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Month: May 2012

Latest from key partners

Interview with Jim Kleinschmit

May 30, 2012 ARC

Rural Communities Program Director at the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy talks to ARC2020 about the Farm Bill and CAP […]

Latest from Brussels

50 years of Common Agricultural Policy in Europe

May 30, 2012 ARC

EU Commissioners for Agriculture, past and present, talk to viEUws about their experiences of CAP reform […]

Latest from Brussels

EFSA opinion leaves little hope for a plan bee

May 30, 2012 Peter Crosskey

‘Plant protection products’ seen as essential, even though they are as likely to kill pollinators as pests […]

Latest from EU Member States

UK tenant farmers face entitlement impasse

May 29, 2012 Peter Crosskey

Future CAP payment allocation will have a direct impact on the UK’s tenant farmers […]

Latest from EU Member States

Participation key to sustainable food

May 29, 2012 Peter Crosskey

IEED briefing gives examples […]

Latest from EU Member States

Catania: Young farmers are crucial for the future

May 28, 2012 ARC

Italian Agricultural Minister advocates market measures for securing future of young farmers […]

Latest from EU Member States

Seeds of Freedom

May 28, 2012 ARC

Film launch, 28th May […]

Latest from EU Member States

Vegetable beds in Riga demand fairer subsidies

May 26, 2012 Samuel Féret

Latvian authorities bring the countryside to the city to demonstrate CAP reform proposal disappointment […]

Main stories

Hunger for soya animal feed set to destroy Amazon

May 25, 2012 ARC

Proposed changes to Forest Code in Brazil spark strong public reaction and pressure for president […]

Latest from EU Member States

Is the CAP debate heating up in Spain?

May 25, 2012 Myrto Pispini

Environmental organisations due to hold a debate on the reform in the European Parliament in Madrid […]

Latest from EU Member States

Incredible but true: CAP money for the 1%

May 25, 2012 Myrto Pispini

Increased transparency reveals extent of unfair CAP payment allocation in Spain […]

Latest from Brussels

US organic equivalence v. corporate interests

May 24, 2012 Peter Crosskey

EU decision challenged […]

Latest from the ARC network

Seed diversity decline must urgently be stopped

May 24, 2012 ARC

Joint press release on S and PM […]

Latest from EU Member States

Meat production behind EU’s highest ecological footprint

May 24, 2012 ARC

Clear explanation for Denmark’s position as the world’s fourth largest ecological footprint […]

Photo credit: Frank Vincentz (wikicommons)
Latest from Brussels

Fair fruit supporters sign up for Brussels action

May 23, 2012 Peter Crosskey

EU citizens call for an end to systematic labour exploitation that underpins fruit trade to Europe […]

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