From July 1, Ireland’s EU Presidency promises to put food security, farming and fisheries centre-stage. But will it use its ...

You can have your cake and eat it too, according to a leaked version of the EU’s upcoming livestock strategy, which leans on ...

The rural is political. We see rural territories not as peripheral, but as sites of renewal, resistance, and commons-based experimentation. Since 2020 we have connected with the farmers, local ...

The Ciasnocha Family Farm team from left to right: Mirosław, Krzysztof, Marian, Paweł and Mateusz Ciasnocha Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm – a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta ...

How accessible are conversations around transition? As we at ARC2020 deepen our longstanding work to support agroecology and food sovereignty, with a focus this year on the right to food in our Rural ...

Quite quickly, Ireland has seen the kind of land concentration more familiar in other parts of Europe. Various pressures are coming to bare on access to land, including the desires of the very wealthy ...

Observing the current discourse on Agroforestry, you may get the impression that this agricultural system would only suit the tropics. One widely used argument is that the processes in Agroforestry ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in plant breeding. But talks are stalling on one particularly sticky issue.

The EU’s farming subsidy programme has shapeshifted significantly from its original form, thanks to a series of exemptions and, crucially, a fundamental change in its regulation in 2024. But how have ...

This investigation was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and originally published in the EUObserver. Lawyers have called it undemocratic. The EU’s watchdog has found ...

“As many key competencies relating to consumption-side policies fall under national competence, the SFS Law should require action at national and local level through National Sustainable Food Plans.” ...

The Feeding Ourselves gathering 2024 saw a diverse range of people and topics over four days in the Irish midlands. From policy analysis to deep listening, tactile workshops to building bridges the ...