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.
European University Institute @EuropeanUni have produced a great volume of essays on the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, I am pleased to have a contribution on role of the CAP in the EU budget, free to read https://t.co/vDt5xOWRZM @BrigidLaffan
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) December 3, 2020
Starting now: @Europarl_EN's Agri Committee hearing about @INRAE_France study on alignment between #FutureOfCAP and #EUGreenDeal.
Spoiler: as @Green_Europe and others warned, researchers found @EU_Commission CAP proposals fall far short.
Watch here:https://t.co/bhkrtMm0Cx
— Celia Nyssens (@CeliaNysss) November 30, 2020
Briefing paper by @ClientEarth "Why negotiations on the CAP and the EU budget are jeopardising the green transition of EU agriculture" https://t.co/TDwomZzxk2
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) December 1, 2020
European #pesticide legislation is currently failing to fully protect health of European citizens & environment. What has happened to what was widely promoted as one of most stringent pesticide legislative frameworks in the world?
🔗 More in our blog: https://t.co/qMg4dKn1BK pic.twitter.com/JxXzJjZs7F— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) December 1, 2020
New survey: 77% of German citizens want pesticide-free agriculture. With EU pesticide directive revision starting today, we call on @EU2020DE @JuliaKloeckner to:
🐸Admit responsability in biodiversity crisis,
🐞Embrace #EUGreenDeal & Integrated Pest Mgt as cost-efficient solution pic.twitter.com/VVDfw6kbdG— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) November 27, 2020
Recommendations with regard to #CAP Strategic Plans that look at economic, environmental & societal sustainability, through the nine objectives of #FutureofCAP, will pay specific attention to the objectives of #EUGreenDeal. https://t.co/0JkdO48TWe
— Janusz Wojciechowski (@jwojc) December 1, 2020
A federal judge has rejected Bayer AG’s proposed $648 million settlement of class-action litigation by cities and other claimants over contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, made by the former #Monsanto. https://t.co/LTG4mws52M @Reuters
— EHN (@EnvirHealthNews) December 1, 2020
Were you looking for a map of every known agroforestry site in Europe? I wasn't, but I'm still glad to find it. https://t.co/UZ7qx1FlUp
— Markus Eichhorn (@markus_eichhorn) December 1, 2020
And we're off – @KathleenStokes introducing @mapalljohn and his work on @iHabiMap, Smart Bogs, and the metric tonne of other research on earth observation and peatlands that John is involved in! pic.twitter.com/4GqGefkCdF
— TCD Geography (@TCD_Geography) December 2, 2020
Cultured meat, produced from chicken cells in bioreactors without the slaughter of an animal, has been approved for sale by a regulatory authority for the first time in Singapore, seen as a landmark moment across the meat industry https://t.co/fXUWX453XZ
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) December 2, 2020
Agriculture ministers @McConalogue István Nagy @DavidClarinval & Desislava Taneva @BG_MAFF, you must review your position on #bee toxic #pesticides: ban sulfoxaflor and flupyradifurone in the EU to protect pollinators 🐝 https://t.co/9UICFuT2b7
— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) December 2, 2020
my latest blog. Farming after Brexit: Golden Age or Great Betrayal? https://t.co/K54TUn6yYe
— Miles King (@MilesKing10) December 3, 2020
Banning live export of animals for fattening and slaughter and limiting distance animals can travel in UK is important step forward for #animalwelfare but highlights the critical need to support and strengthen the UK’s local abattoir network @CAbattoirs https://t.co/D00xG7G1UI
— SusFoodTrust (@SusFoodTrust) December 3, 2020
" It notes @vonderleyen commitment laid in flagship #foodpolicy #FarmtoFork, to reduce by 50% use of & risk from #pesticides by 2030, @EUOmbudsmanEOR expects @EU_Commission will follow up satisfactorily on her suggestions”. https://t.co/Y7ULnSsdqf by @NatashaFoote
— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) December 3, 2020
— Guy Pe'er (@GuyPeer3) December 2, 2020
We made three suggestions to @EU_Commission to improve approval process of ‘active substances’ in pesticides:
– Approve only for uses deemed safe by @EFSA_EU
– Explain decisions in clear language
– Further limit use of the 'confirmatory data procedure'https://t.co/jhbtcmHkj6 pic.twitter.com/IvdKFSt3Uf— European Ombudsman (@EUombudsman) December 2, 2020