In 🇪🇺 #livestock is responsible for 7.2% of #GHG #emissions , lower than the world average of 14.5%.
The sector can strive to further reduce emissions🐄
BUT it is not the main driver of emissions 🏭✈️
#EUFarm2Fork #IED #MeattheFacts
The food we eat impacts both our health and the health of our ecosystems ❤️🌍
Milk, meat, fish and eggs from sustainably farmed animals play an important role in a #BalancedDiet .
#MeattheFacts #EUFarm2Fork #SustainableFood
Every step towards achieving the #EUFarm2Fork ambitions must contribute to:
🚜 optimizing yields
🌾 producing healthier crops
🌱 enhancing soil health
👨🌾 ensuring the economic viability of EU farmers
How can we make this happen? 🧐
Get ready to #TasteTheOcean like never before!
Nine of Europe's top chefs will unveil a season of #sustainable fish & #seafood recipes that will tease your taste buds and inspire conscious eating 🐟🌍.
Stay tuned for season 3…
#EUGreenDeal #EUFarm2Fork
Ahead of #EUAgriFoodDays event, The Consumer Voice, EEB, EPHA & Eurogroup For Animals have a message for President Ursula von der Leyen, EVP Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides and Janusz Wojciechowski (not birthday-related😉).
Please deliver the key #EUFarm2Fork initiatives you promised 👇
We humans have selected & crossbred plants🌱 for millennia⤵️
Now we can do it quicker & be more precise with new genomic techniques!
They can help us grow celiac-safe wheat, allergen-free foods or disease resistant crops 👉 europa.eu/!YwMtXv
#EUGreenDeal #EUFarm2Fork #NGT
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This week, along with The Consumer Voice, EPHA and Eurogroup For Animals, we shone a spotlight on the European Commission.
Why? It's not delivered key #EUFarm2Fork promises made to Europeans.
We can't eat broken promises!🤥
#BrokenPromisesBrokenPlanet
From farm to table in 5.5 days.
EIB-backed CrowdFarming developed an online platform for European farmers to sell directly to end-consumers, supporting a sustainable food supply chain and contributing to the EU's #EUFarm2Fork strategy.
bit.ly/3MH2gKB #WebSummit
We can't eat #brokenpromises !
The 🇪🇺 promised action for #sustainable #foodsystems and a strong #EUFarm2Fork Strategy
So far, we see broken promises on:
🐷 Animal Welfare
🌱 Pesticides
👨👧👦 #SFSLaw and #GoodFood4EU
#BrokenPromisesBrokenPlanet
EEB EPHA EU Food Policy Coalition The Consumer Voice
🌿 🌾 Cities and regions have a crucial role to play in addressing food system challenges and creating healthy food strategies - says CoR rapporteur Joke Schauvliege whose opinion was adopted at the #CoRplenary today. EPP Group CoR
#EUFarm2Fork
📢The European Commission 🇪🇺should fulfil its promises on the delivery of an urgent transition toward sustainable #FoodSystems . 🐟🎣🍽️
We cannot eat broken promises! #BrokenPromisesBrokenPlanet #EUFarm2Fork #EUbiodiversity #GoodFood4EU eeb.org/bright-lights-…
Whist wishing everybody a healthy, sustainable 2024, this is what we achieved in ensuring a healthier, more sustainable food system, including better animal welfare for our farm and companion animals, in 2023.
Happy New Year #EUFarm2Fork
We are happy to share the news that our Health X account is expanding to also include #FoodSafety related news! We are coming together under #OneHealth : interconnecting the health of humans, animals & plants. 👤🐾🌱
#HealthUnion #EUFarm2Fork
Dosta je #FoodWaste i #FoodLoss ! 🍽️🍎🥦🧀
Smanjenjem rasipanja hrane borimo se protiv #ClimateChange , čuvamo dragocjene resurse i znatno povećavamo prostor #ForNature i bioraznolikost – sve to bez ikakvih troškova. 🌎🌱
#FoodWaste EU #EUFarm2Fork #EUGreenDeal EU Environment EU Food Safety - #EUFarm2Fork
#FoodSecurity needs #Biodiversity , not #pesticides .
Use our online tool to send an email to your EU representatives and ask them to support a #PesticideFreeEU
pan-europe.info/help-reduce-pe…
#WorldFoodSafetyDay #EUBiodiversity #EUFarm2Fork
As we approach the #EUelections2024 , policymakers must remember:
The EU is promised a sustainable food systems law under the #EUGreenDeal and #EUFarm2Fork !
When it comes to 🐟🦐🐙🐚🦞, the context of EU seas and supply chains cannot be overlooked 🧵
wwf.eu/wwf_news/publi…
Hunderte Bürger fordern in Brüssel trotz Regen: kein leeres Versprechen #EUFarm2Fork . No nature no food. Let's #RestoreNature , mit effektivem Trilog-Ergebnis morgen!
As the EU Council discusses a CAP simplification paper that waters down environmental ambitions, farmers in the streets are asking for better prices and to be supported in the agro-ecological transition of our agri-food system indicated by the #EUGreenDeal and #EUFarm2Fork 🚜🌍
We welcome today’s support from
European Parliament on plant🌱 and forest🌳 reproductive materials. The new rules will improve #foodsecurity & help conserve #biodiversity .
#EUFarm2Fork #OneHealth
The fertiliser crisis is driving up food prices 📈
These EU projects are supporting farmers with sustainable practices & nutrient management: europa.eu/!yqPhKB
#EUFarm2Fork N2Applied NOMAD ekolive - bioleaching/bioremediation/biostimulants Water2REturn Dupuy et al Circular Agronomics SolACE
