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“Pesticide Check Up” Campaign : 10 Key Facts on Pesticides

13 May 2022

The Good Food Good Farming coalition is launching the “Pesticide Check Up” campaign, to raise awareness about the risks and dangers of pesticides and to put pressure on European policy makers to commit to a drastic reduction of pesticides. As pesticides are high on Europe’s agenda this year, it is time to recall the facts …

Carlo Petrini and Olivier de Schutter Discuss the Future of Food in Europe

7 April 2022 Alice Poiron

On March 31, Slow Food Europe and IPES-Food hosted their first in-person event in Brussels since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out: a dialogue between Carlo Petrini, president of Slow Food, and Olivier de Schutter, co-chair of IPES-Food: “COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and rising food prices: how can we transform food systems in the face of constant …

The Farm to Fork Strategy is the Future of the EU Food System

16 March 2022

Since the war broke out in Ukraine, industrial lobby groups & conservative policy-makers have instrumentalized it to try rolling back the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. The EU Food Policy Coalition, of which Slow Food is an active member, reacted in an open letter to the European Commission. Our message? The Strategy is the only …

Civil Society Protests Against Agribusiness Greenwashing Over EU Food Policies

15 March 2022

On March 15, Slow Food joined other civil society and farmers’ organizations to protest against the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA), a greenwashing event to strengthen the influence of the chemical and agri-food industry in the design of public policies. We call on our European decision makers to listen to science and citizens, …

How Can Sustainable Food Procurement Help Reshaping Food Systems?

18 February 2022 Francisca Feiteira

Public food procurement — the process of providing food to public canteens, determines what thousands of people eat every day across Europe. Yet, its great power for the transformation of our food systems remains mostly untapped. Last week, Slow Food and other member organizations of the EU Food Policy Coalition published their common policy recommendations …

Animal Welfare: The EU Parliament Must Go Beyond the Interests of Farm Lobbies

18 February 2022

On February 15th, the European Parliament voted in favour of a disappointing and unambitious report on the welfare of animals on the farm, in total contradiction with its previous commitments to the defense of higher standards. On February 15th, the European Parliament voted in favour of a disappointing and unambitious report submitted by its Committee …

Why Attacks Against the EU Farm to Fork Strategy Completely Miss the Point

9 February 2022 Alice Poiron

Since its release, the EU Farm to Fork Strategy has been repeatedly attacked and questioned by industrial farm lobbies, a number of conservative MEPs, and agri-business firms, which the publication of two controversial “impact studies” has only kept fueling. But what they always omit to say, is that these studies are partial and incomplete. Two …

Live-Animal Transport in the EU Will Remain Inhumane

28 January 2022 Paola Nano

All hopes for an EU ban of long-distance live-animal transport and a reduction of intra-EU transport went down the drain last week. Despite the appalling conditions in which animals are currently transported, the EU Parliament voted a disappointing text, that still denies animals their right to be treated as sentient beings. A Disappointing Vote Last …

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. …