land Archives - Agricultural and Rural Convention

Op-Ed | Farmland Sees the Less Sunny Side of Germany’s Solar Transition

September 16, 2025 ARC

Germany’s energy transition is affecting its land market, driving investment and increasing concentration of land ownership. In this op-ed, Anne Neuber of Netzwerk Flächensicherung, an alliance working to secure land for ecological, regional and peasant agriculture in Germany, explores these dynamics and calls for stronger regulation to ensure solar expansion works in harmony with farming and environmental priorities. […]

Letter From The Farm | Freedom, Forgotten Places And The Future Of Farming

April 28, 2021 Louise Kelleher

We’re back with Czech livestock farmer Josef, who says we need to trust farmers more. Farmers will make responsible decisions unless the system forces them to act irresponsibly. And he explains why the future of farming is in forgotten places. […]

Combating The Financialisation Of Agriculture: Your Land, My Land, Our Land

July 7, 2020 ARC

With farms increasingly forced to go big or go broke, corporate interests are stepping in to shape agriculture. More transparency, participative decision-making, and CAP reform are among the tools that can be leveraged to combat the scourge of financialisation, write Robert Levesque, Tanguy Martin and Véronique Rioufol. […]

Resistance Is Fertile: Your Land, My Land, Our Land

July 1, 2020 ARC

How can grassroots organisations tackle the issue of land access? What strategies and legal tools are available to them, and what real-life examples have worked? In this excerpt from the comprehensive toolkit recently published by Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia platform for Food Sovereignty, the authors note that despite the challenges, resistance is fertile – and present a range of tools that land activists can use to fight for a fairer world. […]