The Organic Farm Knowledge platform (organic-farmknowledge.org) provides access to a wide range of tools and resources about organic farming that can help improve production. We are pleased to share this month’s newsletter with you. We look forward to sharing more news with you in June.

On 15 June the European Parliament’s Environment Committee will vote on their report on the Nature Restoration Law. Organic farmers very much contest the unjustified opposition the legislation has faced over the past months and object the constructed narrative that the Nature Restoration Law would threaten food security, or that...

TP Organics Newsletter - June 2023

The CORE Organic Pleiades is an international network of 43 partners in 27 countries/regions, that joins forces to fund transnational research projects within the area of organic food and farming. The network is implemented under the Horizon Europe project OrganicTargets4EU. The CORE Organic Pleiades network period began on 1 September 2022 and...

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to announce a new operational structure intended to strengthen our research, delivery, and scaling collaborations with partners on evidence-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. The updated structure also facilitates cross-CGIAR collaboration in line with...

In this second edition of the Agroecology TPP newsletter, we want to take a moment to reflect on a major milestone – namely, the first Agroecology TPP’s All Members’ Forum meeting, which was held in Montpellier, France and online on 22-23 February. Due to a number of COVID-19-related restrictions experienced over...

It never ceases to amaze me why it’s so difficult to buy locally produced food that is tasty, seasonal, fresh and chemical-free directly from farmers. Why do government policies and programmes always seem to favour big agro-business and supermarket culture? It’s Thursday. I’m on my way to collect this week’s...

Le projet agro-écologique en France. Articles, nouvelles et événements relatifs à l'agro-écologie et à ses pratiques en France

Agroecology Europe (AEEU), the European association promoting agroecology as a set of practices, a science and a movement across Europe welcomes the Commission’s COM(2023) 416 Proposal for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience published on the 5th of July 2023.  The Soil Monitoring Law (SML) marks a positive starting point for...

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems are presented as a feasible alternative to increase water resources for agricultural use. However, the installation of these systems in farmers’ holdings is very limited. It is necessary to know the opinions and attitudes of farmers towards these systems to develop specific measures that respond to...

On 14-15 March 2023, 80 participants from across Europe met at the EU CAP Network workshop in Bologna, Italy, to discuss how to enhance food security under changing weather patterns. The workshop focused on exchanging knowledge and sharing innovative, inspirational practices and approaches that support farmers in adapting to changing...

The young people interviewed often reported being unable to afford sustainable food due to their limited budget. The difference in prices between sustainable and unsustainable food often pushed young people to buy the cheapest food available, resulting in unsustainable food consumption. Several participants expressed that high prices represented one of...

Farming regions in Europe, particularly in the South, are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change due to factors such as drought, extreme weather events, and desertification, with severe consequences for food security and food sovereignty. Additionally, decades of rural mismanagement have left countless of these farming territories severely depressed...

Back in March 2022, and following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the conservative branch of the EU parliament and agricultural ministers started to build on their narrative of at-risk food security in the EU. This narrative, pushed by COPA-COGECA for weeks, ended up in a communication by the EU Commission and...

In the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, aquaculture plays a major role in achieving food security and can deliver many socioeconomic benefits and help to maintain or increase production of aquatic foods while ensuring wild stocks are fished within their maximum sustainable yield. Given the importance of this sector and...

The position paper represents a real milestone and provides for a guide that has been expected from many organic stakeholders within and outside the EU. With this position paper we aim to make it widely recognized that organic production is performed in a contaminated world with the omnipresence of pesticides...

ATTER (Agroecological Transition of TERritorial food systems) is an EU-funded project for scaling up agroecological transitions for territorial food systems through cross-case studies, relying on 16 territorial case studies anchored in five countries (France, Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil and USA) and 18 participating organisations. 

The ‘La Jaira de Ana’ farm was set up using LEADER funding to raise awareness (through participatory experiences and workshops) about the importance of the primary sector for the culture and society of the Canary Islands. In this context, in addition to goat farming they also organise dedicated key support...

Welcome to the first edition of the LEADER newsletter! Every quarter, the newsletter will bring you a round-up of the main LEADER-related activities facilitated by the EU CAP Network and its national partners, as well as inspiring LEADER stories from the ground.

The systemic approach of organic farming contributes to climate mitigation, supports the adaptation of farmers to the consequences of climate change and increases the resilience of farming systems, while protecting and enhancing biodiversity.  Common practices in organic farming, such as crop rotations and using organic fertiliser, and the fact that organic...