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Home2016September

Month: September 2016

Latest from Brussels

Falkenberg – Agroecology not Precision Farming to Make CAP Sustainable

September 25, 2016 ARC

A recent high level report by Karl Falkenberg stresses “agro-ecology” over “precision farming” as a way to make EU agri-food policy more sustainable. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Urgenci’s CSA Declaration for Europe in Full

September 22, 2016 Oliver Moore

Community Supported Agriculture network Urgenci held their 3rd European CSA meeting last weekend in Ostrava, Czech Republic. See here for the Declaration, as adopted, in full. […]

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Latest from EU Member States

Pesticides: Did Co-op’s Practices Lead to Cancers?

September 20, 2016 Peter Crosskey

A father and son team allege shoddy pesticide disposal practices from the past are implicated in their respective cancers. In an English language exclusive, Peter Crosskey has the story. […]

Latest from key partners

CSA Declaration for Europe Adopted

September 17, 2016 Oliver Moore

150+ people from 20+ countries are attending Urgenci’s third European CSA gathering in Ostrava this weekend. ARC2020’s Oliver Moore is one of them. Here’s his account of the story so far. […]

Latest from EU Member States

France | Pesticide ‘Probation’ Sees Tensions Rise

September 12, 2016 Peter Crosskey

A fascinating power play is emerging in France around pesticides. Some noteworthy and challenging pesticide reduction policies policies, such as Ecophyto 2, have emerged. Meanwhile, major politicians are clashing and occasionally out flanking each other. Peter Crosskey unpacks the story for us, in an exclusive article. […]

Main stories

Cork 2.0 | Declaration or Requiem for Rural Europe?

September 6, 2016 Oliver Moore

Despite a positive sounding declaration at Cork 2.0, Rural Development risks serious funding cuts and de-prioritisation post 2020. This is a key message emerging – albeit obliquely – from Cork 2.0, the EU Commission Rural Development conference. Oliver Moore has more. […]

Latest from Brussels

Cork 2.0 – where now for Rural Development?

September 2, 2016 ARC

What may turn out to be a very important EU Commission Rural Development event is being held in Cork, Ireland, this coming Monday. Oliver Moore explains why. […]

A Vision and Strategy for Rural Europe

For just and sustainable Europe, rural considerations have to be integrated into the plans for Covid-19 recovery, for CAP and for the EU Green Deal. Find the series here.

This Month’s Articles

Missed an article of ours? Or would like to read it again? Find all our articles from this month here. Or browse through our chronological archive that stores all articles here.

Regenerative Agriculture

If we can put soils first in our farming and food policy: could regenerative agriculture be a reason for hope? Find all articles here.

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Coming soon: our project on rural resilience in France. Page française en construction.

Letter from the Farm

Who grows the food we eat? Who sows the seeds, tends the soil, picks the fruits and harvests the carrots? At ARC, we want to put faces to our food.

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