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Will Dacian Cioloş remain as Agriculture Commissioner?
Fellow Romanian Ramona Duminicioiu of Eco Ruralis assesses Ciolos as Commissioner […]
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Londoners learn about TTIP environmental agenda
Dozens of campaigners filled a London lecture theatre to hear the environmental case against agreement. […]
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Elections 2014 in Romania
Romanian peasants prepare for EU elections. But who to vote for? […]
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Organic Participatory Guarantee Systems – a Brazilian model.
Here’s how small farmers can affordably gain a group organic certification. […]
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CAP direct payments to be reduced by 1.30% in 2015
EU Commission to apply financial discipline mechanism for the CAP budget for 2015. […]
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The EU Seed Market Myth
According to a new report, the EU seed market seriously lacks diversity, yet seed lobbyists claim that there are currently 7000 small and medium-sized seed companies in the EU. […]
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EU seed legislation, a turning point for peasant agriculture
A play-by-play of the proposed new legislation on the marketing of seeds. […]
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Russia bans pigmeat from all 28 EU member states
Following an outbreak of the African swine fever virus in Lithuania, Russia has stopped all imports of pork from EU countries on January 31. […]
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Pig Industry “blatantly flouting European law”
44 out of 45 inspected intensive pig units are breaking EU Directives, according to Europe’s leading animal welfare organisations. […]
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Sharp Allergy increase in rural Poland following EU membership
New research adds to the body of work on the hygiene.hypothesis… […]
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Lithuanian Presidency secures agreement on food and animal feed
What’s involved in the ‘Healthier Animals and Plants for a Safer Food Chain Package’? […]
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ARC2020’s Highs and Lows 2013
So what happened in 2013 in the world of better food, farming, rural communities and the environment? Let’s take look back and also froward to 2014. […]
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Romania Plans to Spend E8.15 billion on Rural Development
What is Romania planning to spend its Rural Development money on, and what sort of effect will this have on its countryside and environment? […]
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Polish Agriculture Minister questions benefits of TTIP
Polish Agriculture Minister Stanislaw Kalemba raises concerns over TTIP on agricultural model grounds […]
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2014: Year of Family Farming launched in Brussels
Family farming: a contested notion… […]