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The Farm to Fork Strategy is the Future of the EU Food System

16 March 2022

Since the war broke out in Ukraine, industrial lobby groups & conservative policy-makers have instrumentalized it to try rolling back the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. The EU Food Policy Coalition, of which Slow Food is an active member, reacted in an open letter to the European Commission. Our message? The Strategy is the only …

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 …

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 …

New Policy Brief: What do the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food?

22 February 2021 Alice Poiron

A brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food” Slow Food Europe has published a brand-new Policy Brief titled “What do the new EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies mean for Slow Food”. The document, available in English, German, French, and Italian, gives an in-depth analysis …

Reality Check: Can the EU Meet Its Pesticide Reduction Targets?

10 August 2020 Indre Anskaityte, Madeleine Coste

Despite the European Union recently launching the new Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies with a set of ambitious pesticide reduction targets, a real prospect for change remains vague as, until now, the EU has been failing to meet its commitments in terms of pesticide use. A recent report by the European Court of Auditors …

Slow Food Brings Farmers and EU Officials to Discuss How to Make EU Strategies Work in the Fields

30 June 2020 Indre Anskaityte

With the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies finally out, Slow Food Europe organized an online roundtable discussion on how these strategies can drive the transition towards sustainable and agrobiodiverse farming. Slow Food wishes to contribute to reaching the goals outlined in the strategies and believes this can only be done by engaging in …

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 …