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Pressure on Commission over Delegated Acts

March 7, 2014 ARC

In the run up to Commission meeting on 11th March pesticides, cross-compliance and eligibility are the key issues. […]

Germans protesters say NO to GM Maize 1507

February 5, 2014 ARC

Today, citizens protested outside of the German chancellery ahead of next week’s European Commission vote on the matter. […]

Time to ACT! Tell your Minister no pesticides in EFAs!

February 4, 2014 Oliver Moore

23 Ag Ministers want to destroy the last of greening in the CAP. Here’s how we can stop them. […]

Pressure Builds to Save Ecological Focus Areas from Pesticides

January 31, 2014 ARC

PAN, WWF, IFOAM, BirdLife, EEB & ARC2020 tell the Commission keep pesticides out of EFAs! […]

European honeybee shortage threatens crop pollination

January 31, 2014 Peter Crosskey

Of the 41 European countries studied, barely half had enough honeybees to pollinate more than 90% of their crops. […]

NGO open letter to Commissioner Cioloș

January 24, 2014 ARC

ARC2020 and other NGOs issued an open letter in the context of reforms to the DG’s advisory groups and concern of the effects of the agribusiness lobby. […]

Top 6 what ARC2020 wants for 2014

January 7, 2014 Oliver Moore

So much to look forward to, so much to do…. […]

ARC2020’s Highs and Lows 2013

December 23, 2013 Oliver Moore

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. […]

UK farmers’ union flies in the face of reason

December 20, 2013 Peter Crosskey

When it comes to bees and neonicotinoid pesticides, the UK’s National Farmer’s Union seems perfectly willing to keep the killer sprays pumping […]

Environmental fate of neonic seed dressings: Goulson-p7

Real impact of neonicotinoid seed dressings stays buried

December 9, 2013 Peter Crosskey

Bee-killing neonicotinoid seed dressings on winter-sown cereals deliver just 2% of their active ingredients to plant tissue. What happens to the other 98%? […]