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The future of European animal farming sector has been central in the 2024 Strategic Dialogue on EU Agriculture. Its outcome report proposes that the European Commission ’set up a process for developing a strategy on the key role of animal farming based on robust scientific evidence and the consultation of all stakeholders concerned’ – a process welcomed …
Creating pathways for sustainable animal farming in the EURead more
Major agribusiness are pushing smallholder farmers out of business by taking over the whole production process and monopolising the market. This rise of corporate capture in the livestock farming sector has come hand-in-hand with accelerated environmental destruction, climate chaos and the exploitation of human rights. The biggest corporations in the agribusiness sector, including Big Meat …
A look at Europe’s intensive agriculture sector Small-scale farms, particularly those specialised in animal farming, have faced an existential crisis in the last decades, with many forced out of business. Capturing the meat processing and production industry, corporate monoliths like Vion Food Group, Danish Crown, Groupe Bigard and Groupe LDC have tightened their grip, leaving …
In the small village of Nowy Dwór, northwestern Poland, in the Z?otów, local residents found themselves at the heart of a struggle against the expansion of industrial agriculture. A pig farm with 2,000 animals, located in the middle of the village, had already disrupted its residents’ life, causing intense odours, air pollution and health risks. …
Nowy Dwór, Poland: a case to defeat an expanding animal factoryRead more
Susanne, a retired teacher living in rural Zealand, Denmark, has spent years fighting the negative impacts of a nearby pig factory on her home, community and environment. She and her husband moved to their small, pesticide-free homestead in 1991 to enjoy a peaceful life close to nature. However, shortly after their arrival, the local pig …
A retired teacher’s fight against pig factories in DenmarkRead more
Remedios Bobillo, also known as Reme, hails from Mota del Cuervo, a small municipality in the province of Cuenca, about 100 kilometres inland from Madrid, Spain. In 2018, her life took a significant turn when she found herself leading a local resistance against a proposed pig factory in her village. Her fight soon grew into …
Local power: meet a leading voice in Spain’s fight against animal factoriesRead more
