Newsflash
ARC2020 Newsflash March 2019
ARC2020 Newsflash March 2019
Month: May 2019
Latest from EU Member States
UK | Chapter 4: Providing Nutritionally Valuable Food
Farming policy should be driven by the food and nutritional requirements of the nation. Post-Brexit policy will be developed at a time when there is rising controversy over what constitutes a healthy, well-balanced diet, including the linkages between nutritional, ethical and environmental issues. […]
Main stories
What’s Farming got to do with the 1m Species Threatened with Extinction? 10 Key reads
This week saw the publication of a damning report on the human destruction of the natural world. 1m species are threatened with extinction. Agriculture has a big role to play in this. Here are the top reads to flesh out what the environmental and climate impacts of the current farming system are and what can be done. […]
Latest from key partners
Calling on the Next EP for a Common Food Policy
Today, thirty-three food and farming organisations, including ARC2020, have published an open letter to the top candidates for the next European Commission President to push for the implementation of EU Common Food Policy. Read it in full here. […]
Latest from EU Member States
Rural dialogues – Let’s talk!
Introducing our next debate series – rural dialogues. What is the state of play for rural Europe? Are rural places still lagging behind – forgotten, disadvantaged and in need of extra supports? Or is there a rural renaissance of sorts occurring, from smart villages to innovation hubs? Tell us what you know and let’s get talking! […]
Latest from Brussels
IEEP Manifesto Analysis Part IV: European Left Leaves Us Hanging
In the fourth part in this series, Louise Kelleher works through the IEEP manifestos of the key European political parliament in the run-up to the elections to see how they meet their sustainability commitments. On the cards today: the Party of the European Left. […]