Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

Planting Seeds of Quiet Agroecological Resistance in South Africa’s Fields

A quiet rebellion is taking root in rural South Africa. Led by women armed not with tractors or chemicals, but with seeds, ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

Spain | Participatory Water Governance – A New Model for Regional CAP Implementation?

In a time of environmental regulation backsliding in agriculture, how can grassroots, participatory processes enable farmers, environmentalists, and other local stakeholders to effectively shape ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

The Trojan Horse of Simplification

On the back of yet another green light for a fresh batch of ‘simplification’ plans, ARC2020’s Natasha Foote explores how deep ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Commission’s Recommendations to CAP Strategic Plans: Glitters or Gold?

While the co-legislators and the trilogue negotiations at EU level continue to derail the future CAP away from the necessary reforms, in December 2020, the European Commission issued EU-wide and 27 ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

The EU is Mulling a Seismic Budgetary Shift – What Would This Mean for Agri and Rural Areas?

The EU powers-that-be are currently in the midst of big talks on the EU’s €1.2 billion budget, known in EU-speak as the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). And as usual, where there’s big bucks, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Czech CAP Strategic Plan – Redistributive Payments and the Counter-Productive Tension Between Small and Big

A well designed redistributive payment is an essential tool to reduce inequalities among CAP beneficiaries and farming systems. But as is often the case, the best design strongly depends on national ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

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 ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

France | Democratising Food Policy – Tweaking The Financial Toolbox

In bottom-up movements towards a more socio-ecological countryside, food is a key driver of territorial dynamics. This was a finding of our research on the ground in phase 1 of the Rural Resilience ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Luxembourg | A Good Gardener is a Teacher and Politician

Hannes Lorenzen spoke to Frank Adams during a horticultural walk in the gardens of the Château d’Ansembourg, Luxembourg. A master gardener and co-founder of the SEED association for the preservation ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Germany | To Reduce Pesticides, Start with Nutrient Management

The transition to pesticide-free agriculture is central to a sustainable land and food policy that fulfils the EU’s Farm-to-Fork strategy and can secure sufficient harvests in the long term in view of ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Letter From The Farm | Strong Roots for a Surer Future

Welcome to Trikorfo farm. Photo: Hannes Lorenzen Vasilis and Lukas Mylonas. Photo: Hannes Lorenzen Greek mythology is still alive in Τρίκορφο. Vasilis Mylonas, born in the village as the fifth of ...