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Home2012April

Month: April 2012

Latest from Brussels

“We must stop destroying nature” – Gerbrandy

April 30, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Dutch MEP outlines need and ways to ensure the environment is taken more seriously […]

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GM-free Cymru flags up Danish success

April 30, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Story in Denmark suggests GM soy linked to health damage in pigs, as well as farming profitability […]

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12 EU States fail to comply with hen welfare standards

April 30, 2012 ARC

Illegal battery cages continue to be used across Europe, 5 months after EU ban introduced […]

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Sustain alliance gears up for Big Dig

April 30, 2012 Peter Crosskey

New project for UK cities […]

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A week of action against GMOs in Spain

April 27, 2012 Myrto Pispini

Civil society dedicates a week to activities against GM food and for food sovereignty […]

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GM and non-GM pig diets

April 27, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Danish scientists investigate […]

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Green Light for Artisanal Abattoirs?

April 27, 2012 ARC

Association of artisanal meat processing farmers report from Small Farm and Local Food Conference […]

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Actions in France to denounce health impact of pesticides

April 26, 2012 ARC

Moving and alarming documentary makes an impact in France […]

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Britain in the middle of a loaf affair with baking

April 26, 2012 Peter Crosskey

The Real Bread Campaign prepares for week long programme of events […]

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Lithuania expresses its critical position on CAP

April 26, 2012 ARC

Opinions aired during EU Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs meeting in Luxembourg […]

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Agricultural and Fisheries Committee

April 26, 2012 ARC

26th – 27th April 2012 […]

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Keep water in Rio+20 text

April 25, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Sign a letter today […]

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–Cartoons on CAP reform

April 25, 2012 ARC
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Small farms and short food chains vital part of EU

April 25, 2012 ARC

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

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Failed investments behind Danish agriculture’s debt

April 25, 2012 ARC

Bank take overs in Denmark pointing to an imminent debt crisis among farmers? […]

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CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

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