Tag: Agrifood
Agrifood Brief: Mediterranean (back)fire – EURACTIV.com
While Italians are crying victory over the controversial Nutri-Score food-labelling system, they may well be en route to becoming a victim of their own success.
Let’s face it: The Mediterranean coalition – put together mostly by Italians, but joined by Greeks and by Spaniards at a later stage – has ultimately won its battle against Nutri-Score, promoted by France.
Over the past few years, they made unprecedented efforts with several initiatives to promote the Mediterranean diet (and rescue it from
Agrifood Brief: Ivory towers – EURACTIV.com
To live in an ivory tower is an expression meaning a state of privileged seclusion or separation, out of touch with the real world.
The phrase is mostly used in relation to the world of academia – but Brussels is certainly no stranger to the accusation. And it was this phrase that sprung to mind when visiting farms last week in the Czech Republic.
The trip, which included reporters invited by the Czech Presidency ahead of the informal meeting of
Agrifood Brief: SURprise, surprise – EURACTIV.com
After weeks of teasing, the EU executive finally unveiled its long-awaited plan to revise the bloc’s plant protection product framework last week – but its presentation left more questions than answers.
The sustainable use of pesticides regulation (SUR) is designed to pave the way toward the bloc’s ambitions to slash in half the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030, as set out in the Green Deal’s food chapter, known as the Farm to Fork strategy.
While this might
Agrifood Brief: GI galore – EURACTIV.com
Sectors other than agrifood have come to appreciate the concept of geographical indications, considered one of Europe’s success stories, much like the Erasmus programme for student exchange.
A quick reminder for those who still don’t know what GIs are: Champagne, parmesan and other European delicacies legitimately bear the EU’s GI logo to protect their names against imitation and misuse because of their unique characteristics, linked to their geographical origin and the know-how embedded there.
With a sales value of almost
Agrifood Brief: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes – EURACTIV.com
Between skyrocketing wheat prices and the looming threat of food shortages, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the agrifood sector reeling and member states scurrying to pick up the pieces.
While a potential rethink of the EU’s green goals is still up in the air, member states have one card of their own to play – their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plans.
As a quick reminder, these plans, the main novelty of the 2023-2027 CAP reform, will detail how
Agrifood Brief, powered by European Snacks Association: Green Rush – EURACTIV.com
As more green agriculture products such as sustainable pesticides and non-chemical fertilisers are released on the market, an increasing number of green trademarks have been registered in the EU over the past 25 years.
The tendency of companies and startups from all around the world to protect the names of their green-related products and services was highlighted by a recent study carried out by the EU’s patent office (EUIPO).
… Read more The tendency of companies and startups from all around the world to protect the names of their green-related products and services was highlighted by a recent study carried out by the EU’s patent office (EUIPO).
The analysis examined the description of the trademarks filed at the
Agrifood Brief: Size matters – EURACTIV.com
Another week, another public consultation.
Whether it’s deforestation or the EU’s new animal welfare legislation, there’s plenty of opportunities for everyone to give their two cents on the Commission’s policy plans.
This is important given that this feeds into and shapes policy direction in the years to come.
What’s interesting is that we are currently observing a shift in how these consultations are used.
Take the recent consultation on the highly charged topic of gene editing, for example.
For a
Agrifood Brief: Beef game – EURACTIV.com
The worldwide success of the newest Netflix series, ‘Squid Game’, showed how Korean culture can be easily exported across Europe. But when it comes to food, South Korea is also getting ready to import European beef (again).
I don’t expect everyone to have watched the South Korean survival TV series but I’d wager you all have at least heard about it or have stumbled onto a meme inspired by it on social media.
*Please note: this Brief is completely spoiler-free
Agrifood Brief: Disin-gene-uous business? – EURACTIV.com
Between petrol panic, driver shortages, and warnings that Christmas could be in jeopardy, there has been no lack of bad press tied to the UK’s departure from the EU this week.
This is why the UK government badly needed a Brexit win – and fast.
Thankfully, this week offered a golden opportunity for the EU’s former member to announce it will officially be relaxing the regulation of gene-edited crops.
Cue the government’s much-lauded announcement on Tuesday (28 September) for new
Agrifood Brief: Bonne dégustation – EURACTIV.com
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