Rural Resilience is ARC2020’s strategic initiative to strengthen civil society’s role in shaping the future of rural Europe.

Germany’s energy transition is affecting its land market, driving investment and increasing concentration of land ownership.

This October 20-23, over 400 rural delegates from across Europe will gather in the north-east of Scotland for the 6th ...

The Ciasnocha Family Farm team from left to right: Mirosław, Krzysztof, Marian, Paweł and Mateusz Ciasnocha Welcome to Ciasnocha Family Farm – a 730 ha regenerative grassland farm in the Vistula delta ...

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 ...

Back in March 2022, and following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the conservative branch of the EU parliament and agricultural ministers started to build on their narrative of at-risk food ...

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, ...

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 ...

If we want local food systems to thrive, every link in the chain must be nurtured: seeds must be saved, farmers must earn a fair price, processors must adapt their methods—and consumers must be able ...

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 ...

Photo: Bergerie de Villarceaux By Adèle Pautrat and Natasha Foote. Organic farming has long been hailed as the poster child for sustainable agriculture. But as the EU organic sector becomes ...

Typical landscape feature of LEADER area Steirisches Vulkanland – some of the 42 extinct volcanos shaping the area with its small settlement and production structures (Source: Bernhard ...