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Latest from Brussels

EU Not Doing its Sustainability Homework on Mercosur

March 31, 2021 Hans Wetzels

An inquiry by European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has found that the European Commission should have concluded an updated sustainability impact assessment before signing the EU-Mercosur trade deal. But will this be enough to stop national parliaments from ratifying the deal? Hans Wetzels reports. […]

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Post-Brexit Food, Farming and Fair Trade | Migration and Trade

August 9, 2018 Sharon Anglin Treat

How will border and mobility restrictions as well as the drafting of new trade deals under the current Brexit plan impact UK food and farming? In this final entry, Sharon Treat explores the potential risks of the Brexit deal.  […]

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Post-Brexit Food, Farming and Fair Trade | Environment and Animal Welfare

August 6, 2018 Sharon Anglin Treat

What are the implications of the new Brexit plan on UK and EU food and farming? In this second part, Sharon Treat from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) talks us through inadequate environmental and animal welfare protection as well as weakened biotechnology regulations.  […]

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Third country exports

December 19, 2012 Peter Crosskey

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Fair fruit supporters sign up for Brussels action

May 23, 2012 Peter Crosskey

EU citizens call for an end to systematic labour exploitation that underpins fruit trade to Europe […]

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Trade figures paint a disturbing picture of dependency

May 15, 2012 Peter Crosskey

The EU spends more money importing soya meal and beans than coffee […]

Rural Resilience

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CAP Strategic Plans: Reforming the CAP in Wartime

ARC launches a report summarising the key aspects of the CAP Strategic Plans approval process that started a year ago. Take a look here.

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Rural Perspectives on Digital Agriculture

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War in Ukraine

While the situation is still a changing one, the war in Ukraine is already destabilising food security in Europe. Find all articles here.

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  • CAP post-2027: An Integrated Rural and Agricultural Policy – Part 2
    March 26, 2023
  • The German CAP Strategic Plan: The Ambition has yet to Come
    March 24, 2023
  • CAP post-2027: An Integrated Rural and Agricultural Policy – Part 1
    March 22, 2023
  • ECJ Rejects Fourfold Seed Cultivation Fee
    March 22, 2023
  • CAP, the Commission and Livestock Supports – Money Matters
    March 17, 2023
  • A primer – New Genomic Techniques and Sustainability
    March 15, 2023
  • Post-Brexit Farm Policy – Outlook Across Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
    March 9, 2023
  • Feeding Ourselves 2023 – Another Rural is Possible!
    March 6, 2023
  • Excerpt | Arche Noah report on EU Seed Marketing Reform
    March 3, 2023
  • France | Pesticides, PDOs & Plenty of Spin at Salon de l’Agriculture 2023
    March 1, 2023
  • “CAP is an Aberration in terms of Climate & Environmental Impact of Ag”
    February 27, 2023
  • German CAP Strategic Plan: Bold Changes Required
    February 27, 2023
  • Regional Carbon Farming? An Italian Example
    February 23, 2023
  • Post-Brexit Farm Policy – Where Do England’s Smallholdings and Horticulture Sector Stand?
    February 22, 2023
  • Seed Marketing Reform – Commission hints at Faustian Hybrid
    February 15, 2023
  • Busy in Brussels: Carbon Farming, SUR reform and New GMOs
    February 9, 2023
  • New ARC Report | Carbon Farming – Stakes, Issues and Alternatives
    February 7, 2023
  • Meet the Movement Linking Civil Society with Philanthropy for Food System Transformation
    February 2, 2023
  • Czech CAP Strategic Plan – Redistributive Payments and the Counter-Productive Tension Between Small and Big
    February 2, 2023
  • Is the EU Positive about Reaching Carbon Negative? New ARC report shows more work needed
    January 30, 2023
  • Brexit Bites – Farming in Britain after CAP
    January 27, 2023
  • Responsible Digital Agroecology – from Farm to Fork
    January 25, 2023
  • Protest, Pesticides and the Parliament – European news round up
    January 23, 2023
  • Oxford Real Farming Conference 2023 | Agroecology Movement Gathers for Hope and Action
    January 22, 2023
  • soup and talk meeting about agri-food Berlin
    Five Talks to Catch at Soup & Talk 2023 – this Saturday 21st January
    January 18, 2023
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