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Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC20209d
The EU’s New Big Budget Bombshell – Here’s What We Know So Far
July is shaping up to be a blockbuster month for the EU agrifood sector. In a double-whammy move, the European Commission is ...
Opinion
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Op-Ed | “Non-Productive Trees” – Still A Bizarre Concept
With Europe’s forests under more pressure than ever to remove carbon and provide all manner of ecosystem services, is there such a thing as a non-productive tree? And what exactly is a high diversity ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC20203d
LEAK: CAP Crumbles as EU Eyes Radical Post-2027 Overhaul
The European Commission is preparing to tear up the architecture of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in what could set ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC20207d
The Rise of a New Grain Alliance – Germany’s Free Bakers Sow the Seeds of Change
A new idea is brewing in Germany, with the first seeds sown of a new alliance along the food value chain for cereals and ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC20208dOpinion
Op-Ed | From Declaration to Action – Rethinking Rural Power in EU Policymaking
Rural voices still seem to go unheard in EU policymaking. The Rural Pact Coordination Group proposes a new tool for rural ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC202013d
Crafting the Collective – Tijs Boelens’ Vision for a Farmer-Led Grain Revival
If we want local food systems to thrive, every link in the chain must be nurtured: seeds must be saved, farmers must earn a ...
Europe's Milk Crisis4y
Letter From The Farm | Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm
Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm - a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta of northern Poland. In his first Letter From The Farm, Mateusz Ciasnocha walks us through what's involved ...
Europe's Milk Crisis2y
Czech CAP Strategic Plan - Agricultural and Rural Convention
The Czech CAP Stragic Plan has now been approved by the European Commission. Agricultural associations had been protesting against the proposed 23% share of direct payments. Terezie Daňková, a Czech ...
Europe's Milk Crisis2y
Op-ed | The Bizarre Concept of “Non-Productive Trees”
Ahead of tomorrow's vote on the Nature Restoration Law at the Environment Committee in the European Parliament, the European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF) is calling for amendments to the proposal.
Europe's Milk Crisis2y
The German CAP Strategic Plan: The Ambition has yet to Come
The German CAP Strategic Plan has the potential for an ambitious CAP 2023 to 2027. While the debate on the next CAP post-2027 is already starting, in this article we argue that the German government ...
Europe's Milk Crisis2y
Feeding Ourselves 2023 – Building Bridges for Rural Resilience
ARC2020’s Rural Resilience project explores the possibilities for Europe’s territories to become more resilient from the ground up, so we were keen to visit Ireland in March 2023 to support the ...
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The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming – The ...
Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement. After soil to bread in Portugal, the Seeds4All ...