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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. …

The Common Agricultural Policy Keeping Ambitions High in Europe

26 November 2020 Alice Poiron

On November 24, Slow Food hosted an online event “The Common Agricultural Policy: Keeping Ambition High in Europe”, with representatives from the European Commission (Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development), from the German and Italian Ministries of Agriculture, as well as farmers and experts from the Slow Food network in Italy and Germany. The …

Good Food Good Farming Action Days for Better Food and Agricultural Policies in Europe

23 October 2020 Yael Pantzer & Alice Poiron

For the third year in a row, Slow Food Europe joins the European Days of Action for Good Food Good Farming, which are taking place across Europe during all of October. For the occasion, Slow Food networks have organized over 15 events across European countries to promote agrobiodiversity and discuss environment and climate friendly agriculture …

Time for a Real Paradigm Shift

20 October 2020

As the Common Agricultural Policy is entering its final voting phase, Francesco Sottile, shares his thoughts on the EU Green Deal, and highlights the importance of a fair, green, and sustainable Common Agricultural Policy. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when everything seemed dark and uncertain, a ray of light broke through the European …

Millions of European citizens are calling for a CAP aligned with the Green Deal

2 October 2020

30 EU civil society organizations and 250 organizations working in a coalition in seven member states have written to the leaders of the EU institutions to denounce the imbalance between the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the objectives of the European Green Deal. The signatories of the joint …

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 …

EU’s Common Agricultural Policy: Key Things You Should Know

24 June 2020 Indre Anskaityte, Yael Pantzer

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest EU’s policies. After more than a decade of post-World War II food shortages and hunger, it was introduced in 1962 to increase agricultural production, ensure food security, protect farmers’ quality of life and stabilize markets while maintaining reasonable prices for consumers. Today, the CAP amounts …

Civil Society Demands the CAP that Supports Sustainable Farming

16 June 2020

Ahead of the final vote on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a broad coalition of civil society organizations calls on the European Parliament to reshape the EU’s agricultural policy and to make it more sustainable. Between 2005 and 2013 the EU lost 3.7 million farms – a drop of 26%. These numbers, first and …

European NGOs Demand the CAP that is Good for Animal Welfare and Human Health

9 June 2020

While the negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are underway, the European Court of Auditors published its report, criticizing the CAP efforts to protect farmland biodiversity. A broad coalition of European civil society organizations calls on the European Parliament to reshape the EU’s agricultural policy for nature and biodiversity, for resilient food systems and …

Amid the CAP Negotiations European NGOs Put Pressure on the EU Decision-Makers

19 May 2020

Despite the chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are ongoing. The final vote on the new CAP is expected to be held in Autumn, and it will determine the EU’s agricultural policies for the upcoming seven years. The uncertainty posed by the global pandemic has already affected …