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....
View ArticleSeeds, New GMOs & Food Policy Councils – Diversity Event Comes to Dublin
The 12th Forum of the European Coordination of Let's Liberate Diversity, held in the Irish capital, drew over 100 participants from all over Europe and beyond, including Minister of State at the Irish...
View ArticleSustainable Food Systems cannot be postponed! – From the Marburg Gathering
Photo essay reporting back from the Marburg Rural Action Gathering in November. While the eagerly awaited Marburg Action Plan for Future-proof Food Systems is in the works, here's a glimpse into the...
View ArticleWe Can’t Eat Promises! Good Food Good Farming month culminates in Brussels...
"We can't eat promises!" - The slogan of the Good Food Good Farming protest for a better food system, which took place in Brussels on November 8, 2023. The protest was the culmination of the Good Food...
View ArticleMind The Gap! Sustainable Food Systems Need Intergenerational Cooperation
Generations have different perceptions of time. While the elder generation looks back at their achievements, failures and lessons learnt, the younger generation projects their ambitions into the future...
View ArticleWho will Deliver the Science and Research for a Sustainable Food System?
Who will deliver the science and research we need to support a sustainable food system? Currently, across Europe, we see that relevant R&D&E is done by an underfunded patchwork of institutions...
View ArticleRemote Control and Peasant Intelligence – excerpt
"Remote Control and Peasant Intelligence - on automating decisions, suppressing knowledges and transforming ways of knowing" takes a critical perspective on new developments in the farming sphere. It...
View ArticleFeeding Ourselves 2024 – Unpacking Protest, Agroecology and Local Food...
From March 21st - 24th, Feeding Ourselves is an opportunity for people and organisations working to strengthen local food economies and build a movement for agroecology, food sovereignty and rural...
View ArticleLand Grabbing is Back – This Time Risks are Even Greater
Fifteen years on from the ‘land rush’, a multi-pronged global land squeeze is forcing farmers and communities off the land – and Europe has a key role to play in fixing it. [...] The post Land Grabbing...
View ArticleOp-Ed – The Solution to Free Half of European Arable Land from Pesticides
In this op-ed, Annemarie Botzki of FoodWatch International makes the case, and outlines a vision, for how European farms can to exit pesticides, crop by crop. [...] The post Op-Ed – The Solution to...
View ArticleGermany | Communications for Sustainable Food Systems – Bringing everyone along
In Marburg, Germany kollektiv von MORGEN (the collective of TOMORROW) is working with food education activists and other food system stakeholders to develop regional communication strategies around...
View ArticleMarburg Food Dialogue – Putting more regional produce on the menu
How can restaurants serve more regional produce? A networking event at the Creativity and Social Innovation Hub Marburg (CIM) brought together local restaurant operators, suppliers, civil society...
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