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Navigating In Circles, On Course For 2030!

5 January, 2021 Hannes Lorenzen

Since the turn of the century ARC2020 has been part of the struggle to make European farming, food and rural policies fairer, more resilient and fit for the future. Are we going around in circles, or navigating in circles? Hannes Lorenzen shares some reflections for the year(s) ahead. […]

Latest from EU Member States

WHES2016 – Making (Radio) Waves in Ireland

24 January, 2016 ARC

Wir Haben Es Satt (WHES2016) made the news in Ireland this year, via ARC2020’s Oliver Moore. Have a listen to what he said….. […]

Main stories

Understanding the Nature of Peace

7 December, 2015 Hannes Lorenzen

Following terrorist attacks and retaliatory bombings, read Understanding the Nature of Peace. A joint article by Hannes Lorenzen (ARC2020) and Juliette Majot (IATP) which places these awful occurrences in a rural, farming and food context. […]

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Good Food Good Farming #Arc2020 conference

18 February, 2015 ARC

A report on the key ideas and outcomes from this civil society gathering held in Brussels 10-11th February […]

A Vision and Strategy for Rural Europe

For just and sustainable Europe, rural considerations have to be integrated into the plans for Covid-19 recovery, for CAP and for the EU Green Deal. Find the series here.

Good food initiatives from around the world

We are fed up - Europe’s biggest gathering for fair and agroecological food systems will be happening digitally in 2021. Join in or become a contributor yourself!

This Month’s Articles

Missed an article of ours? Or would like to read it again? Find all our articles from this month here. Or browse through our chronological archive that stores all articles here.

Regenerative Agriculture

If we can put soils first in our farming and food policy: could regenerative agriculture be a reason for hope? Find all articles here.

Report: CAP Strategic Plans

Each EU Member State is writing its National CAP Strategic Plan. Will these CAP Strategic Plans pave the way for a sustainable agriculture, forestry, and rural development – in the EU and beyond? Download the full project report.

Coping with COVID-19

We are at the start of a huge challenge. It is all still unfolding. Stay informed with all our COVID-19 articles here. Read all our COVID-19 articles here.

ARC2020 Newsletter

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The Week’s Top Tweets

  • Tweets of the Week – 2/2021
    14 January, 2021

Farm to Fork

The Farm to Fork strategy is the flagship agri-food element of the EU Green Deal. Find all articles on the EU Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy here.

Tweets by @ARC2020eu

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Contributors wanted

Interested in European food, farming and rural policy matters? Do you have great writing skills and an ability to deliver content accurately and on time? Then you could be just what we’re looking for! Find out more here.

  • Letter From The Farm | Half The Price Of Your Food Is Paid By The EU
    13 January, 2021
  • Super Stories at Soup & Talk 2021 – Be There!
    11 January, 2021
  • Oxford Real Farming Conference 2021 – Eleven Sessions Not to Miss
    5 January, 2021
  • Navigating In Circles, On Course For 2030!
    5 January, 2021
  • France | Lessons from Agricultural Archeology
    3 January, 2021
  • France | Letter To The Next Generation
    21 December, 2020
  • UK | Sustainable Wine’s Reign of Terroir
    18 December, 2020
  • There’s Something About Dairy – CAP, Exports and Global Milk Markets
    17 December, 2020
  • ARC2020 – New Report on CAP Strategic Plans
    15 December, 2020
  • Regional Rural Responses – Reimagined.
    14 December, 2020
  • Soup and Talk 2021 – Tell the World about Your Good Food Initiative!
    14 December, 2020
  • UK | More Than A Million Families Will Be Struck Into Poverty This Christmas
    14 December, 2020
  • The Common Agriculture Policy and Sustainable Farming: A statement by scientists (December 2020)
    8 December, 2020
  • Ireland | Wake Up and Smell the Ammonia
    7 December, 2020
  • CAP, Interrupted – So Withdraw the CAP!
    3 December, 2020
  • PAN Europe Reveals: Member States Act Against EU Pesticide Reduction
    3 December, 2020
  • UK | Why “Buy British” Won’t Feed the Nation – Part 2
    1 December, 2020
  • Implications of the CAP Beyond the EU: Ghana
    27 November, 2020
  • CAP | Time for Commission to Get Real on Spending, Say Auditors
    22 November, 2020
  • ARC2020 Event | Local Food – Reimagining Regional Responses
    20 November, 2020
  • Belgium | The Hidden Cost of Food Waste Redistribution
    20 November, 2020
  • UK | Old and New: Somerset’s Regenerative Renaissance
    19 November, 2020
  • algal bloom in the central Baltic Sea
    Poland | Drowning in Algae: Dead Zones in the Baltic Sea
    18 November, 2020
  • CAP Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Framework – EP Position
    17 November, 2020
  • UK | What’s in the New Agriculture Act?
    12 November, 2020

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