Year: 2021

Latest from EU Member States

Agroecology Grows in Hungary

April 30, 2021 ARC

Agroecology is gaining more and more support from different actors around the world and is inspiring new collaborations such as the recently formed Hungarian Agroecology Network. The network was created 5 months ago and has already more than 60 active members from all over Hungary; among them farmers, representatives of producer and consumer groups, of NGOs and short supply chains, academics and researchers. Lili Balough has more. […]

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CAP Strategic Plans: Germany Taking Steps in the Right Direction?

April 29, 2021 Sebastian Lakner

In March 2021, the German Agriculture Ministers’ Conference and the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture agreed on important cornerstones for the country’s CAP Strategic Plan. In his preliminary assessment, Sebastian Lackner shows that while the resolutions have opened the door for a more ambitious CAP in Germany, it remains to be seen whether the federal and state governments will seize the opportunity when they decide on details still to be negotiated. […]

Rural Resilience

Clin d’œil culture | « Nature intérieure » par Rémi SERAIN

April 28, 2021 ARC

Pour cette édition inaugural du « Clin d’œil culture », nous vous invitons à découvrir une œuvre du sculpteur savoyard Rémi SERAIN, « l’Otarie ». Selon l’artiste, cette œuvre symbolise la fragilité de la terre et l’équilibre à trouver pour l’homme. Matériaux : bois flotté, éléments naturels récupérés au gré des balades. […]

Main stories

Discontinue Origin Green, Review Teagasc Mandate, say Irish Enviro NGOs

April 27, 2021 ARC

Ireland’s flagship agri-food export marketing initiative Origin Green should be discontinued, while Ireland’s state agricultural research organisation Teagasc should have its legal mandate reviewed. And an independent body, potentially the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should “establish and implement a robust monitoring framework to assess the full environmental impacts of food production at farm, catchment and national level.”  That’s according to the three umbrella environmental coalitions and networks in Ireland, who today launch a new policy document.  […]

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Pesticides | Neonicotinoids Update Spring 2021

April 20, 2021 ARC

Justice Pesticides is an organisation that compiles a worldwide database of pesticide litigation. Here we share two articles from Justice Pesticides’ March newsletter. The first introduces a recently published brochure on court cases involving neonicotinoid pesticides, and the second outlines the return of neonicotinoids to sugar beet fields in France.  […]

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“It’s More A Call To ‘Armies’ Than Arms” – Interview with Pat Mooney, Lead Author of ‘A Long Food Movement’

April 19, 2021 Ursula Billington

In this exclusive interview, Ursula Billington speaks to Pat Mooney, co-founder and executive director of the ETC Group, expert with IPES-Food, and lead author of the new report ‘A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045’. Adamant that we can find opportunity in crisis, Pat shares his insights on Grey Swan events, grassroots versus global strategies, and building muscle to fight for change together. […]