@matthijsvm.bsky.social
Working on animal welfare, food system change and sustainability at Compassion in World Farming EU, views are my own, he/him
โLawyers say the case now paves the way for suffering communities to bring replica suits across Europe, to demand justice and protection from their authorities.โ ๐
Congrats to @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @cecuconsumo.bsky.social and all those behind the case!
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Why did Brittany Ferries U-turn on live animal transports?, asks @vincianebxl.bsky.social.
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In the EU we have 22,236 'farms' with permits for > 40k for ๐, >2K for fattening ๐ท
Imo, in these cases we are talking about factories and not about farms. Factories where billions of sentient animals are exploited to squeeze the biggest amount of profit out of them.
Great work @AGtivist_agency!
Full house in the Parliament today for EU Action Plan for Plant-Based food event! ๐งโ๐พ
Very hopeful to see support for this from Commissioner @christophehansen.bsky.social and from Mep's from EPP to the Left and everything in between๐ช
A strong ๐ช๐บ plant-based sector is key for EU agriculture's future ๐ซ
Full house at European Parliament event.
Plant-based cheese & other nibbles all ready for after the event.
Jam-packed room for our joint NGO event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods at @europarl.europa.eu. Great discussion today.
Kindly hosted by MEPs Michal Wiezik, @spietikainen.bsky.social @cristinaguarda.bsky.social @marianoichl.bsky.social @perclausen.bsky.social
@spietikainen.bsky.social points out that public procurement is a key blind spot and a low hanging fruit to improve sustainable diets and higher animal welfare. #agrifood
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@cristinaguarda.bsky.social justly points out that from a food autonomy perspective it is crucial to support EU ๐งโ๐พ to produce enough and healthy food for ๐ช๐บ citizens and we should deprioritize producing animal proteins of which many are destined for third countries. #agrifood#FoodnotFeed
03.06.2025 15:38 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐Consumer WIN!๐
๐๐คณDenmark announces that it will ban unhealthy food marketing to children under the age of 15.
This comes after tireless campaigning by @beuc.eu ๐ฉ๐ฐmember @forbrugerraadet.bsky.social to better protect children from persuasive unhealthy food marketing including by #influencers
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Very promising @christophehansen.bsky.social stresses again the importance to introduce the same animal welfare requirements for products produced inside the EU and products coming from third countries.
Crucial for animal welfare and key for a level playing field for EU farmers.
If no ECI ever results in policy outcomes, "people will stop believing in the process & potentially in democracy as well,โ said the @ombudsman.europa.eu at our joint event w/ @thegoodlobby.bsky.social.
She made it clear that citizens expected more from the @ec.europa.eu on the #EndtheCageAge ECI.
Very cool as well to learn from the Vegetarian Society of Denmark on the Danish plant based food action plan and from the Copenhagen Food System Center on how they used public procurement to reach a baffling 90% organic offer in their public kitchens ๐
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Congrats to @eeb.org and Green Transition Denmark for organizing the Depolarising debate on the Protein Shift for a Resilient Future today ๐ช๐
The testimonies of Danish representatives on the Green Tripartite Agreement were inspiring and should be a model for the ๐ช๐บ and its members states!
Register for @ciwf.eu and @thegoodlobby.bsky.social event on the 3th of June on: How Can European Citizensโ Initiatives Make a Difference for Society?
This event will bring together activists, legal experts, policymakers, and EU officials to examine the ECIโs track record and the End the Cage Age.
If we want future generations to have biodiverse oceans full of life. We, EU citizens need to drastically reduce our fish intake.
The best thing you could do for the ocean is to stop consuming fish and seafood altogether.
EU officials and MS's should prioritize protecting our oceans better.
Very exiting for the Terra Madre Europe event from the 22nd until the 24th of June organized by @slowfoodhq.bsky.social.
It will be the opportunity for agroecological farmers and policy makers to start a constructive dialogue and showcase their products and methods to the Brussels bubbel.
