited in France in 2021 and 2022. One thing these farms have in common is a focus on collective wellbeing: farmers are innovating and experimenting to improve quality of life for themselves and their communities. Yet these experiments go under the radar at national and European level, and need supports to weave ties between actors and sectors. Part three of a series analysing the hot topics around transition, by the Rural Resilience project team. […]
Des campagnes heureuses, des endroits où il fait bon vivre… Voilà ce que « Nos campagnes en résilience » a pu observer lors des visites de terrain (2020-2022). Les territoires ruraux fourmillent d’idées et d’innovations : expérimenter est une des formes du “bien vivre ensemble”. Troisième partie d’une analyse thématique. Rédaction : l’équipe du projet, désormais sous la nouvelle appelation « Rural Resilience ». […]
As the European Commission prepares for the launch of its proposal on the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Legislative Framework in late September, the EU Food Policy Coalition has published a joint report laying out clear policy recommendations for the SFS Law to ensure a meaningful transition to sustainable food systems across the European Union. Summary and report to download here. […]
This weekend, our sights are set on England. The Michael Dower Award for European Rural Resilience will be launched in honour of the late European Englishman, at an event dedicated to his life and work, in the Peak District National Park on Saturday April 22nd. […]
It’s a long road to building a new way of imagining life in the countryside. We are pleased to share with you ARC2020’s findings from the field in France: “Nos Campagnes en Résilience: Collective Reflections within Socio-Ecological Transition, 2020-2022” . Here we report on the journey so far for the people involved in this project, with an extract from the first chapter of the report: A Collective Adventure. By the “Nos Campagnes en Résilience” team. […]
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