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Choosing Good Food should not be this Complicated – a Vision for Improving EU Food Environments

13 October 2021 Madeleine Coste & Frank Mechielsen

[Originally published in Arc2020] The EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy won’t be realised unless policy goes beyond voluntary measures to gear food environments to promote truly sustainable diets. Participants in the EU Food Policy Coalition share their vision for improving food environments. Op-ed by Frank Mechielsen from Feedback Global and Madeleine Coste from Slow Food Europe. Food environments are …

The “Bees and Farmers” Tour Meets Pope Francis

14 September 2021 Alice Poiron

On September 8, representatives of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Save Bees and Farmers” met with Pope Francis in Rome, thus concluding their week-long “Bees and Farmers” tour in 8 different Italian cities, to promote the initiative to save pollinators, biodiversity and those who cultivate it. So far, 970,000 EU citizens have signed the ECI, …

Three Sessions on the Links Between Food and Climate

14 September 2021

The COP26 is right around the corner! As part of its Climate Action Initiative, Slow Food has concocted a tailor-made programme of three training sessions for you. Do you wish to know more about the climate crisis and the COP26? Are you eager to learn what Slow Food is doing to help tackle the climate …

Slow Food Europe’s Summer List

15 July 2021

Welcome to our summer list ! We have picked out the videos, podcasts and books that will inform and entertain you about food politics and the deep interconnections food has with our health and that of the planet. We hope they will help feed your reflection about the world you want to live in. Whether …

From the EU to the UN, Biodiversity Needs Agroecology

7 July 2021 Alice Poiron

Whilst Slow Food launches its global online campaign to promote the protection and restoration of biodiversity, the European Union continues to be incoherent in its approach to biodiversity and food policies. Ahead of the United Nations’ biodiversity summit, environmental discussions must acknowledge the central role that food and agriculture play in the fight against climate …

The CAP is Parting Ways with the EU Green Deal

28 June 2021 Yael Pantzer

Last week, the trilogue negotiations reached the finishing line of the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), that will remain in force until 2027 (entry into force in 2023). Early next year, National Strategic Plans will be approved, closing the curtain on the reform process. Representatives from the main European institutions, the Commission, …

EU Member States Show Support for the Deregulation of New GMOs

7 June 2021 Madeleine Coste & Alice Poiron

Last week, EU Member States welcomed the alarming Commission’s study on “New Genomic Techniques”, which suggests certain new GMOs to be exempt from rigorous safety assessments. Slow Food sees this disappointing conclusion as a proof of the EU’s resort to biotechnologies as a silver bullet for current food system problems and calls on the EU …

No Deal in Sight for a Green EU Farming Policy

2 June 2021 Yael Pantzer

From May 25 to 27, talks over the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) crumbled as Member States rejected the EU Parliament’s weak environmental plan as too green & those on labour rights as too strong, while the EU Commission pretended the new CAP was still in line with the EU Green Deal. Last …

Emilia Romagna on the Path Towards Cage-Free Farms

20 May 2021

The Commission for Economic Policies of the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Italy) has approved a resolution committing the Regional Council to support a transition towards cage-free animal farms that respect animal welfare. Slow Food welcomes this initiative and sees it as “an excellent start. But now is the time for a concrete framework of action: …

European Cities Pave the Way for Healthy, Fair and Sustainable Food Systems

13 May 2021

Slow Food is a proud partner of the Food Trails project, a four-year initiative that will enable the design of pilot activities in 11 European cities in order to help them co-create urban food policy. The goal is to empower communities, promote a zero-waste use of resources, promote environmentally friendly behavior change and ensure people have healthy …