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Articles by Franziska Achterberg

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About Franziska Achterberg

Franziska Achterberg is the Head of Policy and Advocacy at Save Our Seeds. She used to work as a Greenpeace campaigner focusing on pesticides, GMOs and other topics. Before joining Save Our Seeds in 2024, she spent four years with the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, dealing with biodiversity issues including GMOs, forests and oceans.

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Op Ed | Big Ag Pushes Lawmakers to Roll Back Consumer Rights

May 7, 2025 Franziska Achterberg

In advance of the first trilogue meeting on “new genomic techniques” that took place this week, the industry launched a statement against GMO labelling. Only the Parliament, not the Council nor the Commission, want consumer labelling of new GM products. Op-ed by Franziska Achterberg, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Save Our Seeds. […]

Denmark’s dilemma

Denmark has come to an arrangement between stakeholders to manage its agri-food transition. It’s called the Green Tripartite Agreement (GTA). What’s in this agreement – and what’s not?

CAP Strategic Plans

Find ARC2020’s consistent analysis on the CAP reform post-2022 and the design, negotiation and approval of National CAP Strategic Plans here.

Seeds4All

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

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