On 19-22 October, the plenary of the European Parliament will vote on two amendments within the framework of the Common Agriculture Policy reform, amendments 165 and 171, that would significantly affect the labelling of plant-based foods. Stakeholders are preparing for a last attempt to avert the ‘Veggie Burger Ban’ at EU-Parliament level.
Plant-based food sales figures have constantly been growing over the past years, but the market has seen a sudden steep increase in the first half of 2020.
Two weeks after the European Commission presented its “Farm to Fork” strategy for sustainable food and farming, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) published the findings of their survey on consumer attitudes towards sustainable food.
On 20 May 2020, the long-awaited and repeatedly postponed “Farm to Fork Strategy” (F2F) of the European Commission has been published. F2F is part of the Commission’s “Green Deal”, which seeks to put the European Union on a more sustainable, environmental- and climate-friendly path.
75% of emerging viral diseases originate in animals. This makes the coronavirus only the latest in line of so-called zoonotic diseases such as swine flu, avian flu, Ebola and HIV, causing more and more experts to urge mankind to rethink our relationship to animals, both wild and domesticated.
In mid-February 2020, the Guardian pointed to 60 Million Euros in EU subsidies going to advertisements for European meat products.
As the new European Commission picked up its work at the end of 2019 and promised a new “Green Deal” for all policy sectors, things in the agriculture and food sector started to get moving at the beginning of 2020, as well.
On 5 February 2020, the True Animal Protein Price Coalition (TAPPC) from the Netherlands co-hosted a debate at the European Parliament together with Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) about their report on a sustainability charge for meat. Ronja Berthold from EVU was also present and followed the discussions.
A legal dispute over the dismissal of an employee at the “League against cruel sports”, a UK-based animal rights organisation, has recently led to an important court decision for vegans.
