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Latest from EU Member States

Where Soya has Scale – Ukraine, Big Ag and Land Concentration

2 March, 2020 Hans Wetzels

The FAO expects former Soviet countries like Ukraine to play an important role in feeding the world the coming decades.  But questions remain about who will benefit from the oncoming agricultural gold rush. […]

Recent updates

Good governance is not red tape!

17 May, 2015 Peter Crosskey

Peter Crosskey gives his take on the Fair Trade Advocacy Office’s report “Who’s Got The Power, Tackling Imbalances in Agricultural Supply Chains”. […]

Latest from EU Member States

French Farmers Torch Tax Office

22 September, 2014 ARC

Geopolitical strife is having an effect on the ground and in the vegetable producing fields of France… […]

Latest from EU Member States

Leave it to Tesco: how the UK ignores food security

25 July, 2014 Peter Crosskey

UK overlooks its precarious food security with a GBP 21bn trade gap. Peter Crosskey investigates. […]

Latest from key partners

10 reasons TTIP is bad for farming and food

10 July, 2014 Robert Pederson

Fancy some added chlorine, growth promoting hormones, animal byproducts and some extra GM feed? Welcome to the world of TTIP… […]

Main stories

TTIP: setting course for food production carve-ups?

6 June, 2014 Peter Crosskey

TTIP & local food double speak exposed by our UK correspondent Peter Crosskey […]

Latest from EU Member States

Public Land Agencies: French SAFER model safe for Romania?

29 May, 2014 ARC

How will land sales be managed in Romania? Attila Szocs investigates. […]

Latest from Brussels

What might TTIP mean for organic farming and food?

2 May, 2014 Oliver Moore

Animal confinement and antibiotics are just two areas where a race to the bottom might work against organic standards on both sides of the Atlantic. […]

Latest from EU Member States

TTIP: how fat cats can turn nasty

19 March, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Will the precautionary principle and other stalwarts of the European project be eroded by TTIP? […]

Latest from Brussels

TTIP EU advisory group meets for the first time

28 February, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Arc2020 UK Correspondent Peter Crosskey gives his prognosis of TTIP stakeholder engagement […]

Latest from Brussels

Talks on hold for EU US free trade agreement (TTIP)

22 January, 2014 ARC

Yesterday the European Commission announced a public consultation on the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) part of the TTIP. […]

Latest from EU Member States

Romania’s resource rush is driving its peasants off their lands

9 December, 2013 ARC

Peasants and citizens protesting against fracking are confronted with increased police brutality […]

Latest from EU Member States

Growing export of Polish poultry causing fears in the UK

3 December, 2013 Marek Kryda

Combined with a new EU regulation, growing Polish export of poultry is causing fear in the UK. […]

Latest from Brussels

Second round of secretive TTIP negotiations concluded

18 November, 2013 ARC

After a week of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Friends of the Earth states some key concerns […]

Latest from Brussels

What will the next Organic Regulation look like?

4 November, 2013 ARC

The European Commission is in the middle of developing a new Organic Regulation. What’s the process, and what does the organic movement think? […]

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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

Sign up for our monthly newsletter on agri-food, rural, environmental policy and practices around Europe.

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.

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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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