Newsticker Log

TTIP talks: despite the PR, still under a cloak of secrecy CEO 05.05.2015

It’s not just glyphosate and neonicotinoids! Why we need a pesticide-free future Ecologist 30.04.2015

Organic milk and prenatal iodine Guardian 30.04.2015

US to open TTIP reading rooms across EU Euractiv 29.04.2015

What will EU parliamentarians vote on TTIP? Euractiv 17.04.2015

Government’s approach further undermines the proposed Expert Advisory Council An Taisce 01.04.2015

Farming will not be held back by green targets says Coveney Independent 01.04.2015

Pesticide residue in fruits and vegetables associated with low sperm count Washington Post 30.03.2015

Agroecology reclaims territories for local peoples and food sovereignty More and Better 18.03.2015

Commitments to rural development spending 76% below forecast in 2014 capreform.eu 23.01.2015

‘We are fed up!’: Thousands march against TTIP & GMOs in Berlin RT 17.01.2015

Großdemonstration für eine tiergerechte und klimaschonende Landwirtschaft in Berlin ARD 17.01.2015

Agrarwende: 50000 Demonstranten gegen Massentierhaltung und Gentechnik Spiegel Online 17.01.2015

Tausende demonstrieren für artgerechte Tierhaltung und fairen Handel Zeit Online 17.01.2015

Drawing upon citizens’ voices: Deep democracy in action IATP 14.01.2015

Europeans’ shopping habits reveal more needed to support #LocalFood Friends of the Earth Europe 14.01.2015

German Environment Ministry seeks unconditional GMO ban Euractiv 14.01.2015

New levels of TTIP rejection revealed by Commission’s public consultation World Development Movement 13.01.2015

GM crops to be fast-tracked in UK following EU vote Guardian 13.01.2015

And now, ISDS? Vrijschrift 11.01.2014

OFC15: Monbiot attacks farming, NFU and the CAP Farmers Guardian 08.01.2014

TTIP and GMOs: The European Race to Please America The Globalist 08.01.2014

Is ISDS compatible with the treaties of the EU? “Case law suggests it is not.” vrijschrift 08.01.2015

Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 08.01.2015

Report: transatlantic trade agreement could increase toxic pesticide use The Guardian 07.01.2015

“Further steps to increase #TTIP transparency necessary” Ombudsman 07.01.2015

TTIP papers published as EU Ombudsman demands more transparency Euractiv, 07.01.2015

Report: transatlantic trade agreement could increase toxic pesticide use Guardian, 07.01.2015

Farmers join to save the seeds that feed us The Ecologist 06.01.2014

Antibiotic Failure Will Kill 10 Million People a Year by 2050 Mother Jones 06.01.2015

Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World’s Hungry? Cheat Sheet 06.01.2015

All you need to know for the Latvian EU Presidency ViEUws 06.01.2015

Do opinions 1/09 and 2/13 spell the death of ISDS in the EU?  Vrijschrift 05.01.2015

Barbarians at the farm gate The Economist 03.01.2015

Ireland First EU Member State to Obtain US Approval Department of Agriculture Ireland 03.01.2015

Polish farmers threaten uprising over opencast coalmine The Guardian 31.12.2014

European quarter seized by anti-TTIP protestors Euractiv 19.12.2014

Waste and air quality plans for Europe binned Friends of the Earth, 16.12.2014

ICOS responds to An Taisce concerns of dairy expansion Agriland.ie 14.12.2014

First three Rural Development Programmes get green light EU Commission 12.12.14

Farmers and eaters lose, corporate money wins in budget deal IATP 11.12.2014

Organic farming can feed the world if done right, scientists claim Independent (UK) 10.12.14

Rural development programming 2014-2020 Capreform.eu 08.12.14

The Reform of the CAP: One Year After CAPreform.eu 04.12.2014

EU rules out RDP role in Harvest 2020 Independent (IRL) 03.12.2014

Yet More Health and Safety Benefits to Organic Food Revealed Oliver Moore 03.12.2014

Eating less meat essential to curb climate change, says report The Guardian 03.12.2014

GMO “opt out” proposal: Governments must be allowed to protect their own national interests IFOAM 02.12.2014

DuPont: 23K pounds of toxic gas escaped from plant Houston Chronicle 28.11.2014

Soil Association must get back to its roots The Ecologist 01.12.2014

A red meat-derived glycan promotes inflammation and cancer progression PNAS 25.11.2014

Opening the windows: Commission commits to enhanced transparency European Commission 25.11.2014

Andean Values have Promoted Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture for Centuries Food Tank 25.11.2014

Ontario to restrict use of pesticide linked to bee deaths The Globe and Mail 25.11.2014

Commission commits to enhanced transparency European Commission 25.11.2014

Why is Bill Gates backing GMO red banana ‘biopiracy’? The Ecologist 24.11.2014

Land grabbing, still a huge problem in Eastern Europe EurActiv 24.11.2014

Antibiotika-Verbot bei der Produktion von Nahrungsmitteln Der Bund 23.11.2014

Want to double world food production? Return the land to small farmers! The Ecologist 22.11.2014

Civil Society and Social Movements present their final declaration at the ICN2 FIAN 21.11.2014

Pope Francis urges concrete action in global nutrition challenge at UN conference in Rome UN News Centre 20.11.2014

Phil Hogan – the European perspective Irish Farmers Journal 19.11.2014

CETA: Trading away democracy Cooperate Europe Observatory 19.11.2014

ADM sues Syngenta over rejections of GMO corn by China Reuters 19.11.2014

New Research: Rethinking Industrial Animal Production Food Tank 18.11.2014

EU to adopt emergency measures against Dutch bird flu outbreak Euractiv 17.11.2014

