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Articles by Marek Kryda

Marek Kryda
About Marek Kryda
Marek Kydra is a journalist and film maker from Poland.
Latest from EU Member States

Factory farming makes Baltic Sea one of the world’s most polluted

12 June, 2014 Marek Kryda

Just how bad is intensive farming for the rivers, seas and oceans of the world? Marek Kryda investigates. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Soya – a problematic animal feed

7 April, 2014 Marek Kryda

With the increasing rise on the global scale of the industrial animal farming system, production of soy is increasing, with cause for concern. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Polish farmer blockades against land grabbing

5 March, 2014 Marek Kryda

“In the times of Communism, 70% of land was State owned. Just 20 years later and Polish farmers cannot buy land anymore” […]

Recent updates

80 per cent of all antibiotics in the US given to healthy animals

7 February, 2014 Marek Kryda

This alarming message is coming from the only microbiologist in Congress in response to a newly released FDA regulation. […]

Latest from Brussels

Russia bans pigmeat from all 28 EU member states

3 February, 2014 Marek Kryda

Following an outbreak of the African swine fever virus in Lithuania, Russia has stopped all imports of pork from EU countries on January 31. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Polish anti-fracking protesters joined “We are fed up!” demo

29 January, 2014 Marek Kryda

For the past seven months these farmers have been occupying a piece of land to prevent Chevron from drilling in Zurawlow, Poland. […]

Latest from Brussels

Pig Industry “blatantly flouting European law”

8 January, 2014 Marek Kryda

44 out of 45 inspected intensive pig units are breaking EU Directives, according to Europe’s leading animal welfare organisations. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Sharp Allergy increase in rural Poland following EU membership

6 January, 2014 Marek Kryda

New research adds to the body of work on the hygiene.hypothesis… […]

Latest from Brussels

Lithuanian Presidency secures agreement on food and animal feed

3 January, 2014 Marek Kryda

What’s involved in the ‘Healthier Animals and Plants for a Safer Food Chain Package’? […]

Latest from EU Member States

Polish Agriculture Minister questions benefits of TTIP

6 December, 2013 Marek Kryda

Polish Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba raises concerns over TTIP on agricultural model grounds […]

Latest from EU Member States

Growing export of Polish poultry causing fears in the UK

3 December, 2013 Marek Kryda

Combined with a new EU regulation, growing Polish export of poultry is causing fear in the UK. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Controversial changes to Polish Rural Development Plan

29 November, 2013 Marek Kryda

Polish government’s controversial decision to shift 25% from Pillar 2 (including RDP) to Pillar 1 of the CAP, forgetting about rural development priorities. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Climate conference ends with UN admission of failure

26 November, 2013 Marek Kryda

Many NGOs walked out of the conference, accusing governments “giving in, to the interests of the dirty energy lobby”. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Growing fears of land grabbing among Polish farmers

13 November, 2013 Marek Kryda

Agricultural land in Poland is among the cheapest in Europe, making it very attractive to foreign buyers […]

Latest from EU Member States

Smithfield Foods taken over by Chinese meat processor

4 November, 2013 Marek Kryda

Largest takeover of a US firm in history consolidates global pork: so what are the details? […]

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    12 December, 2019
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    11 December, 2019
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    9 December, 2019
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    3 December, 2019
  • Less is More: Upland Farming Economics
    2 December, 2019
  • Comparing Organic, Agroecological and Regenerative Farming part 2 – Agroecology
    26 November, 2019
  • Beyond the Nitrogen Impasse for Dutch Farmers
    25 November, 2019
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    24 November, 2019
  • 5 things about the 4th European Rural Parliament.
    20 November, 2019
  • Agroecology Europe Forum – Focus on No-Till
    18 November, 2019
  • CAP | External Convergence, Newer Member States and the MFF
    14 November, 2019
  • Study Shows ‘Frightening’ Decline of Insects and Spiders
    10 November, 2019
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    10 November, 2019
  • Intergenerational Collaboration in the Vineyards of Southern France
    6 November, 2019
  • Greece | How is the Back to the Land Movement Now?
    4 November, 2019
  • Rural Dialogues | Not Necessarily Money – farm renewal and (inter)generational considerations
    29 October, 2019
  • Climate Chaos and Land Use: Act Now or Face Irreversible Losses
    28 October, 2019
  • Rural Dialogues | The Three Conditions of Sustainable Rural Digitalisation
    24 October, 2019
  • Busy month of Good Food Good Farming wraps up in Strasbourg
    22 October, 2019
  • Dig a Little Deeper | Organics, Compost and Carbon
    20 October, 2019
  • Agroecology Europe Forum | What is this Thing called Agroecology?
    16 October, 2019
  • Agroecology Europe Forum | Apo Kinou – Crete’s Full Farm to Fork Social Co-op
    13 October, 2019
  • Green New Deal for Europe: Commission Co-Opting the Real Deal
    2 October, 2019
  • IPCC | Climate Chaos and Land Use: Is Livestock a Liability?
    30 September, 2019
  • Rural Dialogues | Culture as Connection in Rural Europe
    29 September, 2019

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