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ARC2020 is at once an old and a young organisation. Only a decade ago, an array of organisations came together when Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was at the helm in Agriculture. This seemed like a good opportunity to develop a shared vision for farming, food and rural considerations. These organisations came from many spheres – agriculture, consumers, rural development, health, animal welfare and more.
Our activities in this period consisted of working with others to try to make the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) more fit for purpose – more adapted to the real needs of people and planet. To this end, we developed a Communication with 150+ organisations from all over Europe.
So from 2010 to 2015, we were a European platform for 150+ NGOs, CSOs and farmer organisations advocating a radical reform of the CAP. Source
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Search ArticlesA Taste of Community Breeding in Italy
Experimental field day at Azienda Agricola Biologica Floriddia, May 2026. Photo: Adèle Violette While developing seeds suited to the specific conditions of organic farming still faces significant challenges, multi-stakeholder breeding systems are proving effective in steering research towards greater diversity. Among them, the participatory approach branches out into numerous projects and living labs across Europe, aiming to create new varieties tailored to local needs.
Italy | A Love Letter From The Farm
A mixed hedgerow of edible species at the entrance of our forest garden, eight years after planting After eight beautiful, mucky, frustrating, biodiversity-filled and fulfilling years of giving voice to farmers—for who better to narrate the highs and lows of life on the farm?—the much-loved “Letters From The Farm” series is drawing to a close. And so we invite the doyenne of the series, our very first contributor, to guide us into a series of closing reflections.
Simplification Sandwich – What’s inside the Food and Feed Omnibus?
Photo: iStock.com / Dejan Marjanovic The EU Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus is another of the European Commission’s attempts to fast-track legislation it claims will reduce administrative burden and increase competitiveness. As has been the case previously, many in civil society and the scientific community are worried that changing so many of the rules on food and feed so fast will do more harm than good. Oliver Moore reports.
‘What fertiliser crisis?’ Meet India’s pioneer movement paving the path to chemical-free farming
Photo: H Sasi Bindu via LinkedIn It’s nothing less than an agroecological revolution. And it’s led by women in the Global South, who are creating their own alternatives to toxic dependencies. Natasha Foote sits down with Swati Renduchintala, a researcher with farmer empowerment organisation Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, to understand how Andhra Pradesh’s Natural Farming movement has changed the lives of millions of Indian smallholders, and shows no signs of stopping.
Une Université Paysanne pour conjuguer les savoirs et le pouvoir d’agir des territoires ruraux
Naissance d’une idée : Thierry Lohr (centre) participe à la rencontre européenne 2024 à Grzybów en Pologne. Photo: Kinga Treder Et si la pièce manquante de la transition agroécologique était l’intelligence collective à l’échelle européenne ? Thierry Lohr, 5ème adjoint au sein de la mairie de Plessé (44), partenaire du projet « Rural Resilience » porté par l’association ARC2020, présente dans cet article la genèse d’une idée.
A Peasant University where we can cultivate Rural Knowledge and Power
Moment of inspiration: Thierry Lohr (centre) at the 2024 Rural Resilience gathering in Grzybów, Poland. Photo: Kinga Treder Collective intelligence on a European scale – could this be the missing piece of the puzzle to make the agroecological transition a reality? Thierry Lohr, local councillor for Plessé, France, and partner of the Rural Resilience project, tells the story of an idea that has galvanised a pan-European collective of rural changemakers: the Peasant University.
NEW publication | Everyday Heroines – Stories Rooted in Rural Resilience
Charlotte Horton, everyday heroine. Photo: Bruno Bruchi Download the brochure We are proud to present today a publication that has been lovingly curated by ARC and a trio of Polish partners: Polska z Natury Foundation, Cultural and Ecological Association ZIARNO and the Ecological Folk High School. Everyday Heroines – Stories Rooted in Rural Resilience is a tribute to the extraordinary strength of women who, every day, fundamentally shape the future of their communities.
CAP Catch Up – Where are discussions in Brussels at?
Hand harvesting at the organic and biodynamic Domaine Sainte Marie des Crozes, Occitanie, France. Photo: Adèle Violette The weather isn’t the only thing heating up over the next few months. Negotiations over the shapes of the EU’s farming subsidy programme will start firing on all cylinders in the second half of the year. Natasha Foote walks you through the latest from Brussels.
Hungary | Hands on the Land to Grow Alternatives for Humanity
Welcome back to Zsámboki Biokert, a market garden and alternative learning space, located close to Budapest. Young trainees flock here to learn how to work with nature and grow nutrient dense food. This knowledge-sharing is part of a broader strategy of resilience – for young people in pursuit of meaningful lifestyles grounded in wellbeing, but also for the farm team and wider community. When overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges, collective advocacy for agroecology can be a coping technique.
Sustainable farming isn’t a threat to food security. It might be the only thing that saves it.
Photo: iStock.com / georgeclerk The real threat to your dinner isn’t organic farming – it’s climate change (and the agroindustry lobby). In this op-ed Dr Andrea Beste calls for an approach to food security based on scientific facts and systemic sustainability. The European Commission has walked away from its own Farm to Fork Strategy. After years of promising a real shift toward sustainable farming, less pesticide use, and more resilient food systems, the talk now is all about “competitiveness”.