French government will not sign TTIP agreement in 2015 Euractiv 17.11.2014

Entwicklungshilfe-Ministerium zwingt 66 000 Gegner in die Freundschaft Süddeutsche 14.11.2014

Uptick in fish farming to provide global nutrition boost UN agency report 14.11.2014

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest Reuters 14.11.2014

New protection for migratory birds and their ‘flyways’ The Ecologist 14.11.2014

Western Diet linked to massive negative heath & environmental effects Nature 13.11.2014

Living with GMOs – a letter from America The Ecologist 12.11.2014

Europe’s 421 Million Lost Birds Audubon Magazine 12.11.2014

Don’t Ask How to Feed the 9 Billion 11.11.2014 The New York Times

$ 25 Million GMO and Pesticide Safety Study Launched in London 11.11.2014 Sustainable Pulse

California’s strawberry industry is hooked on dangerous pesticides The Guardian 10.11.2014

Ministers to discuss barriers facing young farmers at Council Agriland 10.11.2014

Ukraine Opens To Monsanto And Large-Scale Land-Grabs P2P Foundation 10.11.2014

China criminal gang floods market with 100 metric tons of toxic tofu Reuters 09.11.2014

Pablo Tittonell: ‘Making hunger disappear is not about higher productivity’ Upsides 07.11.2014

Poorly Tested Gene Silencing Technology to Enter Food Supply with Simplot Potato Center for Food Safety 07.11.2014

Can Agroecology Be Part of the Common Agriculture Policy? Food Tank 07.1.2014

How a national food policy could save millions of American lives Washington Post 07.11.2014

Agriculture.L’agroécologie progresse, les nitrates coincent Ouestfrance 06.11.2014

“Juncker Commission cannot go ahead with GMO authorisation” argue Greens viEUws 05.11.2014

TTIP: European Disintegration, Unemployment and Instability Global Development and Environment Institute 01.10.2014

Climate and Energy Policy Framework Council of the Europoean Union 31.10.2014

Agriculture gets special status in new EU climate change deal Independent.ie 29.10.2014

More details released on CAP Reform in England Gov.UK 28.10.2014

The Micula case: When ISDS messes with EU law Beuc 27.10.2014

Foods That Fight Climate Change Forbes 27.10.2014

EU decision on agriculture a major breakthrough, Kenny says Irish Times 25.10.2014

‘Silent revolution’ in biotech farming is overtaking GM, says Greenpeace The Guardian 25.10.2014

Young farmers need to regain the ‘environmental clothes’, says MEP The Irish Times 25.10.2014

Agenda of EU Commission Meeting on Genetically Modified Food Scribd 24.10.2014

Palestinian Farmer Spotlights Food Sovereignty The Progressive 23.20.2014

Rebecca Evans explains what CAP reform means for Wales Agri Wales 23.10.2014

New European Commission split over trade arbitration Financial Times 22.10.2014

Endocrine disrupting pesticide Carbendazim banned PAN Europe 22.10.2014

Who leaked about Juncker and Malmström fighting over ISDS? ACTA FFII 21.10.2014

Britain has only 100 harvests left in its farm soil as scientists warn of growing ‘agricultural crisis’ The Independent 20.10.2014

France’s 1,000 cow factory – a second battle of the Somme The Ecologist 17.10.2014

Event Report: TTIP on the Defensive Atlantic Community 16.10.2014

Stand with family farmers this World Food Day Oxfam America 16.10.2014

Scotland: time for a National Food Service? The Ecologist 15.10.2014

The Female Face of Farming FAO 15.10.2014

Why Pilibhit farmers don’t take to scientific farming The Times of India 13.10.2014

TTIP Day of Action in photos 38 Degrees 13.10.2014

Governments are souring on treaties to protect foreign investors The Economist 11.10.2014

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting Council of the European Union 10.10.2014

Tens Of Thousands Mobilise Against TTIP  Morning Star 11.10.2014

De Gucht: “I’m delighted that EU governments decided to make the TTIP negotiating mandate public” EU Commission 09.10.2014

Farmer Market Fest Showcases Organic Food Novinite 08.10.2014

Canada Braces for EU Trade Pact Dispute With Germany Bloomberg 08.10.2014

TTIP is a move in the wrong direction The Ecologist 06.10.2014

Berlin’s Stadt Land Food Festival at Markthalle Neun The New York Times 01.10.2014

Rise up against TTIP: Day of action 11 October World Development Movement 30.09.2014

New infographics expose corporate backgrounds of new EU commissioners Cooperate Europe Observartory 29.09.2014

EU home affairs chief secretly worked with US to undermine new privacy laws, campaigners claim GIGAOM 28.09.2014

Prospects for the next CAP reform CAPreform 25.09.2014

Goats better than chemicals for curbing invasive marsh grass Science Daily 25.09.2014

Corporations represent at UN climate summit IATP 24.09.2014

DG AGRI 4 pager given to AG Commisisoner designate European Parliament 24.09.2014

Action Tafta/Ceta : Occupation en cours de la multinationale Cargill Confédération Paysanne 24.09.2014

UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture La Via Campensina 23.09.2014

UN: only small farmers and agroecology can feed the world Ecologist 23.09.2104

Planet palm oil: peasants pay the price for cheap vegetable oil Grain 22.09.2014

“Revolving doors”: Ombudsman will step up supervision of senior EU officials European Ombudsman 23.09.2014

AGRI NEWS DG AGRI 23.09.2014

European Ombudsman to launch public consultation on transparency of TTIP negotiations European Ombudsman 22.09.2014

Plan to stop food waste becomes a dead letter: Barroso and the food lobby New Europe 19.09.2014

Agroecology: A Different Approach to Agriculture Huffington Post 18.09.214

Study questions EU pesticide approval process ENDS Europe 18.09.2014

Only 35% of farms economically viable last year Agriland 17.09.2014

Legal obligation to base pesticide approval decisions on science dismantled Pesticide Action Network 17.09.2014

