Agriculture
The EU may be reopening rules on genetically modified food with serious implications for small farmers, consumers and the climate.
Read moreAn agricultural specialist reports on the ground with the Belgian farmers adopting agroecology, the sustainable techniques that let nature do the work.
Read moreA new investigation exposes how the CAP provides financial incentives for polluting farms to pursue harmful practices.
Read moreThe most popular – and the most poisonous – insecticides are bringing us to the brink of a pollination crisis as EU legislation falls short.
Read moreThe IPES-Food co-chair discusses CAP reform, agroecology, and how only an overhaul of the food system will make it sustainable.
Read moreMany EU policy-makers see precision agriculture as the answer to the question of food sustainability, but agroecology offers a genuinely sustainable solution already at hand.
Read moreAn interview with Green MEP Thomas Waitz on the EU’s post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, and on the way forward to a food system that works for consumers, farmers, and the planet.
Read moreBad for our health and bad for business – the Bayer-Monsanto merger threatens crop diversity around the world.
Read moreThe merger of chemical giant Bayer with Monsanto could concentrate food industry power to an unprecedented extent.
Read moreInstead of policy which pulls in different directions, Europe needs an integrated food policy that supports more local attempts at a sustainable and productive food system.
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