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Slow Food EU’s Impact in 2021: Let’s Rewind!

15 December 2021

Every day, Slow Food Europe advocates for Good, Clean and Fair Food for All on the EU stage, and it pays off! 2021 was an eventful year for EU food policies! Two major battles were won in the EU institutional arena: the European Commission committed to take actions towards a ban of cages for farmed …

Pesticides in the EU: A Creeping Costly Venom

14 December 2021 Alice Poiron

In November, three organizations, Pollinis, Le Basic and Terre Solidaire jointly published a shocking study about the hidden socio-economical costs of pesticides, where we learn that the European Union is one of the biggest consumer of pesticides in the world. This publication adds to the long list of recent controversies regarding pesticides in the EU. …

The EU Dedicates a Conference to the Future of Animal Welfare

10 December 2021 Yael Pantzer & Alice Poiron

The ball is slowly starting to roll in the world of EU animal welfare legislation! On December 9, the EU Commission gathered stakeholders from various backgrounds for a one-day conference on the future of animal welfare in Europe, where Jacopo Goracci, coordinator of Slow Food Razza Maremmana Presidium in Tuscany, Italy, bring the voice of small-scale agroecological …

World Soil Day: a Reason to Celebrate

5 December 2021 Marta Messa

On December 5th,we celebrate World Soil Day, and this year we have one more reason to do so: the EU soil strategy. A document by the European Commission might not sound like a game changer, but it has the potential to be one. With a combination of new voluntary and legally binding measures, the strategy …

The New CAP is a Failure for Citizens, Farmers and Nature

26 November 2021 Yael Pantzer

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) does not adequately address the urgent problems of climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the lack of fairness in the distribution of subsidies. Rather, it favors an industrial agricultural model that rewards hectares over sustainable practices: the larger the plot of land, the higher the reward. …

Slow Food Networks Mobilize for Good Food and Farming in Europe

18 November 2021 Yael Pantzer

For the fourth year in a row, Slow Food Europe joined the European Days of Action for Good Food Good Farming, which took place across Europe last October. For the occasion, Slow Food networks organized over 30 events in many European countries to promote agrobiodiversity and discuss environmentally- and climate-friendly agriculture and food practices. 2021 …

Food Trails Project: Enhancing Cities’ Role for Sustainable Food Systems

4 November 2021 Yael Pantzer

The Food Trails Project is one year old! On this occasion, all partners met up in Barcelona to discuss their action plan for urban food policy and citizen engagement. One year from the start of the Food Trails project, Slow Food finally met up with all 18 partners in Barcelona, during the Milan Urban Food …

Slow Food Netherlands Asks Municipalities to Put Food on their Agenda

3 November 2021

Slow Food Netherlands wants food to acquire a prominent position on the programs of political parties, ahead of the Dutch municipal elections in March 2022. Slow Food Netherlands calls on all parties to become more ambitious when it comes to the theme of food. For this purpose, their political group has drafted a set …

EU Parliament Gives the Green Light to the Farm to Fork Strategy

26 October 2021

Slow Food welcomes the European Parliament’s vote in favour of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, in spite of repeted corporate attempts to water it down over the past months. By doing so, the Parliament shows strong commitment to the transition to sustainable food systems. On October 19, the European Parliament adopted its Opinion report …

Civil society is Carefully Eyeing EU decision Makers on the Renewal of Glyphosate

18 October 2021 Alice Poiron

On October 13, several civil society organizations including Slow Food Europe, Slow Food Italy, and Slow Food Germany, sent an open letter to Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, to express their concerns about the current renewal process of glyphosate. The signatories are particularly worried about the credibility of the studies that …