Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

Ireland Takes the EU Wheel: CAP Cash, Livestock Matters and Securing What Exactly?

Ireland’s EU Presidency promises to put food security, farming and fisheries centre-stage. But will it use its moment to ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

Leaked Livestock Strategy Bets on Technofixes & Pulls From Industry Playbook

You can have your cake and eat it too, according to a leaked version of the EU’s upcoming livestock strategy, which leans on ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

The EU just opened its doors to new GMOs – but you won’t know if they’re on your plate

After years of intense lobbying, negotiation, and semantic gymnastics, it’s official. Europe is set to open its farm gates ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020Opinion

A sad day for democracy and science

Yesterday the European Parliament voted to open farm gates – and by extension, our plates – to New Genetic Technologies (NGTs ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Letter From The Farm | Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm

The Ciasnocha Family Farm team from left to right: Mirosław, Krzysztof, Marian, Paweł and Mateusz Ciasnocha Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm – a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Impact of CAP Beyond the EU – A Closer Look on Soya Imports and Milk Product Exports

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 ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Letter From The Farm | The More-Than-Human Magic of Transhumance

The transhumance is a privileged moment between shepherd and animal, an experience like no other. Both parties know what is expected of them, coming together as a ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

CAP Social Conditionality: A Game Changer for Farm Workers?

As of 2020, an estimated 8.7 million people were reported to be employed in agriculture. However, when considering the entire unregulated workforce, the agricultural labor force is significantly ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Agroecology has a PR problem. Here’s how we can solve it.

How accessible are conversations around transition? As we at ARC2020 deepen our longstanding work to support agroecology and food sovereignty, with a focus this year on the right to food in our Rural ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Sustainable Food Systems Law – EU Food Policy Coalition’s Recommendations for a Meaningful Transition

As the European Commission prepares for the launch of its proposal on the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Legislative Framework in late September, the EU Food Policy Coalition has published a joint ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Who Owns the Agricultural Land in Denmark?

The spokesperson for agriculture from the left wing party ‘The Unity List’ Soeren Egge presents his thoughts on a State owned ‘Soil-fund’ Photo courtesy of Rasmus Blædel Larsen Wednesday the 29th of ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Can the CAP and Carbon Farming Coexist?

Carbon Farming, isn’t the CAP doing it already? All parameters of soils are deteriorating in the EU. Erosion, compaction, organic matter decline, pollution, loss of biodiversity and salinization are ...