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 New Farm to Fork Strategy: the Key Things Every European Needs to Know 29 May 2020 Last week, the European Commission published the long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy. The strategy, part of the European Green Deal – the most environmentally ambitious legislation proposal of the new Commission, which started its five-year term in December last year. The Strategy aims to make the European food system more sustainable across different dimensions and …
Slow Food: the Commission Takes a Promising Step Towards a Sustainable Europe 20 May 2020 Indre Anskaityte The Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies are the Opportunity to Transform Food Systems and to Protect the Environment It is on World Bee Day that the European Commission unveils the long-awaited Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies. Slow Food believes they represent the opportunity to set in motion the transformative change we need to …
