The ‘Good Food Good Farming’ Movement Campaigns for a Better EU Food System 30 May 2023 The Good Food Good Farming (GFGF) movement, of which Slow Food is an active member, is launching a campaign to defend and promote the urgent need for Europe to transition towards sustainable food systems. Next September, the European Commission will propose a Sustainable Food systems Law, which could be a game-changer for the future of European …
Three hundred Organisations Call on EU Commission to Keep New GMOs Strictly Regulated 17 May 2023 Slow Food and many other civil society organisations wrote an open letter to Frans Timmermans, Vice President of the European Commission, urging him to keep new GMOs regulated. The letter was signed by 300 organisations, and states: “We conclude that the best way is to maintain the current legal system for all generations of GMOs …
Slow Food’s Recipe for Good, Clean and Fair Food Systems 17 May 2023 As the European Commission is gearing up for the release of its legislative proposal on a “Sustainable Food Systems Law” (expected next September), Slow Food released a new position paper to share its vision on how to swiftly create resilient systems for sustainable and healthy food. We sum it up for you in this article. …
WANTED: Agroecology Policy Officer for EU Advocacy 21 April 2023 Slow Food is looking for a full-time Agroecology Policy Officer for the Slow Food office in Brussels Job experience: 1-3 years Job location: Brussels (Rue de l’Industrie 10), occasional travel required. Start: June 2023 ABOUT Slow Food is a global grassroots organization that envisions a world in which all people can access and …
How Cities Can Make Healthy and Sustainable Food the Easy Choice 12 April 2023 Francisca Feiteira Cities have the power to directly improve what their citizens put on their plate. They should use it to make healthy and sustainable food the obvious and easy choice. Every day, we make decisions about food: what food to pick, where to buy it, where to cook it and when, where and with whom to …
10 Policy Solutions for Better Food & Better Health 7 April 2023 In this article, we identify 10 policy solutions that the European Union should implement to support everyone’s access to healthy and sustainable food. Our food production model drives unhealthy choices leading to poor diets. This becomes clear when walking down any supermarket aisle: the shelves are filled with over-packaged food imported from all over the …
European Commission Answers to ECI “Save Bees and Farmers”: It is Far From Over 5 April 2023 [This collective statement was originally published on Pan Europe’s website] Today the European Commission presented their formal reply to the 1,1 million citizens who signed the European Citizens Initiative “Save Bees and Farmers”. They welcome the initiative as a clear sign of broad public support for action for pollinators, biodiversity and sustainable farming. They urge …
5 Tips to Fight Against Pesticides 31 March 2023 When you buy food, pesticides are unavoidable. However, the means exist to reduce their presence as much as possible, since even small amounts can build up in your body over time. In this article, we have compiled 5 tips to help you reduce the pesticide residue in your food both while shopping and at home. …
Several National Environment Ministers Call for a Strict Regulation of New GMOs 17 March 2023 On 16th March, the potential deregulation of new GMOs in the EU was discussed during the Council meeting of environment ministers. The point was brought forward by the Austrian environment minister Leonore Gewessler. This discussion is very timely as the European Commission is expected to make a proposal for new rules concerning new GMOs, or …
400.000+ Europeans Oppose Agro-industry’s Push for Deregulating New GMOs 13 February 2023 On February 7, a coalition of 50+ organisations from 17 EU member states today delivered a petition to the European Commission demanding to keep the new generation of genetically modified organisms ‘regulated and labelled’. The petition ran from April to November 2022 and received 420.000 signatures. New genetically modified organisms (GMOs) like CRISPR/CAS, are not technically …
