EU food policy - Slow Food International

400.000+ Europeans Oppose Agro-industry’s Push for Deregulating New GMOs

13 February 2023

On February 7, a coalition of 50+ organisations from 17 EU member states today delivered a petition to the European Commission demanding to keep the new generation of genetically modified organisms ‘regulated and labelled’. The petition ran from April to November 2022 and received 420.000 signatures. New genetically modified organisms (GMOs) like CRISPR/CAS, are not technically …

EU Food Policies: What’s Cooking in 2023?

18 January 2023

In 2023, Slow Food Europe remains true to its commitment: advocating for Good, Clean and Fair food for all across the continent. Below is a sneak peek of what’s hot on the EU agenda for food policies which will keep our team busy this year. A proposal for a new European Law for Sustainability …

Seven Propositions For Better Food in EU Public Canteens

13 October 2022

The European Food Policy Coalition, of which Slow Food is an active member, is launching its Farm to Fork Procurement Manifesto with seven actionable propositions for establishing minimum standards for public canteens in Europe, targeted at the European Commission and the EU Member States as well as regional and local public authorities. European public canteens, …

Solving the “Urban Paradox”: the Food Trails Projects Meets in the Netherlands

15 July 2022 Francisca Feiteira

Last month, Slow Food Europe met up with all 18 partners of the Food Trails Project for the mid-year 2 partner meeting, in Almere – a city 30 minutes away from Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Why there? This year, the city of Almere is hosting the Floriade Expo 2022 whose theme is: “Growing Green Cities”, …

Glyphosate Has No Place in the Future of EU Agriculture

30 June 2022

Glyphosate continues to be subject of much controversy, and the sensitive debates surrounding the process of renewal of its license in Europe are turbulent. As the European Commission has just again reiterated its commitment to halving pesticide use and risk by 2030 in the European Union (EU), we take a closer look at the latest …

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 …

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 …