Such short-sighted decisions will not only hinder farm resilience but brings the legitimacy of the CAP into question as it strays further from its environmental and climate objectives - Thรฉo Paquet, Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture
Dรฉjร vu? @ec.europa.eu is yet again slashing the few green measures in EU agricultural policyโ But such โsimplificationsโ will hinder, not help farmers as degraded ecosystems fail to provide the resilience needed to withstand the impacts of the climate, nature, and pollution crisis.
#CAP #Omnibus
If you can, consider donating to this massively cool cause! They buy up plots of lands from animal agriculture to give it back to nature and wildlife forever! ๐๐๐
10.05.2025 16:39 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pierre-Marie Aubet shared his vision on the future of livestock during the Livestock Excellence workshop today.
He shared this slide to highlight that the amount of animal protein we consume on average is significantly too high in relation to a healthy diet.
@iddri.bsky.social
Sadly, ๐ฎ๐น Min. Lollobrigida answered a q on the importance of food innov exactly as expected...
'Innovation is good, but as long as it goes hand in hand with traditional agriculture, we don't want to waste taxpayers' money on creating meat in labs.'
Fear of innovation is not the vision we need!
Generational renewal panel: Erika Olsen, swedish organic farmer, shared why so many young farmers go organic: they care for the future of the soil ๐ฑ, love mixing tradition & innovation โ๏ธ, and are passionate about producing healthy, nature-friendly food ๐
Supporting organic=>supporting young farmers
The second panel got kicked off by young regenerative farmer Anne Van Leeuwen.๐ฉโ๐พ
She made great points on the need for long-term capital & healthy interest rates that don't push farmers into overly extractive models. ๐ถ
She also called for the closing of the gap between producer & eater โ
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Next up was a panel of all men from Council, EP, EESC, CoR and Copa (but no civil society at all ๐คฏ)
They talked more about generational renewal, competitiveness & innov (a clear trend this day)
The audience rightly asked them about the lack of focus on food policy & the sectors climate impact
On the evolution and not revolution point: when farmers are quiting by the millions in the last decades, average farm income is bad, AW is too often neglected and the strain of EU AGRI on ENVI is destructive, we need more than small tweaks to the system.
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Right afterwards, Commissioner @christophehansen.bsky.social took the floor.
Some highlights from his intervention:
- We need an evolution of the CAP and not a revolution
- Innovation will be crucial for livestock farming sust
- Resilience and better disaster management are crucial for farmers
Following the ๐ช๐บ event on the vision for Agriculture and Food today.
The day got opened by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu who spoke about simplification, fair prices and generational renewal.
Unfortunately she forgot to mention climate/envi impact, animal welfare or food policy in general. ๐ค
Cultivated dog treats are out in the UK and Bruce, the rescue of @philip-ciwf.bsky.social loved them! ๐๐คฉ
This has the potential to revolutionize the pet and human food sector, reduce animal suffering and become a game changing green tech solution. Hope to see this approved in the EU soon as well!๐งโ๐ฌโ
Young grassroots activists are getting restaurants to serve more plant-based food, an initiative that can have big climate impacts. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:
25.04.2025 13:00 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐คฉ๐คฉ Paper finally out in the AER!
With my co-authors (incl. @bluebery-planterose.com & @s-stantcheva.bsky.social) we surveyed climate attitudes in 20 countries covering 72% of global emissions.
In brief, people want ambitious, global, and fair climate policies. A ๐งตโฌ๏ธ
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Jรถrg-Andreas Krรผger of NABU, stresses that we need more financial incentives to support farmers to realize sustainability targets and the need to move away from area-based payments.
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Marine Le Pen is kwaad? Hopelijk op zichzelf. Ze is veroordeeld voor grootschalig misbruik van EU geld, in wat het grootste corruptieschandaal ooit in het parlement genoemd kan worden.
Niet zomaar een foutje, maar een ernstige zaak. Politici die wetten overtreden, moeten worden aangepakt. Punt.1/2
