{"id":47156,"date":"2024-09-04T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=47156"},"modified":"2024-09-05T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:45:59","slug":"support-farmers-in-need-and-reward-nature-protection-says-ru-strategic-dialogue-farming-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/47156\/support-farmers-in-need-and-reward-nature-protection-says-ru-strategic-dialogue-farming-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Support farmers in need and reward nature protection, says major EU farming review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brussels<\/strong> \u2013 A major cross-sector review of food and farming, backed by the European Commission, has called for a fundamental rethink of farming to support the most vulnerable farmers and reward those who protect nature.<\/p>\n\n

The recommendations were backed by a broad group, including farming lobby groups, food companies, retailers, biotech companies, environmental and consumer organisations, after a seven-month-long process set up by Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.<\/p>\n\n

Von der Leyen has made responding to farmers\u2019 concerns a central priority for her second term as Commission president, following widespread farmers\u2019 protests earlier this year. The Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture<\/a> is meant to underpin the Commission\u2019s new \u201cvision for agriculture and food\u201d, which it plans to unveil within its first 100 days.<\/p>\n\n

Marco Contiero, member of the Strategic Dialogue task force and Greenpeace EU agriculture policy director <\/strong>said: \u201cIt\u2019s the subsidies, stupid. That such a broad and unlikely coalition is recommending these sweeping changes shows how broken EU farming policy is. It\u2019s clear that subsidising rich landowners and choking the countryside with the excrement of millions of suffering pigs and cows isn\u2019t helping the majority of farmers. The EU must stop bankrolling mega-farms that pollute our rivers and drive droughts and floods, and instead help those farmers who are struggling, but making an effort to restore nature and provide for healthier diets. It\u2019s not Greenpeace saying it \u2013 the whole agricultural sector is calling for change. Von der Leyen has promised to help farmers. If she\u2019s serious about ensuring that the future of farming in Europe is sustainable for nature and farmers\u2019 livelihoods, she must pay close attention to today\u2019s report, and start to make some real change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

The Strategic Dialogue recommendations to the EU include: <\/p>\n\n