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On 7 July 2026, the European Commission published its much-anticipated Livestock Strategy, setting out its vision for the future of Europe’s animal farming sector. Alongside it came a Protein Action Plan, aimed at reducing the...
08/07/2026
France has published its long-awaited National Strategy for Food, Nutrition and Climate (SNANC), which sets targets for the French food sector to achieve by 2030. It lays out policies that the French government will further...
04/03/2026
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, agricultural expansion causes 90% of all deforestation worldwide, driven mainly by the production of meat from grazing cattle and of soy sold as fodder for farmed animals....
15/10/2025
In this position paper, we join Oxfam, Fair Trade International, the European Milk Board and 14 other organisations calling for the EU to ban a series of unfair trading practices (UTP) in the agricultural and food sector,...
01/09/2025
Proposed measures to unlock the full potential of the plant-based sector
In January 2025, 130+ organisations called on the European Commission to propose an Action Plan for Plant-Based Foods by 2026, as recommended by the...
30/06/2025
The European Commission released its Vision for Agriculture and Food on 19 February 2025, brushing aside the thoughtful work of a months-long multi-stakeholder dialogue that the Commission convened a year ago. Although the Vision...
05/03/2025
The European Commission’s new Vision on Food and Agriculture focuses overwhelmingly on what is happening on farms, ignoring almost every other part of the food sector.
The vision, which is intended to steer the direction of...
19/02/2025
On 4 September 2024, the European Commission published the results of its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture, an innovative exercise that, in a period of bitter strife, gathered farm lobby groups and NGOs around a...
18/09/2024
A new study reveals that the European Union could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by around 48 million tonnes annually—equivalent to removing up to 38 million new cars from the road [1]—by aligning ready-made meals with...
17/04/2024
Explore the impact of meat on climate change, including its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, and learn how reducing meat consumption and adopting plant-based alternatives are crucial for the environment.
26/07/2023
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