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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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Ireland Takes the EU Wheel: CAP Cash, Livestock Matters and Securing What Exactly?

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By Oliver Moore
| ARC 2020
Sheep grazing in Co. Kerry, Ireland. Photo: Canva Ireland’s EU Presidency promises to put food security, farming and fisheries centre-stage. But will it use its moment to build a fairer food system – or simply defend the descent into a burning planet? Oliver Moore reports from Ireland. On 1 July, Ireland takes over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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Leaked Livestock Strategy Bets on Technofixes & Pulls From Industry Playbook

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By Natasha Foote Verified
| ARC 2020
You can have your cake and eat it too, according to a leaked version of the EU’s upcoming livestock strategy, which leans on technofixes to address our biggest environmental and climate challenges while shying away from some of the meatier questions on reduction of livestock numbers. ARC2020’s Natasha Foote breaks down the key takeaways from the draft.
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The EU just opened its doors to new GMOs – but you won’t know if they’re on your plate

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By Natasha Foote Verified
| ARC 2020
Photo: Canva After years of intense lobbying, negotiation, and semantic gymnastics, it’s official. Europe is set to open its farm gates and plates to new genetic technologies, without the guardrails of labelling, monitoring, or liability. Natasha Foote breaks down exactly what this means and what’s next.
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A sad day for democracy and science

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By Benedikt Haerlin
| ARC 2020
Photograph: iStock / nevarpp Yesterday the European Parliament voted to open farm gates – and by extension, our plates – to New Genetic Technologies (NGTs). This is a seismic development that reveals cracks in the EU’s democratic institutions. How now to defend our rights as consumers to choose what we eat? Comment by ARC2020 board member Benny Haerlin. Benny Haerlin at the 2023 GMO free regions event in the European Parliament.
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What happens when our seeds go silent?

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By Natasha Foote Verified
| ARC 2020
Photo: Adèle Violette As EU lawmakers prepare to rewrite rules governing the production, exchange and sale of seeds, two opposing worlds collide. In one, seeds are intellectual property, carefully regulated and protected as engines of innovation. In the other, they are living commons, saved, exchanged and adapted by farmers across generations.
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The EU’s PFAS Pesticide Blind Spot

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By Natasha Foote Verified
| ARC 2020
Photo: iStock The PFAS panic has seen us eye everything from non-stick pans to takeaway packaging with suspicion. But what if one of the most direct routes of exposure to these ‘forever chemicals’ is not in the kitchen cupboard, but on our plates? Here ARC2020’s Natasha Foote lifts the lid on PFAS pesticides and how new pesticide plans in the EU’s regulatory pipeline could open doors to ‘forever chemicals’ that can’t be closed.
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A Revolution in Europe’s Public Plate? The future of food policy is delicious

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By Ashley Parsons
| ARC 2020
Photo: iStock What would you do with €2.5 trillion? This is the amount the EU spends every year on public procurement. With the rules that shape this spending up for revision, there is a multi-trillion euro opportunity to serve better food in schools, hospitals, prisons and care homes – while simultaneously supporting farmers and nourishing local economies. Ashley Parsons reports. Starting this September, school lunches in Poland are going to look and taste a little different.
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Germany | Legal win for a collective land purchase makes a couple’s farming dream come true

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Joy at the court ruling © Biolee What began as a small French-fries stand and a desire to grow their own potatoes brought two young farmers into the heart of one of Europe’s most pressing agricultural challenges: access to land. Since founding their organic farm near Münster, David Büchler and Sarah Hoffmann have followed a path familiar to many new entrants, marked by long searches, uncertain opportunities, and dependence on personal networks just to get started.
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Investing in the Next Generation – When local politics takes on the school canteen

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By Louise Ann Kelleher
| ARC 2020
Primary school pupils help themselves to portions of salad for starters in the Plessé school canteen. Photo: Commune de Plessé It takes a village to raise a child. What happens when a village makes the choice to help feed its children? What are the steps to ensure good local food on plates and in bellies? How can local authorities take action beyond national or EU policies? We visited the school canteen in Plessé, France, to find out. Louise Kelleher reports.
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What’s Food Sovereignty got to do with it? The New Geopolitics of Food

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By Oliver Moore
| ARC 2020
Potato harvest in Serbia. Photo: Canva. Resilient, self-reliant food systems. This is what a major new IPES-Food report puts forward as a way to deal with food price volatility driven by increasing geopolitical tensions. We recognise here many of the ingredients for Rural Resilience that we have identified in our project, including fair livelihoods for farmers and access to food for all. It’s a new and very ‘now’ pathway for governments to advance a food sovereignty approach. Oliver Moore digs in.
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