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EU civil society to von der Leyen: No Further Derogations from the Environmental Obligations of the CAP

12 June 2023

Civil society organizations, Slow Food included, wrote an open letter to Ursula von der Leyen, calling for the continuation of the Green Deal. The letter was signed by over 100 organisations, and states: “Ensuring a sustainable future for Europe’s farmers and European food security requires a Common Agricultural Policy that is consistent with the objectives …

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 …

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, …

Nature Needs Agroecology

12 May 2021 Francesco Sottile

Francesco Sottile, agronomist and member of Slow Food Italy’s Executive Board, comments on the paradoxes between the urgent need for sustainable agriculture, and the reality of what is happening in negotiations rooms and in the fields. This is without doubt a complex period for the planet’s agriculture, a period in which the hiatus between what …

CAP: The Top European Institutions Meet to Decide

25 March 2021

Ahead of the “Super Trilogue” negotiations on March 26, 41 civil society organisations wrote an open letter to the European institutions, asking for an ambitious, green and fair reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. Prologue On October 23, 2020, the European Parliament decreed a major defeat for biodiversity, the climate, and environmentally friendly farming. The …

Slow Food Europe Joins the European Days of Action for Good Food Good Farming with More than 10 Events

21 September 2020 MADELEINE COSTE AND YAEL PANTZER

For the third year in a row, Slow Food Europe is among the coordinators of the Good Food Good Farming Campaign, which takes place across Europe during the month of October. Joining forces with hundreds of European organizations Slow Food members will use grassroots events to put pressure on political decision-makers to implement food and …