By 2050, climate change could push food prices up 20%. Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production. #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness #EUAgriFoodDays

Market concentration in #foodsystems is deepening, with serious consequences for farmers, consumers & food access. #BigAg monopolies drive up costs, limit choice, weaken farmer autonomy, & leave food systems exposed to shocks. Break them up. #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness

@eurovia.org’s M. Courgeau nails it: the fact that parts of the population struggle to afford food is not a reason to keep racing toward ever-cheaper food. We need strong social policies, transformed #FoodEnvironments and public procurement to make sustainable food accessible to all. #EUAgriFoodDays

@greenpeace.eu’s Marco Contiero denounces the lack of political will to pursue a true #FoodSystem transformation. Rolling back environmental protections will hurt farmers, who need stability, a clear direction of travel, and fair remuneration for their work. #EUAgriFoodDays

“The agroecological transition is not a choice”, @eurovia.org’s Mathieu Courgeau tells #EUAgriFoodDays. Farmers want fair prices, policy coherence (trade), a long-term perspective - yet political responses are moving in the opposite direction, with deregulation bringing uncertainty.

“Love it, leave it, or change it.” Fairebel was born out of some Belgian dairy farmers’ frustration with the CAP and their determination to earn a fair income from their work. Today, FairCoop’s President shares this success story of fair remuneration with the #EUAgriFoodDays audience.

At #EUAgriFoodDays, MEP Elsi Katainen reflects on the post-2027 CAP proposal and what it means for farm subsidies, and flags the upcoming review of the #UTP Directive (Unfair Trading Practices) as a key priority to ensure farmers get fair and remunerative prices from the market.

As #EUAgriFoodDays kick off, the moderator asks people to raise their hands by sector - but forgets to ask who’s from civil society… 🙃

A coalition of leading scientists calls on the @ec.europa.eu to improve the protection of the environment, biodiversity and citizens' health against harmful #pesticides. They ask the Commission to drop the idea of weakening the pesticide regulation. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

What a ridiculous waste of everyone's time. The world is literally on fire and this is what gets attention and resources??

"There’s been this incredible increase in rates of NCDs. There’s no single factor there … but the evidence is very clear that increasing exposure to hundreds, maybe even thousands of manufactured chemicals is a very important cause of disease in kids.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And @greenpeace.eu also has insightful data about how industrial agriculture is diverting food away from people 👇 #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness #EUAgriFoodDays www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

Check out this report by @ciwf.eu to read more about it: www.ciwf.org/media/3bcflr... #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness

Industrial agriculture consumes most of our food, while millions go hungry in Europe. Most EU farmland isn’t supporting people - it’s feeding factory farms. That’s land we need to grow real food and nourish communities. #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness bit.ly/4pZElHQ

🚨Industrial agriculture consumes most of our food, while millions go hungry in Europe. Most EU farmland isn’t supporting people - it’s feeding factory farms. That’s land we need to grow real food and nourish communities. #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness

Updated Dutch eating guidelines advise more legumes 🫘 🫛 and less meat (less than 200g red meat/week). The Dutch Health Council said a more plant-based and less animal-based diet is better for health and benefits the environment. #PutChangeOnTheMenu www.healthcouncil.nl/documents/20...

Excellent to see @socialistsanddemocrats.eu pushing back against the European Commission’s plans to dismantle protections for people and the environment from pesticides. 👇 The question is: will the Commission listen?

« L’expression "limiter les produits ultra-transformés" a été retirée à la demande expresse du ministère de l'Agriculture — tandis que ceux de la Santé et de la Transition écologique ont tenté, en vain, d'en empêcher l'effacement. » @mdups.bsky.social www.franceinfo.fr/sante/alimen...

“The gap between producer and consumer prices is widening”. “Average profit margins of retailers and manufacturers have been rising for over ten years.” Key findings (warnings?) from a report published yesterday by the 🇩🇪 Monopoly Commission. #FairFoodChain www.monopolkommission.de/en/reports/s...

Not only do fast-growing broiler chicken suffer many welfare issues, but consumers buying such meat are paying water for the price of protein. Good that the Commission is rejecting calls to weaken rules that protect systems better for animals and consumer wallets. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

Seeing as they've *already* evacuated all the fossil fuel and industrial agriculture lobbyists, maybe best to just not let them back in? #COP30

🚨Worrying news in Brussels. The EU Commission is proposing to quietly slash Europe’s vital #pesticide safety laws – granting unlimited approvals & sidelining independent science. This puts nature, workers safety & people's health at risk – just when stronger protections are needed. #FoodSafety

« La vérité est que la malbouffe, au travers des maladies qu’elle provoque, détruit davantage de valeur qu’elle n’en crée pour la société, et qu’il est temps d’arrêter les frais. » 🎯 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

I agree. Future generations will ask us what we did.