Spanish socialists to vote against Juncker, Cañete Euractiv 16.09.2014

How territorial cooperatives carved an unconventional pathway Agri Cultures 16.09.2014

Little-Known Ceta US Trade Deal Threatens Public Services Morning Star 15.09.2014

Millennium Goals leave the most deprived behind Euractiv 15.09.2014

Coca Cola, Heinz And Other Major Food Companies Warn Climate Change Threatens Business ThinkProgress 15.09.2014

The TTIP deal hands British sovereignty to multinationals The Guardian 14.09.2014

Interview: Phil Hogan sets out his stall as agriculture commissioner Irish Farmers Journal 11.09.2014

TTIP – a win: lose scenario for agri food in the EU  Agriland 11.09.2014

Phil Hogan appointed EU agriculture commissioner The Irish Times 10.09.2014

Hogan lands €60bn EU agriculture job Irish Independent 10.09.2014

Phil Hogan set to be EU agriculture commissioner BBC 10.09.2014

Commonage farmers to meet Commission Agriland 08.09.2014

Phil Hogan’s just been landed with ANOTHER Irish Water scandal The Journal 07.09.2014

Syngenta asks EPA to raise tolerance level for ‘bee-killing’ chemical EE News 05.09.2014

New EU-Commission: Agriculture goes to Ireland’s Phil Hogan Euractiv 04.09.2014

“Sustainable intensification” is unsustainable IATP 03.09.2014

The revolving door keeps on spinning: it’s time for ex-MEPs to cool off! Euractiv 02.09.2014

Romania makes second nomination for commissioner Euractiv 01.09.2014

EU legislative work on hormone-affecting chemicals could be undermined by TTIP Euractiv 01.09.2014

TTIP will sacrifice food safety for faster trade, warn NGOs Euractiv 28.08.2014

EU gives up on TTIP for US reinsurance reform Euractiv 26.08.2014

Chemical Industry using TTIP ‘to attack the precautionary principle’ ttip2014.eu 25.08.2014

Organic Farming Taking Off in Poland … Slowly IPS 25.08.2014

Trade Deals from Hell Huffington Post 24.08.2014

Cancer deaths double in Argentina’s GMO agribusiness areas Ecologist 24.08.2014

End of the line: GMO production in China halted RT 21.08.2014

Of Academic Silos, Plant Stress & Dilution: or, organic is actually more nutritious than conventional after all.
Oliver Moore 15.08.2014

An open letter to George Monbiot Sustainable Food Trust 15.08.0214

U.S. ambassadors heart TTIP Bilaterals 12.08.2014

New study suggests organic food is more nutritiuos Country Living 11.08.2014

Finding better ways to fight superweeds Winnipeg Free Press 09.08.2014

GMO cultivation in Europe: A decade of legal battles Euractiv 08.08.2014

Trade war could send Irish fertiliser prices rocketing Agriland 08.08.2014

Around €70m worth of Irish food exports directly affected by Russian ban Irish Farmers Journal 08.08.2014

Food, farming and antibiotics: a health challenge for business The Guardian 07.08.2014

Canada-EU free trade deal may pave way for US agreement BBC 06.08.2014

EU’s growing resistance to include ISDS in trade deals Access 05.08.2014

Blue Future: Maude Barlow, Water Rights, Investor Clauses, and Trade Deals Infojustice 05.08.2014

Making sure the CAP fits for 2015 reform Independent 05.08.2014

We can value scientific inquiry without viewing the natural sciences as free of politics Jacobin 05.08.2014

Campylobacter found in 59 per cent of retail chicken Farmers Guardian 05.08.2014

Russia’s small farmers are the latest ‘health and safety’ victims The Ecologist 05.08.2014

Campylobacter found in 59 per cent of retail chicken The Guardian 05.08.2014

Making sure the CAP fits for 2015 reform Farming Independent 05.08.2014

How the Commission ‘blocked’ key environmental plans  Euractiv 05.08.2014

U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction crosshairs Reuters 04.08.2014

Scotland finalises decisions on reform of the CAP Rural Mole 04.08.2014

Greek court acquits farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers The Guardian 31.07.2014

Pesticide safety research shouldn’t be left to the pesticide companies The Ecologist 30.07.2014

Sinn Fein: ‘Big business cannot override democracy’ Derry Journal 30.07.2014

The TTIP threat to locally-sourced food The London Economic 29.07.2014

Bee research tainted by corporate funding, MPs say The Guardian 28.07.2014

Commission needs to comply with promised launch of sustainable food communication Euractiv 28.07.2014

‘Fat taxes’ do work, EU report finds Euractiv 28.07.2014

45% decline in vital invertebrates in last four decades Globalagriculture 28.07.2014

EU-US trade deal: slicing and dicing food safety FoE Europe 28.07.2014

Positive Outlook For Agricultural Prices But Not For World’s Poorest IPS news 28.07.2014

Rapid growth seen in EU organic sector Agriland 26.07.2014

‘Ethical land grabbing’ could feed 550 million people SciDevNet 26.07.2014

Germany to reject EU-Canada trade deal The Globe and Mail 26.07.2014

Scottish farmers must adopt three-crop rule for 2015 The Press and Journal 26.07.2014

Rapid growth seen in EU organic sector Agriland 26.07.2014

The draft 2015 CAP budget capreform.eu 25.07.2014

Britain’s increasing taste for white meat is a disaster for animals and for us The Guardian 25.07.2014

Pesticide linked to three generations of disease WSU News 24.07.2014

Feed sector lobbyists disappointed over ‘lack of progress’ on GM approval process Feednavigator 24.07.2014

