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Latest from EU Member States

France | Land Concentration – a Case For Regulation

23 January, 2019 Helene Schulze

All over Europe there is an issue with land concentration. The number of farms in France has halved over 25 years. Official figures underestimate the extent of land concentration in France. So what can be done about this? […]

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A Great British Celebration of Good Food & Small Farmers!

17 October, 2018 Helene Schulze

In the dreary drizzle several hundred gathered this Sunday for the Good Food March in London’s Parliament Square calling for an ambitious UK Agriculture Bill. They wound up for tea and talks at the We Feed the World exhibition, a photography project which celebrates small farmers the world over. […]

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The Future is Small! SOL-idarity in France and Beyond

21 June, 2018 ARC

French NGO SOL – Alternatives Agroécologiques et Solidaires – set up the Small Farms International project in 2016 with the sole aim of supporting small farmers, particularly those new to the job. Programs manager Audrey Boullot reports on their developments. […]

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CAP in France not Delivering for Citizens, Farmers or the Environment

9 April, 2018 Aurélie Catallo

The 2015-2020 CAP in France has fallen short of expectations. Despite novel governance mechanisms, the scheme has been burdened with administrative complexities and delays and has under-performed. In the run-up to the upcoming CAP reform, Aurélie Catallo talks through these shortfalls of the current CAP in France. […]

Latest from key partners

Heard (of) Farmerama? Amplifying the voice of the smaller farmer

21 February, 2018 ARC

A positive globe trot to the places where smaller farmers of an ecological mind are tending to their land. Farmerama takes you there. Have a listen. […]

Latest from the ARC network

Pavlos Georgiadis on Jung & Naiv

9 May, 2014 Pavlos Georgiadis

The young farmer, entrepreneur, and active supporter of better food and better farming interviewed on German political TV show […]

Latest from EU Member States

TTIP = Bad Deal for Romania

5 February, 2014 Attila Szocs

The threats the secretive EU-U.S. Free Trade negotiations pose to Romanian peasants and farmers. […]

Latest from Brussels

Semi-subsistence farming and small farms in the EU

7 June, 2013 Samuel Féret

New report highlights how the CAP overlooks social, economic and environmental value of small farms […]

Latest from EU Member States

Romanian peasants hit by new fiscal code

13 February, 2013 ARC

More taxation but no represeantation […]

Latest from EU Member States

Ireland leaves the small farmer behind

1 February, 2013 Oliver Moore

The smaller farmer, who, by an accident of birth, ends up in more remote places with poorer land, suffers […]

Latest from EU Member States

Agricultural Census in Italy

10 August, 2012 ARC

Fewer but larger farms […]

Latest from EU Member States

Romania: Are the cows now coming home?

7 August, 2012 ARC

Milk-hygiene standards and cost of collection cause ongoing struggle for small-scale producers […]

Latest from the ARC network

A jump into cold water and a march to Brussels

22 June, 2012 ARC

Standing up and speaking out for Romania: an existing example of sustainable agriculture […]

Latest from Brussels

Small farms and short food chains vital part of EU

25 April, 2012 ARC

Old demands reiterated at joint conference in Brussels last week […]

Latest from EU Member States

French production concentrated in specialised farm holdings

10 April, 2012 Samuel Féret

Agricultural census made in 2010 provides trends of the farm holdings dynamic in France. […]

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  • Environmental Committee Gives Valentine’s Day Gift to Nature
    14 February, 2019
  • Czech Mate for Roundup?
    14 February, 2019
  • CAP | Poland: small farms, big farms & EU relations
    10 February, 2019
  • IPES Food Launch a Common Food Policy
    6 February, 2019
  • France to Use CAP for Agroecological Transition?
    6 February, 2019
  • Letter from a Farm | A Stormy Winter in Italy
    5 February, 2019
  • CAP | Polish Budget Battles in Brussels
    3 February, 2019
  • Letter from a Farm | Growing Relationships in Romania
    30 January, 2019
  • Organic Outflanked? Conventional, Biological and Regenerative Challenge(r)s
    28 January, 2019
  • Towards Bhutan’s New Organic Food Movement
    26 January, 2019
  • France | Land Concentration – a Case For Regulation
    23 January, 2019
  • UK | A Bumpy Ride for the New Agriculture Bill
    23 January, 2019
  • Czech Republic | Chances with Wolves
    22 January, 2019
  • Beets, Beats and the Fight for Better Bites – Berlin Rocks this #WHES19 Weekend
    18 January, 2019
  • Bhutan | Spearheading a Transition to Organics?
    17 January, 2019
  • Ukraine | Small-Scale Farms Will Persist and Develop in Parallel to large-Scale Industrial Agriculture
    15 January, 2019
  • Ammonia Pollution | The role of CAP and Northern Ireland’s State Funders
    11 January, 2019
  • Counting Apples or Oranges? | Climate Change Stats vs Food Systems Thinking
    8 January, 2019
  • CAP in Poland | Plans, Promises and Policy
    6 January, 2019
  • Letter From The Farm | Mimicking Natural Processes in Greece
    19 December, 2018
  • Agrifish Council December Meeting – all the documents and live video links here
    17 December, 2018
  • AgtechTakeback: Tech Revolutions, Retro-Innovations and Humus Farming
    12 December, 2018
  • Letter From The Farm | Seeking Sustainable Shiitakes
    10 December, 2018
  • Czech Republic | PM Babiš’ Chickens Coming Home to Roost?
    3 December, 2018
  • Palm oil – A Global Obsession With Consequences
    28 November, 2018

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