Hundreds join Good Food March for radical farming reform

19 September 2012

Hundreds of people gathered today in Brussels to call for radical changes to food and farming policy in Europe.

Farmers, citizens, and young people from more than 20 European countries took part in the final day of the Good Food March [1] and brought their demands for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) directly to those responsible for its reform.

The CAP is currently being debated by decision-makers in Brussels, including, for the first time, the European Parliament.

5 September 2012

Good Food March heads for Brussels as global food crisis deepens

Cyclists arrive in Strasbourg today for the start of the final leg of the Good Food March's journey to Brussels to call for a radical change of direction in European food and farming policy.

The international riders are heading to what is hoped will be the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a major reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The finale on September 19 comes as the World Bank, amongst others, issues serious warnings that the growing food crisis will hit the world's poorest.

6 August 2012

Countdown to the Good Food March begins…

In just one month's time, people from across Europe will be setting off on the final leg of a bicycle journey to Brussels to attend the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a greener and fairer future for farming in Europe. The event takes place as politicians debate the reform of the EU's Common Agriculture Policy.

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      Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts

    • Agrofuels

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      Species and habitat protection in Europe and around the globe

    • GMOs

      Genetically modified crops and organisms

    • Land

      Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing

    • Biodiversity

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      Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing

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      Europe’s consumption of land, materials, water and carbon

    • Shale gas

      Unconventional gas and the extraction process known as ‘fracking’

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      Unconventional oil. Also known as oil sands

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      Measuring Europe’s water footprint