Analysis of the leaked draft TTIP chapter on food safety IATP 24.07.2014

Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry The Guardian 23.07.2014

US beef production damages the environment according to new study Agriland 22.07.2014

Wild flower strips are key to saving bee species Independent 22.07.2014

Bethlehem: ‘No matter how many olive trees they destroy, we will plant more!  The Ecologist 18.07.2014

Over 60% of breads sold in the UK contain pesticide residues, tests show The Guardian17.07.2014

Problems of the Irish village require immediate action Irish Times 15.07.2014

Greg Barker quits as Energy Minister as Paterson sacked as Environment Secretary Clickgreen.org 14.06.2014

Clear differences between organic and non-organic food, study finds The Guardian 11.07.2014

Ming takes a seat on Agricultural Committee and a swipe at McGuinness Agriland 11.07.2014

Scandal of Glyphosate Re-assessment in Europe I-sis.org 09.07.2014

Salvadoran Peasant Farmers Clash With U.S. Over Seeds Ipsnews 09.07.2014

U.S. government ties El Salvador USD 277M aid package to Monsanto’s GMO seeds Sustainablepulse 08.07.2014

TTIP: A lose-lose deal for food and farming Corporateeurope 08.07.2014

Cut use of antibiotics in livestock, veterinary experts tell government The Guardian 07.07.2014

Not Just Bees: Controversial Pesticides Linked to Bird Declines Wired 07.07.2014

Corporations race into Ginsburg’s ‘minefield’ to claim post-Hobby Lobby religious exemptions Rawstory 03.07.2014

Neonicotinoids are poisoning entire farmland ecosystems The Ecologist 02.06.2014

Mediapart exposes unhealthy liaisons between French MEP and the tobacco industry Corporateeurope 30.06.2014

NFU hits out at Government over neonicotinoid inaction Farmers Guardinan Farmersguardian 26.06.2014

Syngenta seeks ‘emergency’ exemption to use banned insecticide on UK crops The Guardian 25.06.2014

The Next Generation of GM Crops Has Arrived—And So Has the Controversy wired.com 24.06.2014

Insecticides put world food supplies at risk, say scientists The Guardian 24.06.2014

Autism Linked to Pesticides Liberty Voice 23.06.2014

EU becomes world largest agri-food exporter DG AGRI news 23.06.2014

Vilsack Pokes At Major EU TTIP Red Lines On GMOs, Hormone Beef  WTO NewsStand (subscription) 23.06.2014

CAP reform: further delegated and implementing acts DG AGRI news 20.06.2014

Geographical indications (GIs) in the US-EU TTIP negotiations CAPreform.eu 19.06.2014

France wins greater control over GMOs, but comes under fire from Greens Euractiv 13.06.2014

Council backs new GMO cultivation rules giving more say to member states Agra Europe 12.06.2014

How to respond to Euroscepticism? Start by ending the CAP GAB 11.06.2014

Bees can be more important than fertilizer Science Daily 10.06.2014

Paterson announces CAP greening details for England Farmers Guardian 10.06.2014

Options for agriculture in the 2015 international climate change agreement EOD 09.06.2014

Paterson and GM industry work together to open England up to RoundUp Ready GM crops Gene Watch 09.06.2014

Why a supermarket price war is bad news for Britain’s ability to feed itself  Observer 08.06.2014

EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity Science Mag (subscription) 06.06.2014

Scientists confirm worst fears: new EU Policy on Agriculture is bad for nature  Birdlife International 06.06.2014

Farm wildlife protection plan ‘fails’ BBC 05.06.2014

Reflexive Resilience and Community Supported Agriculture: The Case that Emerged from a Place 05.06.2014

From production to waste: the food system EEA 03.06.2014

Europe approves use of new high-intensity sweetener Food Navigator 03.06.2014

 MSG intake linked to obesity and metabolic syndrome Food Navigator 03.06.2014

Hungry for land: small farmers feed the world with less than a quarter of all farmland GRAIN 29.05.2014

Impact of pesticide residue hard to track, experts say Harvard Gazette 27.05.2014

European Food is not as safe as European Food Safety Authority pretends PAN Europe 27.05.2014

EU Safety Institutions Caught Plotting an Industry “escape route” Around Looming Pesticide Ban ISN 26.05.2014

TTIP: good or bad? (Debate) Euranet Plut Inside 20.05.2014

Health DG SANCO prepares an escape route for pesticides PAN Europe 20.05.2014

TTIP: ‘Up to 100’ Arrested in Belgian Anti-Treaty Protests IBT 15.05.2014

Governments should use public purse to ‘buy justice’ in food systems SRFood 15.05.2014

Belgian plan targets 50% cut in livestock antibiotics Agra-net 13.05.2014

UN official: EU needs to encourage social movements Euractiv 12.05.2014

Pesticide Firms Use Tobacco Playbook to Spin Bee Crisis PR watch 12.05.2014

Keep these toxic herbicides out of our food! The Ecologist 10.05.2014

EU counters deadly US pig virus with stricter import rules Euractiv 07.05.2014

Irish farmers must stand up for change Thejournal.ie 07.05.2014

Organic sector concludes organic regulation is inadequate IFOAM EU 06.05.2014

Beekeepers, environmental NGOs and civil right groups demand that Syngenta, Bayer and BASF stop killing bees Greenpeace.eu 29.04.2014

Delivering on EU Food Safety and Nutrition in 2050 DG SANCO 28.04.2014

This cash for grouse scandal shows how Britain has become a plutocrats’ paradise Guardian 28.04.2014

Nitrogen pollution, climate and land use: why what we eat matters CEH 25.04.2014

Climate Change Bill “commits Ireland to emissions cuts” Irish Times 23.04.2014

Designing cities and factories with urban agriculture in mind The Guardian 23.04.2014

