India's Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) initiative is arguably the world's largest and fastest-growing agroecological movement. It is based on cultivating diversity, the ...

Without rebalancing power in our agri-food systems, how can we expect our rural communities to be well? Dialogue and ...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed. As we prepare to ride the wave of multiple crises, going into 2026 we are minding our mental health at ARC2020, and diving into this topic with rural actors and ...

As the tractors roll back into the streets of Brussels and London, it feels an opportune moment to reflect on the state of food, farming and the environment across Europe, and to contemplate — at a ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in plant breeding. But talks are stalling on one particularly sticky issue.

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 ...

Signpost pointing to the workshops, reception and gardens of Institut de Tramayes. Photo: Ashley Parsons In the run-up to this November’s Rural Resilience Gathering, ARC2020’s Ashley Parsons and ...

Across Europe, small-scale farmers are essential actors in local food provisioning, yet they face structural barriers to accessing public support. While industrial agriculture continues to receive the ...

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 ...

Buckle up – July is shaping up to be a blockbuster month for the EU agrifood sector. In a double-whammy move, the European Commission is set to unveil not one but two major proposals on 16 July that ...

In early June, the Seeds4All project team was invited by artist Alexandra Baumgartner to contribute to the fifth edition of Food Culture Days, a multidisciplinary biennial organised in Vevey, ...

A number of hazardous pesticides which are banned in the EU are freely manufactured and exported to other countries with weaker regulations, putting human health and the environment at risk. The EU ...