Bureaucracy hampering CAP funds absorption in Romania
Simplification should work for peasant farmers and not to generate fund-grabbing by the corporate sector, as Maria Rodriguez Beperet explains. […]
Simplification should work for peasant farmers and not to generate fund-grabbing by the corporate sector, as Maria Rodriguez Beperet explains. […]
EU Citizens want local food but governments are not doing enough to help, Friends of the Earth Europe’s new report reveals. […]
Civil Society and grassroots gathering in Brussels 10th – 11th February 2015 Register here. Follow the event live on twitter and facebook. The Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020), Friends of the Earth Europe and IFOAM EU invite you to a civil society gathering and conference on February 10th and 11th 2015 in Brussels, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This event brings together representatives from civil society, grassroots groups, researchers, national and regional authorities and policymakers to: 1. Assess the implementation of the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014-2020 and its prospects of agricultural sustainability and of rural renaissance. 2. Identify milestones to support transition of food and agriculture systems based on agroecological approaches. You are invited to participate in the development of a Civil Society roadmap towards good food, good farming and a living countryside! Now is the time for the good food – goods farming movement in Europe to assess where we are, to develop a vision for where we want to be in 2020 and agree on a strategic roadmap how to […]
Wir Haben Es Satt! march surpasses expectations as record number challenges the broken food system. […]
LINC events showcase not just the best of Rural Europe but, aptly, the commitment of the LEADER network to organising itself. […]
Scottish Farmers & Crofters have been left short changed after some light fingered southern action. […]
In Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Hungary, people are organising against TTIP, as Derek Freitas of Eco Ruralis explains […]
Governments and European Parliament agreed on a slippery way of banning GMO cultivation. […]
ARC NEWSFLASH December 2014 Save the date! 10 and 11th February 2015 Conference & Civil society gathering on GOOD FOOD and GOOD FARMING Renewing civil society’s agenda towards sustainable food and agriculture on 10 and 11th February 2015 in Brussels Hello from Oliver and Luise, Arc2020’s Communication team! Welcome to our December newsletter, this month we have some exciting news to share:The Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020), Friends of the Earth Europe and IFOAM EU invite you to participate in a civil society gathering and conference on February 10/11 2015 in Brussels, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Why you should attend? People of all ages across Europe are hungry for change and want to see better agri-food policies based on agro-ecological principles. This conference and gathering will help develop a civil society agenda for the agroecological changes needed in the food system, including in Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Good food and farming practices already taking place across Europe will be highlighted. This 2-day event brings together representatives from civil society, grassroots groups, researchers, national/regional authorities, policymakers and more […]
How will the Principality spend its largest RDP payout ever? Peter Crosskey investigates. […]
Michaela Skodova from long time Arc2020 supporters Groupe de Bruges tells us about their new, interactive CAP information project […]
European Parliament reinstates Member State’s right to use environmental concerns to ban GM crop cultivation […]
Phil Sumption explores the topic in the build up to Organic Producer’s Conference 26-27th November. […]
A small number of companies and organisations dominate the cereal seed sector in one of the EU’s most important seed producing countries. […]
Hundreds of French peasants + many mobilisations = 1 cause […]
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