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? […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
The young farmer, entrepreneur, and active supporter of better food and better farming interviewed on German political TV show […]
The threats the secretive EU-U.S. Free Trade negotiations pose to Romanian peasants and farmers. […]
New report highlights how the CAP overlooks social, economic and environmental value of small farms […]
More taxation but no represeantation […]
The smaller farmer, who, by an accident of birth, ends up in more remote places with poorer land, suffers […]
Fewer but larger farms […]
Milk-hygiene standards and cost of collection cause ongoing struggle for small-scale producers […]
Standing up and speaking out for Romania: an existing example of sustainable agriculture […]
Old demands reiterated at joint conference in Brussels last week […]
Agricultural census made in 2010 provides trends of the farm holdings dynamic in France. […]
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