07.03.2024
The New Green Gold 

Poor harvests are raising olive oil’s market value. Solutions to its reduced production lie in structural policies encompassing climate action.

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13.02.2024
No Food Without Farmers, No Farmers Without Nature

National governments and EU institutions are rushing to appease farmers. But are the solutions offered what the sector really needs?

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26.01.2024
The Alchemists of Ludwigshafen: Conjuring Food Out of Air and Coal 

Artificial fertilisers revolutionised human nutrition. But new food technologies also have unforeseen consequences. 

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17.01.2024
Peace to the Plates! War on the Animals!

Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war.

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09.01.2024
Ukraine: Still Europe’s Breadbasket 

Despite the disruptions to the European grain market caused by the war, Ukraine remains one of the world’s leading grain exporters.

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05.01.2024
In Search of Temporal Ecology

Self-managed peasant collectives promise a more fulfilling way of organising living and work rhythms. But rural life is not without constraints.

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21.12.2023
Feeding People or the Agroindustry?  

The EU Parliament blocked legislation to reduce pesticide use in agriculture. Behind alleged concerns over food safety lie the interests of the agrochemical industry.

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07.12.2023
Who Represents Farmers?  

Europe’s biggest farming lobby, together with the EPP, opposes any policy inimical to the interests of large landowners.

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26.10.2023
Can Agriculture and Biodiversity Coexist? 

Some claim that higher agricultural productivity is necessary to protect biodiversity. But such an approach can be counterproductive.

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13.06.2023
Nitrogen Wars: How the Netherlands Hit the Limits to Growth

Food expert Jeroen Candel on the farmers’ protests that have reshaped Dutch politics.

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