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BTV’s Cost: A Farmer Caught Between the Virus and the System
Marie Halicki, a newly established farmer in the French Alps shares with ARC2020 her fight against the BTV in 2024. […]
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Weaving Common Ground – European Triangle for Rural Action
On 28 November – 1 December, in the rural village of Grzybów, Poland, ARC2020 is co-organising a European gathering of sustainable rural initiatives to take stock of a new political situation of Europe and to look into possibilities of cooperation: “Weaving Common Ground” between rural and urban people. In collaboration with our local hosts, the Ecological Folk High School and Ziarno association, the gathering will conclude a three-year cooperation of people in rural France, Germany and Poland. […]
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France | Local Authorities Can Lead on Sustainable Food
France’s territorial food programmes are an exciting example of what can happen when local communities have a say in their food systems. An open letter signed by a collective of more than 120 French mayors and local councillors of all political stripes, 19 organisations and 7 scientists, and published on Friday in Le Monde, calls for a systemic vision and state support to local authorities who are working to advance the agroecological transition and transform local food systems. […]
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Sustainable Food Systems | Feeding Ourselves Across Europe
Local communities in rural and urban areas can be powerful changemakers when it comes to food system transformation, even when national and EU policies fall way short. At Feeding Ourselves 2024, a roundtable on Bottom-Up Approaches to Sustainable Food Systems brought together actors engaged in the development of fair & ecological food systems in Germany, France and Ireland. ARC2020 was joined by Ann-Marie Weber of kollektiv von MORGEN (DE), Henrik Maas of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (DE), Thierry Lohr, elected representative in the Municipality of Plessé (FR), and Fergal Anderson of Talamh Beo (IE). […]
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Protests and Love – France’s Farmer Organisations, Demonstrations and Social Alliances
Jean-Marc Desfilhes and Hannes Lorenzen present a history of French farmers’ associations and social alliances in light of the recent demonstrations and associated political reactions. They propose: Now is the time to mobilise love and protest to stop the current agricultural policy rollback. […]
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Rural Resilience | Water, Diversification and Agroecology – Part 3
The issue of water shortages underscores the urgent need to make a success of agroecological transition. It is the dominant agricultural model that must change. Comparing the state of play in Germany and France, this is the final installment of a three-part policy analysis for the Rural Resilience project by Marie-Lise Breure-Montagne. […]
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Rural Resilience | Water, Diversification and Agroecology – Part 2
Agroecology favours the resilience of agricultural systems. Yet it is being embraced to varying extents by France, Germany and other Member States. Sustainable water management at territorial level is key, as shown by this comparison of approaches in France and Germany. Second in a three-part policy analysis for the Rural Resilience project by Marie-Lise Breure-Montagne. […]
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Rural Resilience | Water, Diversification and Agroecology – Part 1
New Genomic Techniques do not hold water. Their false promise is inconsistent with territorial and sustainable water management, finds this policy analysis by Marie-Lise Breure-Montagne for the Rural Resilience project. First in a three-part series on the topic of water, diversification and agroecology. […]
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Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe – A Call for Action from Marburg
ARC2020 together with kollektiv von MORGEN and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bauerliche Landwirtschaft presents the “Marburg Action Plan for Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe”. […]
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Rural Resilience | Annual Report 2023
Launched at the end of 2020, the Rural Resilience project is now halfway through its second phase. The annual report 2023 is now available to download. Below you can read an excerpt: the editorial of the report. By Marie-Lise Breure-Montagne. […]
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Farm to Forms – the Epicness of Trying to Establish and Run a Farm in France
As protests by French farmers continue, we look deeper into the reasons for their frustration. Marie Halicki, a soon-to-be freshly installed farmer in the French Alps, shares her experience wading through the quagmire just to become a farmer. This is translated from French. […]
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Marburg Gathering | Building Bridges for Future-Proof Food Systems
In early November, the Rural Resilience project was proud to support the European Action-Gathering for Sustainable Food Systems. This meeting of over 100 food systems actors working at local, regional, national and European levels was co-organised by ARC2020 and local partners Kollektiv von Morgen and AbL in Marburg, Germany. Report by Louise Kelleher of the Rural Resilience project. […]
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Islands of Resilience Part 2: Land Planning and Biodiversity
How can French Regional Nature Parks bring to life sustainable land planning concepts? Geoparcs that protect and promote natural wonders is one avenue, and the same reigns true for National Parks. More on these islands of resilience. […]
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Islands of Resilience: Nature Parks in France & Germany
Exploring regional nature parks is a way to continue a cross-analysis of the trajectories of France and Germany, towards the construction of more resilient rural territories. Two economic sectors – eco-tourism and sustainable agriculture – are attempting to develop in these areas, leading to conflicting priorities. […]
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Rural Resilience | Diary from the Ground – Autumn 2023
Food is much more than a stomach to be filled, and actions on the ground in France are focusing on the social barriers to local, healthy food for all. Marie-Lise Breure-Montagne reports. […]