With Europe’s forests under more pressure than ever to remove carbon and provide all manner of ecosystem services, is there such a thing as a non-productive tree? And what exactly is a high diversity ...

The European Commission is preparing to tear up the architecture of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in what could set ...

A new idea is brewing in Germany, with the first seeds sown of a new alliance along the food value chain for cereals and ...

Rural voices still seem to go unheard in EU policymaking. The Rural Pact Coordination Group proposes a new tool for rural ...

If we want local food systems to thrive, every link in the chain must be nurtured: seeds must be saved, farmers must earn a ...

The Seeds4All project emerges from a Swiss immersion with a two-part reflection on how seeds can become anchoring points for rebuilding connections and fostering healthy interdependencies in the ...

Real leadership requires confronting the short-term economic costs of doing the right thing. Costs in the short term are a bet on the long term: a ban on prohibited pesticides would stimulate ...

Climate Farmers – an influential think-and-do tank focused on regenerative farming – has stepped away from carbon markets. This news has been making headlines since it was announced in June. So what’s ...

A few weeks ago, I came to a shocking realisation. After 6 years of writing about the ins and outs of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – the politics, the people, the policy, the reform(s), ...

Public procurement of food in the EU is worth billions annually – money that could help deliver healthy meals in schools, hospitals and nursing homes, while supporting sustainable agriculture, fair ...