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Month: August 2017

Latest from EU Member States

Spain’s CAP debate unpacked – Part 1 with Marta Zygadlo

August 31, 2017 Marta Zygadlo

In this exclusive three part series, Marta Zygadlo – a lawyer in Spain working on food systems and food governance, explores the fascinating CAP debate in the Iberian country. Part one introduces the broad contours of the debate, including the Spanish government’s response document to the European Commission CAP consultation. […]

Latest from EU Member States

How To Better Preserve Mountain Grasslands

August 29, 2017 Ika Darnhofer

How can farmers, researchers and administrators work together to really preserve mountain grasslands, which are threatened with scrub encroachment and land abandonment? Dr. Ika Darnhofer outlines some findings from a recent paper Darnhofer and colleagues published. […]

Main stories

Towards a New Paradigm for Nature in the EU

August 20, 2017 ARC

Adopting rights of nature in EU law and policy would not only help to deal with current environmental issues but also induce a profound change in the way that nature in Europe is perceived and protected in the future, argues Mumta Ito. […]

Latest from Brussels

Itai-itai! Cadmium, Mineral Fertilizers & a Tale of Two Reports

August 6, 2017 Oliver Moore

“Itai-Itai!” is the name of a disease that emerged in the early 20th Century in Japan, due to cadmium poisoning. The EU has been trying, unsuccessfully, to reduce cadmium exposure in its citizens for years. The source of cadmium contamination of European soil? Mineral fertilizers. […]

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Long Read | How to Feed the World Without Killing the Planet?

August 2, 2017 ARC

The issue of “land sparing vs land sharing”: Kremen poses the familiar refrain – should we be as productive (in terms of yield) as possible, thus leaving more land for nature, or should we try to get farming and nature to work better together? […]

Rural Resilience

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European Action Gathering for Sustainable Food Systems

In Marburg, Germany, on November 6th – 8th 2023, we are hosting a European Action Gathering – A rural bridge between sustainable agri and food policies in the EU. Find out more.

Seeds4All

The Seeds4All project wants to amplify voices and connect people involved in agroecological seed production at all levels. Find out more.

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.

CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

Connecting farmers, advisors, policies, nature conservationists, and critical thoughts around the trajectories of digitalisation. Get involved!

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