28/05/24
EU Parliament & Pesticides: who supported farmers, people and nature?
The high use of pesticides is a major problem in our current food system, causing harm to and failing farmers, …
24/04/24
EU Parliament vote on new GMOs: a blow to food & environmental safety
In its final plenary session, the EU Parliament endorsed the EU Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the …
17/04/24
Digital farming and peasants’ struggle for autonomy
2024 started with a wave of massive protests from farmers across Europe, who grapple with low incomes, a lack …
07/02/24
New GMOs: tight EU Parliament vote removes safety checks & liability
Today, the European Parliament adopted in a tight vote the Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the new …
05/02/24
Why we joined farmers protests for fairer EU farming policies
By Clara Bourgin, food, farming and nature campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe. This opinion piece firs …
24/01/24
Environment MEPs scrap safety checks, labelling & liability for new GMOs
Today, members of the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament removed the new generation of ge …