How Organic Farming Can Reverse Climate Change Ecowatch 22.04.2014

Earthworms Really Dig the Organic Lifestyle Olliesplace 20.04.2014

Connemara seaweed collectors fear loss of livelihood Irish Times 15.04.2014

Unilever CEO receives mega bonus for contribution to “sustainable development” Basta! 14.04.2014

The importance of food diversity Soil Association, 08.04.2014

The dubious greening of European agriculture ICTSD, 08.04.2014

They razed paradise and put up a soybean lot Global Post 07.04.2014

Infected meat could reach UK’s plates, inspectors warn The Guardian, 07.04.2014

Northern Europe hit by most bee deaths – EU study BBC 07.04.2014

MEPs likely to water down new green CAP provisions European Voice 07.04.2014

Landgrabbing and land concentration threaten French agriculture and countryside (French/en Francais) La Basta 07.04.2014

World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers’ Breast Milk Sustainable Pulse 06.04.2014

Food banks to tackle poverty crisis Irish Examiner 04.04.2014

The European Parliament demands stricter regulation of conflicts of interest at EU’s food safety authority Corporate Europe Observatory, 03.04.2014

Ukrainian Grain Harvest Seen Shrinking Due to Turmoil The Wall Street Journal, 27.03.2014

Healthy Farms Need Focus on Biodiversity over Fertilizers, Researchers Say Nature World News, 22.03.2014

MEPs say GMO in honey is OK EurActiv, 24.03.2014

Feeding Europe: food sovereignty and agro-ecology foeeurope.org 28.03.2014

Time to reform how farming organisations are funded Agriland.ie 27.03.2014

Organics: Commission proposal Europa.eu 25.03.2014

Two men charged in relation to horsemeat scandal Farmers Guardian 25.03.2014

Pesticides make the life of earthworms miserable Phys.org 25.03.2014

Antimicrobial resistance remains commonly detected in bacteria in humans, animals and food EFSA 25.03.2014

Still Time to Debate CAP Independent.ie, 18.03.2014

Back to the Land in Romania Le Monde Diplomatique, 14.03.2014

EU, U.S. to commit to remove all duties on transatlantic trade Reuters, 13.04.2014

MEPs express objections to CAP reform ‘delegated acts’ Agra-net.com, 18.03.2014

Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than thought  Science Daily 16.03.2014

FAO reports rise in GM material in non-GM food trade Food Navigator, 14.03.2014

Give and take in the EU-US trade deal? Sure. We give, the corporations take The Guardian, 10.03.2014

The agrichemical lobby already laying the ground work for the next Parliament Corporate Europe Observatory, 7.03.2014

Democracy and diversity can mend broken food systems SrFood, 10.04.2014

Daily sugar intake should be halved BBC, 05.03.2014

U.S. Farmers Report Widespread GM Crop Contamination Inter Press Service 05.03.2014

Growing reliance on fewer crops will increase risk of drought and disease The Guardian Tuesday 04.03.2014

Lethal effects of genetically modified Bt toxin confirmed on young ladybird larvae Science Daily, 27.02.2014

Just how much does it cost growers to give us bananas at 68p per kilo? The Guardian, 25.02. 2014

How GM food is finding its way into your diet The Ecologist, 22.02.2014

How we ended up paying farmers to flood our homes The Guardian, 18.02.2014

Change in grain policy signals China’s intent to boost meat production IATP, 18.02.2014

What are you hiding? The opacity of the EU-US trade talks Corporate Europe Observatory, 17.02.2014

Commission must not ‘take risk’ with ‘untested’ GM crop The Parliament, 18.02.2014

EU farmers push TTIP agenda Politico, 10.02.2014

The farm bill: A trillion in the trough The Economist, 08.02.2014

EU ready to lift duties on most U.S. goods for trade pact Reuters, 06.02.2014

Organic farming’s place in Ireland’s Rural Development Plan Olliesplace, 05.02.2014

Organic farming ‘boosts biodiversity, bees’ Farmer’s Weekly 04.02.2014

Pesticide toxicity vastly understated, claims new Séralini study Food Navigator, 31.01.2014

Next EU-US trade deal talks in mid-March Agra Europe, 28.01.2014

Common crop pesticides kill honeybee larvae in the hive Science Daily, 27.01.2014

Leaked EC proposals alarm organic farmers The Grocer, 26.01.2014

TTIP: expert group set up to assist EU negotiators New Europe Online, 27.01.2014

Greek Presidency outlines its priorities for agriculture Agriland, 27.01.2014

Sovereignty fears lead to EU-US trade rethink The Independent, 21.01.2014

Honeybee shortage threatens crop pollination in Europe BBC News, 09.01.2014
Agricultural Policies Exacerbate Honeybee Pollination Service Supply-Demand Mismatches Across Europe PLOS ONE, 08.01.2014

Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism Independent Science News, 07.01.2014

GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism Food Navigator, 03.01.2014

Walmart recalls contaminated donkey meat product in China  The Grocer, 02.01.2014
MINISTER VOWS TO BACK RURAL COMMUNITIES, Northern Ireland Executive

Walmart recalls donkey meat in China over fox meat contamination The Grocer 02.01.2014

