Our weekly Twitter round up of great content from our kindred network: a Friday treat for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy what we’ve found for you on twitter.
At last, some sound analysis of the link between COVID-19 and agriculture from @SebastianLakner, in German (but Google Translate does a reasonable job) https://t.co/U1YM8kWnxj
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) May 22, 2020
The EU farm to fork strategy targets a 50% reduction in antimicrobial use. While antimicrobial use was not included in @ConnieGrace16 work as part of @SmartGrass_IE we did record a 50% reduction in anthelmintic use with animals grazing multi species swards https://t.co/S57dt1uQZj pic.twitter.com/nY2lrOrrMS
— SMARTSWARD (@SMARTSWARD1) May 23, 2020
Multi-Actor Platforms are an integral part of our #SHERPA2020 project, bringing together science, society and policy actors. How to ensure a sustainable engagement within the platforms? Read the blog post by Elin Slatmo of @Nordregio 👉 https://t.co/bNRcTURywD#ruralinterfaces pic.twitter.com/VTf7zOdIC4
— Rural_interfaces (@ruralinterfaces) May 26, 2020
.@EP_Agriculture endorsed today recommendation of its coordinators to treat 4 May @EUAgri #EAFRD proposal as urgent. Draft EU law to allow use of #RuralDevEU funds to support farmers & agri-food SMEs hit by #COVID19 crisis should now be forwarded directly to 17-18 June #EPlenary
— AGRI Committee Press (@EP_Agriculture) May 26, 2020
Here's a handy timeline for the #EUFarm2Fork strategy pic.twitter.com/N3NCEXoC6w
— Steve Gillman (@SteGillman) May 28, 2020
The revised #MFF and #NextGenerationEU recovery package announced by the @EU_Commission include €55 billion of new funding for the #CohesionPolicy.
It's an important signal for what European solidarity will mean in post-#COVID19 context, writes @thorbxl. https://t.co/bRWfRTpK3p
— IEEP (@IEEP_eu) May 28, 2020
After being hit by severe cuts in 2018 CAP proposal, rural development is now gaining ground as it is considered key to delivering the Farm 2 Fork strategy targets. More on @EURACTIV:https://t.co/TzkJhiF9RP
— Gerardo Fortuna (@gerardofortuna) May 27, 2020
For decades, farmers and their advocates have warned us of the inherent weaknesses in our food system. Now, those weaknesses are laid bare: Big Ag has built a food system house of cards that is collapsing on the farmers who feed us. https://t.co/ycxXsmClgI #oped
— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) May 28, 2020