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France | Breaking the Silence: Big Ag’s Grip on the Wellbeing of Rural Communities

Without rebalancing power in our agri-food systems, how can we expect our rural communities to be well? Dialogue and ...
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What hope on the horizon? From Farm to Fork to a grand bargain in 2026

As the tractors roll back into the streets of Brussels and London, it feels an opportune moment to reflect on the state of food, farming and the environment across Europe, and to contemplate — at a ...
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Serbia | When Young People and Farmers are Guardians of Soil Health

Surviving repeated threats of being buried alive, the EU’s first ever law on soil health was finally adopted last month. And while environmental groups have called out “severe shortcomings” in the ...
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Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part II – Healthy Interdependencies, Led By Farmers

In early June, the Seeds4All project team was invited by artist Alexandra Baumgartner to contribute to the fifth edition of Food Culture Days, a multidisciplinary biennial organised in Vevey, ...
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Letter From The Farm | Neighbours, Not Numbers: How Local Feeds Us All

In a farming system that demands more than it gives, Marie Halicki finds that relationships, not yields, nourish resilience, sovereignty, and sanity. There’s plenty of time to think behind the wheel ...
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Rural Europe Takes Action – Food System Lessons from Marburg

From left: Hannes Lorenzen (ARC2020); Ann-Marie Weber, Almut Busch and Merle Drusenbaum (kollektiv von MORGEN); and Marcus Nürnberger (AbL), pictured in a farmyard in southern Marburg-Biedenkopf in ...
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The EU’s New Big Budget Bombshell – Here’s What We Know So Far

Buckle up – July is shaping up to be a blockbuster month for the EU agrifood sector. In a double-whammy move, the European Commission is set to unveil not one but two major proposals on 16 July that ...
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Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part I – Nurturing What We Have

In early June, the Seeds4All project team was invited by artist Alexandra Baumgartner to contribute to the fifth edition of Food Culture Days, a multidisciplinary biennial organised in Vevey, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Op-Ed | Europe Must End The Double Standards In Toxic Pesticides Exports

A number of hazardous pesticides which are banned in the EU are freely manufactured and exported to other countries with weaker regulations, putting human health and the environment at risk. The EU ...
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Serbia | Between Tradition and Transition – Regenerative Agriculture in Vojvodina

Vojvodina, the heart of Serbia’s agricultural production, is known for its fertile chernozem soils. However, intensive soil tillage methods and low rates of organic matter return raise concerns about ...
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The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming – The Future of Agriculture Comes From India

Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement. After soil to bread in Portugal, the Seeds4All ...
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Polish Rural Forum Takes Action For A Broad Rural Alliance

Polish folk culture at the European Congress on Rural Renewal and Development, Poznan, May 2025. Photo: Hannes Lorenzen The Polish Rural Parliament launched earlier this month, holding its inaugural ...