UK Government to intervene in Monsanto GM Soy case Food Navigator 03.01.2014
Northern Ireland transfers 0% to Pillar II NI Direct 31.12.2013
Scottish have “poorest diet in UK” Food Navigator 23.12.2013
CAP reform announcement – what it means for farmers Farmers Guardian (UK) 21.12.2013
“Why we must fight EU seed and plant law” Guardian 19.12.2013
UK traffic light labeling “could harm traditional Italian foods” Food Navigator 17.12.2013
Bee killing pesticides may “harm developing brains of unborn babies” Guardian 17.12.2013
EU Court Annuls Commission GM Potato Approval Food Navigator 16.12.2013
EU’s latest TTIP documents leaked Corporate Europe Observatory 16.12.2013
Will TTIP trade away food standards? Eating Better 09.12.13
TPP leaked documents reveal hard-line negotiating tactics, Guardian, 09.12.13
EU Commission launches local food and direct sales report 09.12.2013
Gates Foundation investments questioned, Mother Jones 06.12.13
Controversy over EU Commission nominees for EFSA CEO 03.12.2013
TTIP Lies George Monbiot Guardian, 03.12.2013
Neonicotinoid ban won’t fix all bees’ problems The Ecologist, 30.11.2013
Final EU deal on agriculture fails on greening, simplicity and fairness Birdlife Europe, 20.11.2013
Final (MFF) deal commits EU to a budget with no vision and no scope to redress thisGreens/EFA, 19.11.2013
Parliament approves EU’s 2014-2020 budget EurActiv, 19.11.2013
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) WikiLeaks ,13.11.2013
CAP budget share rises as budget deadlock finally resolved CAP Reform.eu, 13.11.13
Coca-Cola vows to axe suppliers guilty of land grabbing The Guardian, 08.11.2013
Northern Lights, American Opportunity for International Trade Foreign Policy, 08.11.2013
US and EU to Resume Free-Trade Talks Despite NSA Spying Scandal International Business Times, 11.11.2013
FAO report: Each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted FAO, 11.11.2013
UK Government rejects Scottish calls for CAP budget Farmers Guardian, 08.11.2013
Northern Lights, American Opportunity for International Trade Foreign Policy, 08.11.2013
DEFRA to meet farmers over CAP plans Farmer’s Weekly, 06.11.2013
This transatlantic trade deal is a full-frontal assault on democracy The Guardian, 04.11.2013
Say cheese: EU strikes trade deal with Canada, looks to U.S. Reuters 18.10.2013
How to Feed the World The New York Times 14.10.2013
Council and MEPs strike deal on outstanding CAP issues European Voice, 25.09.2013
Syngenta launch plan to boost global production by 20 per cent Farmers Guardian 19.09.13
Food price fears push EU lawmakers to put a lid on biofuels growth EurActiv, 12.09.2013
OECD: CAP reform insufficient EUROPOLITICS 18.09.13
Researchers revise ‘overestimated’ biofuels subsidies EurActiv, 26.08.2013
Land der dicken Hähnchen Tages Zeitung, 22.08.2013
Commission looks at possible revamp of organic farming legislation EurActiv, 07.08.2013
Government bee scientist behind controversial study joins pesticide firm The Guardian, 26.07.2013
EU to ban fipronil to protect honeybees The Guardian, 16.07.2013
Food prices forecast to treble as world population soars The Telegraph, 21.07.2013
EU negotiators strike deal on farm policy reform Reuters, 26.06.2013
Farm groups urge CAP deal by end of June EurActiv, 06.06.2013
Wasting Food Is Like Stealing From Poor, Pope Says New York Times, 05.06.2013
Political groups gear up for ‘historic’ vote on CAP reform The Parliament, 06.03.2013
Farmers to protest CAP reform  Irish Examiner, 28.05.2013
D-day looms for Coveney as agreement on Cap closer The Irish Times, 27.05.2013
MEP accused of ignoring mandate on CAP reform European Voice, 08.05.2013
Commission bid to increase EU control over food chain European Voice, 06.05.2013
Major ‘fly in the ointment’ in getting Cap agreement – Coveney Irish Times, 02.05.2013
Hopes of agreement on CAP reform by June European Voice, 19.04.2013
Commission calls for year-long transition for farm policy EurActiv, 19.04.2013
B&Q supports anti-neonicotinoid campaign Farmers Guardian, 11.04.2013
CAP conclave: Hiding behind a green smokescreen EurActiv, 25.03.2013
CAP reform: A promising start could end in disappointment EurActiv, 22.03.2013
Nighthawks delight: EU MINISTERS AGREE COMMON POSITION ON CAP REFORM Famers Guardian 20.03.2013
19 March 8 p.m. – Ministers still put finishing touches to CAP reform mandate Europolitics, 19.03.2013
Ministers close to CAP agreement European Voice, 19.03.2013
CAP reform, not horsemeat, will be defining story of 2013 Irish Examiner ,18.03.2013
Ministers close to agreement despite deep ideological split over future Ag policy European Voice ,13.03.2013
After landmark CAP vote, the hard work begins EurActiv, 13.03.2013
After landmark CAP vote, the hard work begins EurActiv, 13.03.2013
Agri-Lobby in the European Parliament starts dirty tricks – In sudden move, agriculture panel gets extra power over CAP EurActiv, 11.03.2013
The green light for a modern CAP? European Policy Centre, 08.03.2013
Neonicotinoid bee killer ban – NGO slams unrealistic pesticide report Europolitics, 06.03.2013
Coming weeks ‘vital for CAP reform’ Irish Times, 22.02.2013
Halve meat consumption, scientists urge rich world Guardian, 18.02.2013
EU budget hawks succeed in €960-billion cap – details of cutting EurActiv, 08.02.2013
EU leaders strike deal on long-term austerity budget Reuters, 08.02.2013
EU deeply divided ahead of summit Deutsche Welle, 07.02.2013
Farm Wars: EU Grapples with Costs of Subsidizing Agriculture  Der Spiegel, 05.02.2013
Development Has Limited Role in CAP Reform Debate InDepthNews, 01.02.2013
CAP reform far from a done deal Euractiv, 24.01.2013
Farmers could get paid twice over for ‘greening’ BBC, 23.01.2013
Farm lobbies put pressure on MEPs ahead of vote Europolitics, 22.01.2013
High stakes as Ireland embraces CAP reform challenge Farmers Guardian, 11.01.2013
Almost half of the world’s food thrown away, report finds The Guardian, 10.01. 2013

