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Latest from EU Member States

Gardening rEvolution: How to pinpoint new food producers?

February 4, 2014 Attila Szocs

The five types of gardener, and how knowing them could lead to more sustainable food production […]

Latest from the ARC network

30,000 show how fed up they are with industrial food

January 19, 2014 ARC

So what about the agri-food system are people fed up with? […]

Main stories

Top 6 what ARC2020 wants for 2014

January 7, 2014 Oliver Moore

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

Recent updates

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. […]

Recent updates

What’s happening with Seed Regulation in Europe?

November 27, 2013 Oliver Moore

The EU is in the process of changing its seed regulations, and that could be bad news for the small guy. […]

Latest from the ARC network

ARC2020 Seed Ball Action at Global Soil Week

November 13, 2013 ARC

ARC2020 was invited to participate in the Action Forum at the 2nd Annual Global Soil Week, “Losing Ground?” […]

Latest from Brussels

SMARTER RULES FOR SAFER FOOD?

June 13, 2013 ARC

EU Commission: LIVESTREAM […]

Latest from EU Member States

Cioloş: seed regulation will allow traditional seed exchange

June 5, 2013 ARC

A Romanian news agency quotes EU Agriculture Commissioner talking about the seed issue […]

Latest from EU Member States

Sara and the seeds of hope: a personal story

May 31, 2013 ARC

International seed exchange: the role of tradition, family and generations to come […]

Latest from EU Member States

“Uniformity is not an option – Viva Biodiversity!”

May 17, 2013 Myrto Pispini

Feedback from the International Seed Days in Greece – 11, 12 and 13 May 2013 […]

Latest from EU Member States

The contraband of the Romanian ox-heart tomato

May 10, 2013 ARC

EU legislation: Will small farmers trading seeds be seen as criminals in the future? […]

Latest from EU Member States

Seed regulation threatens agro-biodiversity

May 7, 2013 ARC

European civil society fears negative consequences of new EU seed regulation […]

Latest from Brussels

Commission fails to deliver on seed legislation

May 6, 2013 ARC

Commission adopts measures to strengthen health and safety standards of agri-food chain […]

Latest from EU Member States

Seed balls: Guerilla gardening on a Saturday afternoon

April 30, 2013 ARC

ARC2020 and Save our Seeds hold their first seed ball action as EU petition is launched […]

Latest from Brussels

Colourful variety not standardized uniformity!

April 27, 2013 ARC

Petition launched on EU seed legislation. Contact your Commissioner! […]

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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.

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.

Page française en construction

Coming soon: our project on rural resilience in France. Page française en construction.

Letter from the Farm

Who grows the food we eat? Who sows the seeds, tends the soil, picks the fruits and harvests the carrots? At ARC, we want to put faces to our food.

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 – 14/2021
    April 8, 2021

CAP Strategic Plans

Each EU Member State, at present, is writing its National CAP Strategic Plan. Will they pave the way for sustainable agriculture, forestry, and rural development? Read our policy analysis.

Tweets by @ARC2020eu

Tweets by @ARC2020eu

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 | Rasputin The Ram & The Ethics Of Lamb For Easter Dinner
    April 12, 2021
  • Super Trilogue Weakens Results-Oriented CAP
    April 8, 2021
  • UK | How City Farms Are Opening Their Gates To Equity
    April 8, 2021
  • More Legumes Please!
    April 6, 2021
  • A Soil Scientist’s Perspective – Carbon Farming, CO2 Certification & Carbon Sequestration in Soil
    April 2, 2021
  • EU Not Doing its Sustainability Homework on Mercosur
    March 31, 2021
  • Labour Pains – are Workers Exploited in Ecological Farming?
    March 29, 2021
  • Letter From The Farm | Welcome To The Herdade
    March 24, 2021
  • A Rural Vision is Good – A Strategy and Immediate Action is Better
    March 21, 2021
  • Poland’s CAP plan – Weak Evidence Base, Business as Usual
    March 21, 2021
  • Roots of Resilience: How CAP, Farm to Fork, and Land Policies can Support an Agroecological Transition in Europe
    March 19, 2021
  • Ireland | Forty Shades Of Greenwashing? – Part 1
    March 16, 2021
  • EU COVID-19 Recovery Plan – “No Effective Support” for Greener Ag
    March 15, 2021
  • Ireland | Forty Shades Of Greenwashing? – Part 2
    March 14, 2021
  • CAP Strategic Plans: Support to High-Nature-Value Farming in Bulgaria
    March 11, 2021
  • Damning Report on CAP Cash in Central and Eastern Europe Released
    March 9, 2021
  • Women Used To Dominate The Beer Industry – Until The Witch Accusations Started Pouring In
    March 8, 2021
  • Food Sovereignty, Romania and the Rising Far-Right
    March 8, 2021
  • Letter From The Farm | Three Years In: Realism And Planning For Utopia
    March 5, 2021
  • CAP, European Green Deal and the Digital Transformation of Agriculture
    February 28, 2021
  • UK | Waking Up To The Power Of Mushrooms
    February 25, 2021
  • Walk Out – Environmental Pillar Rejects Irish State’s Agri Plan
    February 25, 2021
  • Letter From The Farm | Between Hotbeds And The Hungary Gap
    February 22, 2021
  • European Committee of the Regions Adopts Opinion on Agroecology
    February 18, 2021
  • CAP Reform | Broad Coalition Demands Social Conditionality For A Fairer CAP
    February 17, 2021
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