"Poverty and inequality are not accidents; they are predictable outcomes of policy choices: how we design tax systems, regulate labour markets, value care, structure public services and decide whose needs and whose voices matter." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Alongside 20 other organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals, @fern.org is calling on @ec.europa.eu to take urgent action to create healthier #FoodEnvironments across Europe. 1/3

"In perhaps the biggest change of all, for the first time in 130 years Denmark will not have an agriculture minister. In their place will be a minister for nature and animal welfare, with the agriculture portfolio split between that department and four others." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The UK government is planning to tighten its nutrient profiling model - which scores the healthiness of foods and determines which products can be promoted and advertised. The food industry is (expectedly) up in arms against this move, pretexting it will boost inflation. www.ft.com/content/a5b4...

🎉 Historic news from Denmark - and proof that change can happen when people organise 😉 After years of campaigning, the new government just committed to reshaping its farming system, away from its current intensive & polluting model. How? 🧵

Every food system/climate/animal rights/health advocate and activist who feels a bit down in the current gloomy political climate: please read this 👇 Change can happen - and it *will* if we keep fighting together. 💪

“When she was born in 2013, I felt more optimistic about the possibility of reducing emissions. Now I feel guilty about leaving her in this world [..], and guilty about having played a part in the changing climate. So it’s bleak.” @lisaschipper.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

« La course aux prix bas de l’alimentation ne fait pas disparaître les coûts. Elle les déplace ». Un nouveau rapport publié par @insidetrackuk.bsky.social dénonce un système où la course au prix bas empêche la transition environnementale et sociale. www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

Read their full contribution here 👇 #LivestockStrategy #ThinkFoodSystems foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...

As the "Livestock Workstream" meets today to advise @ec.europa.eu on the Strategy’s content, 17 organisations from the @eufpc.bsky.social have submitted their joint input.

The EU #LivestockStrategy will shape the future of farming. An opportunity for @ec.europa.eu to: 🧑‍🌾 support farmers in transition 🌍 cut pollution 🐄 end factory farming It's time for fair incomes, better animal welfare, healthier food, and a system that protects nature - the foundation of farming ⤵️

Why does a similar headline - encouraging Europeans to eat less but bettermeat (to reduce reliance on imported feed, support climate adaptation and mitigation, and improve public health) still seem completely unimaginable?

This meme would be funny if it weren’t pointing to a looming food price crisis… Fertiliser crisis? Boost supply, compensate farmers, repeat 🙄 Only by transforming #FoodSystems can we truly reduce dependence on fossil fuels and fertilisers - yet we keep repeating the same mistakes.

Haven’t been posting here for a while, but THIS👇 is spot on: “Releasing agriculture from the expectation of delivering evercheaper food is not abandoning food security. It is the only way to ensure food security in the long run.” 🎯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We can’t simply techno-fix our way out of the EU agrifood system’s climate impact. A systemic transition is needed. This is one of the key messages in today’s @esabcc.bsky.social report on climate and agriculture. climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/eus-agr...

In a new report released today, EU's top scientific advisers on climate set out a clear roadmap for reducing emissions from agriculture and ensuring EU's agri-food systems prepares for rising climate risks 👇 climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/eus-agr...

Family farmers and environmental organisations share far more common ground than is often acknowledged. In Croatia, they are standing together to oppose poultry megafarms owned by Ukrainian oligarchs. www.ouest-france.fr/economie/agr...

“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities. The capital of the Netherlands will prohibit both fossil fuel and meat adverts under the new measure.” www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...

#NatureCredits won’t save nature, they’ll commodify it. We can’t keep inviting markets to 'fix' what they helped destroy. The carbon credits fiasco is proof enough So why is the EU Commission pushing this? Read our 🆕 study with @rosaluxeu.bsky.social on the motivations & interest groups behind it👇

Who pockets the #CAP money? New @greenpeace.eu’s briefing shows that up to 40% of the EU public’s money spent on farm subsidies go to 1% of wealthy recipients. Not farmers who need it most. Time for change? www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

“Les consommateurs, eux aussi, devront accepter de payer leur alimentation plus cher.” Un des tabous auxquels les politiques refusent de s’attaquer (et nécessitant des politiques sociales fortes pour ceux qui n’ont pas le luxe de pouvoir choisir leur alimentation). www.viridarium.fr/news/et-si-l...

Sadly, this 👇 isn’t from a random site promoting keto. It’s the newly updated U.S. Dietary Guidelines food pyramid, the official advice on how Americans should eat. Deeply disconnected from what nutrition science actually shows…

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