France and Poland main winners in first round of EU budget talks
Droughts cut Europe’s food output, raise fire risks, Euractiv – 20.08.2012
Food costs stoke debate about EU biofuels targets, Euractiv – 16.08.2012
US and France ready to act over rising food prices, The Telegraph – 13.08.2012
Countdown to the Good Food March begins, Farmers Monthly – 07.08.2012
Green groups: Barroso team too slow on environment, Euractiv – 03.07.2012
Small Farmers Creating a New Business Model as Agriculture Goes Local, New York Times – 01.07.2012
‘Small dairy farms have no future in the UK‘, Farmers Weekly – 30.06.2012
Agribusiness CAPturing EU research money?, Corporate Europe Observatory – 26.06.2012
MEPs voted for simpler food quality labels, The Parliament.com – 21.06.2012
Retailers vow to boycott ‘illegal pig farm’ meat,  Farmers Guardian – 18.06.2012
Greek farmers rent patches of land to citydwellers in scheme to combat crisis, The Guardian – 14.06.2012
Rio+20 a chance to engage smallholder farms in sustainable agriculture, The Guardian – 13.06.2012
EU ignoring impact of biofuels on food security, Public Services Europe – 01.06.2012
UK MPs slam EU-wide environmental plans, Farmers Weekly – 01.06.2012
Brazil Forest Code Portions Vetoed By Dilma Rousseff, Huffington Post – 25.05.2012
European Parliament Absent in Sustainability Summit, IPS – 16.05.2012
UK families waste £270 a year on discarded food, The Guardian – 16.05.2012
Green groups decry ‘depressing’ EU farm reform deal, Euractiv, 15.05.2012
MPs urge Government caution on GM crops, Farmers Guardian, 14.05.2012
Farmers fear EU law could harm pork industry, Euractiv – 03.05.2012
Portuguese plant seeds to cope with crisis, Reuters – 18.04.2012
European Food Safety Authority admits failure on revolving doors, Corporate Europe Observatory – 18.04.2012
EU report questions conventional biofuels’ sustainability, EurActiv – 11.04.2012
France’s small-scale organic farmers celebrate 10 years of boxing clever, The Guardian – 10.04.2012
Mass protest planned against GM wheat, Farmers Weekly – 04.04.2012
Pesticides hit queen bee numbers, BBC News – 29.03.2012
Efficacy of EU’s ‘green’ CAP reform questioned, EurActiv – 26.03.2012
Honeybee decline blamed on lethal combination of chemicals and disease, The Telegraph – 22.03.2012
Osborne’s claim wildlife rules too costly for business challenged by own review, The Guardian – 22.03.2012
MEPs debate plans for greener farming policy, ENDS Europe – 22.03.2012
Greece on the breadline: ‘potato movement’ links shoppers and farmers, The Guardian – 18.03.2012
MEPs’ vote ends EU-US row on hormone-treated beef, EurActiv – 15.03.2012
French farmers fighting the taboo of pesticides, EurActiv – 06.03.2012
UK government pledges to cut farming red tape, The Guardian – 21.02.2012
Anti-GMO stance seen as hurting EU grain farmers, EurActiv – 20.02.0212
Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France, The Guardian – 13.01.2012
Spain joins France in bid to ring fence CAP budget, EurActiv – 15.03.2012
EU rules ‘encouraging farmers to plough up grasslands’, The Guardian – 03.02.2012
British Lords call for cuts in farm payments, EurActiv – 03.02.2012
Danes seek compromise on GM crops, EurActiv – 03.02.2012
Pesticides blamed for bee decline, The Independent – 29.01.2012
Disgruntled GMO firms start pulling out of EU market, EurActiv – 27.01.2012
Biodiversity in danger without swift action, MEPs say, EurActiv – 24.01.2012
New ways of farming ‘could slow bad effects of climate change’, Business Day – 23.01.2012
Parliament pushes to slash food waste in Europe, EurActiv – 19.01.2012
An end to GM crop development for Europe, Financial Times – 16.01.2012
Scientists link mass death of British bees to farm pesticides, The Herald Scotland – 15.01.2012
UK battery farms break EU rules, BBC News – 13.01.2012
‘Climate farmers’ highlight green agriculture practices, EurActiv – 09.01.2012
Chicken infected with antibiotic-resistant germs, The Local – 09.01.2012
Farmers have duty of care for the countryside, survey suggests, Farmers Guardian – 08.01.2012
NFUS welcomes renewed commitment from Spelman on CAP, Farmers Guardian – 06.01.2012
Greece must return €425 million in farm subsidies, EurActiv – 05.01.2012
Farming ‘could thrive outside EU’, Farmers Weekly – 05.01.2012
Organic conference to debate key CAP Reform and Food Security issues, FarmingUK.com – 02.01.2012

• France: Bruxelles veut une PAC plus “verte”,  Le Monde
• Germany: Weniger Geld, mehr Umwelt, Süddeutsche
• UK: UK to dismiss Common Agricultural Policy reforms as inadequate, The Guardian
• Spain: Bruselas quiere primar aspectos ecológicos en la nueva política agraria, El Pais
• Italy:  Olivicoltura, tagli Ue del 70%, Corriere del Mezzogiorno

