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Farmers spray EU Council with Milk Powder
European dairy farmers protested in Brussels against the sale of EU intervention milk powder and in favour of the introduction of a permanent crisis instrument. […]
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#WHES17 | 18,000+ Fed Up with Agro Industry
18,000 people took to the streets of Berlin on 21 January 2017. Together they demonstrated for healthy food, a more rural and ecological farming and fair trade. Farmers from all across Germany joined the demonstration. […]
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Solidarity & Resilience
The beginning of a Trump administration marks a pro-corporate, climate-change-denying, racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQ and xenophobic agenda. Farmers and rural communities are facing huge problems including collapsing agricultural prices and enduring direct impacts of climate change. Our partner organisation IATP in the USA share their thoughts. […]
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Blockchains Could Help Restore Trust in Food
If the food industry is not in crisis, it certainly contains an increasing level of complexity and associated risks. A recent analysis suggested 50% of US food production is wasted, with global estimates above 30%.
Recent developments in the digital economy could help. Enter blockchain. […]
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‘We are fed up with agro industry!’ Berlin Demonstration
Saturday 21st January sees another ‘Wir haben es satt!’ demonstration in Berlin. The negative impacts of the corporate control of agriculture – loss of farmers, loss of biodiversity, pollution, hunger, climate change and many more considerations show that agro industry is failing – We are fed up! […]
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Welcome 2017 – Let’s Create Deeds Well Done
“The time for action is now. It is never too late to do something, because true happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new” Antoine de Saint-Exupery […]
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Single-crop farming leaves wildlife with no room to turn
International research shows that monocultures can be bad for the environment and production through effects on soil quality, erosion, plants and animals, and ultimately declining crop yields. […]
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How “open source” seed producers are changing global food production
Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use. […]
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Terre de Liens: Experiencing and Managing Farmland as Commons
Agriculture is everybody’s business. The way land is used and distributed is key to improving the quality of local food production, not to mention ecological forms of farming and livelier rural areas. […]
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How Did Fighting Food Waste Become Free PR & Labour for Supermarkets?
Food waste is a scandal – in more ways than one. We have somehow allowed a food system to develop that lets supermarkets off the hook – it’s their policies and practices that generate food waste in the first place. […]
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#AfterCAP | COPA Need to Move Beyond “Productivist Paradigm”
By embracing the productivist paradigm of producing more food to feed a rapidly growing population, Copa Cogeca’s vision for the future CAP ensures that crises in EU’s agriculture sector will persist in the future, argues Olga Kikou. […]
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Land Rush – Sellout of Europe’s Farmland
Agriculture is losing its farmers. There is a gradual process of land concentration undermining small-scale farming, and consequently the future of a diverse and sustainable cultivation of our land. Farmers are increasingly losing the ground they are working on. […]
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CETA Outed and Outlined in France
Non-government organisations on both sides of the Atlantic are restating their arguments against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union, which was signed on October 30. The race is on to prevent CETA from being ratified in the coming months. […]
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Challenging CETA’s Ratification
Non-government organisations on both sides of the Atlantic are restating their arguments against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. In the first section of a two-part report from the Paris leg of a CETA and TTIP European Tour by experts, ARC2020 looks at the warnings given by the Council of Canadians. […]
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COPA’s #AfterCAP plans: fail on market, red tape & public goods – Lakner
Sebastian Lakner finds fault with the recent COPA contribution to our #AfterCAP debate in terms of market policies, red tape and public goods. He presents his suggestions. […]