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EU’s New Budget Plan Stuck in the Mud After Parliament Refuses to Plough Ahead

In a rare show of unity across political groups, the European Parliament has pushed back hard against the European Commission ...
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Passing the Pitchfork – Inside the EU’s new plan to get young farmers in our fields

The EU’s strategy for generational renewal, presented on Tuesday 21 October,  lays out ambitious plans to double the share of young farmers in Europe by 2040. Here’s what it promises, what’s missing, ...
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Where The Untended Feeds Us – Cécile Gilquin’s “Tiers-Paysage”

All the places neglected by human beings”: this is the site of the Third Landscape (Tiers-Paysage) as defined by Gilles ...
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EU Budget: How Brussels’ New Plans Put Regions Out to Pasture

Brussels is still sifting through the wreckage of the budget bombshell the European Commission dropped in July. As the dust settles, one question looms large: who wins, and who’s left behind? In this ...
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Why Is the Local Food Economy in Ireland So Weak?

Ireland’s Land War: T. Birmingham’s house, Moyasta, Co. Clare with Battering Ram and soldiers outside. This eviction took place on the Vandeleur Estate, Co. Clare between 1887-1888. The Battering Ram ...
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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 this latest round cuts into the roots of the CAP and sustainability rules, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

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, soil, and agroecological knowledge, this movement rejects the export-led ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

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 ...