Ewa Smuk-Stratenwerth is co-founder of ZIARNO Ecological-Cultural Association and the Ecological Folk High School in Grzybów, ...
With the signing of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement this weekend, a spectre of the past comes back to haunt Europe’s ...
Can a system designed in Brussels and enforced from space truly understand the subtle, seasonal rhythms of rural life? Or ...
Minding mental health is an ever increasing challenge for rural communities, and especially farmers. It's a crisis ...
An appalling war on Ukraine has manifold impacts. The direct human cost is immense and incalculable. The impacts on the world’s agri-food trade and commodity systems will be huge. The 4 F’s – fuel, ...
A town sign with the logo of MHP, the biggest chicken-meat producer in Southeast Europe © Hans Wetzels If Ukraine joins the European Union, and the current Common ...
A well designed redistributive payment is an essential tool to reduce inequalities among CAP beneficiaries and farming systems. But as is often the case, the best design strongly depends on national ...
A number of hazardous pesticides which are banned in the EU are freely manufactured and exported to other countries with weaker regulations, putting human health and the environment at risk. The EU ...
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a policy of the European Union that mainly focuses on agriculture and the food system in each Member State. However, the CAP also has a decisive influence on ...
As the tractors roll back into the streets of Brussels and London, it feels an opportune moment to reflect on the state of food, farming and the environment across Europe, and to contemplate — at a ...
In the interests of transparency, ARC2020 is making available the European Commission’s draft regulation on NGTs – New Genomic Techniques. Also made available is the Impact Assessment which ...
Many British farmers are in a bad place. While there is some overlap with the struggles of farmers in the EU, for farmers in England, the move from farm income support via basic payments to a system ...