Billions in EU aid spent on ill-defined green projects, say auditors, EUobserver – 19.09.2011
Parliament backs more ecological and fairer CAP, Europolitics – Louis Antoine; June 24, 2011
Commission urged to table green budget proposal, Euractiv; June 24, 2011
MEPs voted for a greener agricultural policy, Euroalert.net; June 24, 2011
EU Commissioner Gives Early Insight on Budget Package, PRNewswire; June 24, 2011
No cuts to CAP budget, insist MEPs, Public Service Europe; June 23, 2011
CAP reform principles have strong support, Europolitics – Louis Antoine; May 31, 2011
EU lawmakers back CAP budget status quo, Euractiv; May 26, 2011
EU farm chief: GM food meets no quality, diversity criteria, Euractiv; May 3, 2011
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CAP transparency: Commission remains committed to publication of beneficiaries of EU farm aid,  Midday Express; April 29, 2011
To CAP it all – by Dacian Ciolos, The Parliament; April 18, 2011
US farm subsidies face cuts; Europe’s sacred cows safe despite rising food prices, Finfacts; Apr 12, 2011
EU farm policy reform seen affecting land prices, EurActiv; 7.04.2011
Spelman sets record straight on CAP views, Farmers Weekly Interactive; 25.03.2011
Farming Consultancy: Sees EU CAP Budget Smaller In 2014, Automated Trader; 24.03.2011
CAP reform timetable slipping, Farmers Guardian; 24.03.2011
The CAP at a crossroads, European Voice; 24.03.2011
EU farm ministers agree on CAP ambitions, farminguk.com; 22.03.2011
CAP reforms ‘must bring focus back to farming’, farminguk.com;  22.03.2011
UK interests at risk over CAP stance, says NFU, Farmers Weekly Interactive; 22.03.2011
EU govts calling for far-reaching reform of the bloc’s farm policy from 2014, Balkans.com Business Week; 22.03.2011
Is the Common Agricultural Policy sustainable?, L’Anglophone; 21.03.2011
“Yellow Card” to the Commission for agriculture concessions, New Europe; 20.03.2011
Europe refuses to limit $82bn annual subsidies to big farms, The Citizens; 20.30.2011
EU states oppose plans to end farm ‘subsidy millionaires’, EUobserver; 18.03.2011
Farm reform proposals remain ‘vague’, says ex-commissioner, EUobserver, 17.03.2011
Farmers could keep subsidies in exchange for ‘going green’, European Voice; 17.03.2011
Ex-commissioner calls for ‘radical rethink’ of CAP, The Parliament; 15.03.2011
EU Commissioner insists CAP reform must embrace environmental agenda, Business Green, 16.03.2011
Will MEPs scupper greening of EU agriculture? BBC News, 11.03.2013
Clash of visions over agricultural reform, European Voice; 10.03.2011
Bresso highlights importance of Europe’s rural development, The Parliament; 09.03.2011
European Commissioner Ciolos: EU under no food crisis threat, ActMedia, 08.03.2011
EU policy must protect farmers from volatility, All About Feed; 07.03.2011
EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Tools Protecting European Farmers, South Centre; 03.2011
Parliament questions CAP reform, Independent; 01.03.2011 ↑ Top

Commission eyes limits to farm subsidies EurActiv, 14.10.2010
EU plans to defend farm policy but limit large payments EU Observer, 11.10.2010
Brussels to draw up ‘chemical map’ of EU land EurActiv, 06.10.2010
Europe willing to make biodiversity payments, says expert EU Observer, 28.09.2010
CAP reform: austerity or posterity? euobserver.com-Blog: Feeding the habit by Nick Jacobs, 27.09.2010
[in German] EU-Geflüster: Basisprämie hat Anhänger top agrar online, 27.09.2010
EurActiv.com Interview with Micheal Dower: Rural promoter: EU should prop up local food markets EurActiv, 23.09.2010
EU to wage war against speculation on commodity markets EurActiv, 22.09.2010
EU to check unauthorised GM potato crops in Sweden Euractiv, 07.09.2010
Energy prices, speculation to blame for recent food price hike, says World Bank EurActiv, 26.08.201
Afghanistan and African nations at greatest risk from world food shortages The Guardian, 19.08.2010
Farm subsidies on increase Inter Press Service, 10.08.2010
Milk from cloned cow offspring exposes gap in EU food law EUobserver, 03.08.2010
L’EMB participe aux débats de la PAC de l’après 2013 en tant que membre de l’ARC AgriAvis, 21.07.2010
Débat sur la PAC: plusieurs logiques s’affrontent à Bruxelles EurActiv, 21.07.2010
Future of EU farm policy debated in Brussels EurActiv, 20.07.2010
La société civile intervient dans le débat sur l’avenir de la politique agricole Coordination Rurale 67, 20.07.2010
Une voix claire de la société civile sur la future politique agricole européenne Toute l’Europe, 12.07.2010
Parliament calls for EU ban on cloning for food Euractiv, 08.07.2010
EU label aims to boost organic farming EurActiv, 01.07.2010
Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb Transport & Environment/BirdLife/EEB, 06.2010
EU advised to table rules for dairy contracts EurActiv, 16.06.2010
Growth & jobs key in EU farm policy reform, says Spain EurActiv, 21.05.2010
Farm ministers want global recognition of EU agri-food model EurActiv, 18.05.2010
EU, Mercosur relaunch trade talks, farmers opposed Reuters, 17.05.2010
Follow the subsidy-money EUobserver Blog:Watchdog by Brigitte Alfter, 05.05.2010
Farm viability in the EU – assessment of impacts of changes in farm payments LEI, Wageningen UR, The Hague, 04.2010 Verbände fordern Neuverteilung der europaeischen Agrarsubventionen Oekolandbau, 27.04.2010
Farm ministers keen to link EU aid to protection of public goods EUobserver, 27.04.2010
Commission links CAP reform to 2020 economic agenda EurActiv, 27.04.2010
If the CAP doesn’t fit The Economist, 22.04.2010
Eurobarometer survey on “Europeans, Agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy” European Commission website, 03.2010
EU farm ministers split over food chain rules EurActiv/Reuters, 26.03.2010
Winners and losers of the next CAP reform Vox, 22.07.2009 ↑ Top