📢 Alarm Bells: Unlimited Pesticides 📢 An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans. A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷 Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️

When will the dismantling of our laws stop? First environmental and social protections, now rules that protect our privacy online. Is the EU so weak that it needs to give in to every single request of US big tech companies? www.beuc.eu/press-releas...

This is so SPOT ON!

They call for: 🌾 Fair farmer income support 🌱 Create the economic conditions for the agroecological (e.g., organic) transition 🚜 Make farming attractive 🌿 Invest in ecosystems and support farmers in the transition ❌ End harmful subsidies 💶 EU budget that delivers on public goals #MakeCAPWork 2/2

🌱 As #AGRIFISH meets today to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy, 30+ organisations — representing farmers, civil society & national coalitions — publish joint recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature, climate & farm animals. ✍️👉 bit.ly/4pfSRe6 1/2

Diets evolve faster than we think. In the UK, a long-running survey has tracked what families buy each week since 1940. The latest results reveal massive shifts in just three generations — and debunk the idea that our diets are purely cultural and unchangeable. www.gov.uk/government/n...

« Depuis octobre 2024, [Danone] rémunère [l’influenceuse Jessie Inchauspé] pour faire partie de son «Conseil pour la santé intestinale». Combien ? «Cette information est privée», réplique un des porte-parole de Glucose Goddess. » www.liberation.fr/societe/sant...

« Si les habitants tentent de "résister" en soutenant l'agriculture familiale, minoritaire, il leur devient difficile de lutter contre l'avancée du soja. D'autant qu'ils sont entourés d'exploitations qui utilisent massivement les pesticides. » www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...

Diplomatically unprecedented. The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.

"The problem isn’t a collapse in public support [for climate action] — it is the growing disconnect between people and politics, which is being fueled by powerful interests & misinformation" write Laurence Tubiana et al #COP30 #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org 1/2 www.politico.eu/article/cop3...

“Behind the scenes, food and farming corporations [..] are promoting a set of actions to tackle global warming that leave their business models intact — or better still, require public investment.” (think e.g. push for flawed climate warming metrics and techno-fixes) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...

Climate change is not just an environmental issue 🌍 — it’s a health issue ❤️‍🩹 Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases. #climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience

Yet more special treatment for the wine industry: no debate allowed on the new 🍷 package? 🙄 I’ve been in meetings where the industry has woefully complained young people aren’t drinking enough 🍷. Why do we need these interventions to prop it up though? ‘Let the market decide’..unless it’s wine 🫠

On health, as on environment, the intensive farming lobby is at the forefront of dismantling EU democracy.

“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.” euobserver.com/eu-political...

S. Le Foll: «Les céréales, en deux ans, ont perdu 35 % en termes de prix. Faudrait-il produire 35 % de céréales de plus pour compenser [..] ? C’est impossible. Il faut donc une régulation [..] pour combiner les grands enjeux économiques avec ceux environnementaux» www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...

“The commission is considering giving a one-year “grace period” to companies breaching the rules on the highest-risk AI” (= systems that pose serious risks to health, safety or fundamental rights). How far will the EU Executive go in pleasing Trump and Big Tech? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Definitely not the most uplifting podcast for the weekend 😬, but a very insightful listen for those concerned about how rapidly reactionary and far-right ideas are spreading across Europe. From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social euscream.com/ep-107-shame...

Joining many of our participating organisations, we're proud to support the collective effort behind the European Citizens' Initiative #GoodFoodForAll! Starting 7/01/2026, we'll have one year to collect over one million signatures from EU citizens. Let's rise to the challenge!💪 www.goodfoodforall.eu

So the EP Agri committee, so adamant that consumers would be confused by labels saying VeggyBurger or Vegeterian sausage, have voted to allow booze producers to replace health indications with a QR code Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.

New report finds current Dutch agricultural system has *costs* society €5.3 bn each year 😱 By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.

New report finds current Dutch agricultural system has *costs* society €5.3 bn each year 😱 By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.

In a new report released today by @insidetrackuk.bsky.social, UK food industry insiders expose how companies’ and supermarkets’ commercial strategies on #MeatAndDairy are at odds with their public commitments on health, sustainability and animal welfare. www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/insider...

“The most prevalent misinformation themes promoted by these accounts included carnivore and meat-based diets, general wellness misinformation and low-carb or ketogenic eating.” rootedresearch.co/publications...

#COP21 As part of their national emission reduction plans submitted under the #ParisAgreement, very few countries foresee action on diets. Yet, on top of boosting people’s health and wellbeing, healthier diets could significantly bring emissions from #FoodSystems down… A missed opportunity!