Today, Mr Juha Marttila, president of the MTK (the Finnish Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners), finalised the membership agreement between the MTK and the think tank FARM EUROPE, in Brussels. Mr Marttila said: « Agriculture and food are core responsibilities of the European Union both via the Common Agricultural Policy and also through many regulations that […]
Tomorrow’s UK election is a pivotal time for the agriculture sector, the outcome will have varying impacts upon the future of farming in the UK. The Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, the Scottish National Party and UKIP have all discussed the Common Agricultural Policy in their 2015 manifestos, and have highlighted the […]
Joost Korte, Deputy Director General at the European Commission, outlined the key challenges ahead for the EU agriculture and food sector and explained how important the on-going changes, driven by President Jean-Claude Juncker, are. These changes relate to the structure of the new Commission, its working methods and priorities . Under the lead of Vice-president […]
Today, the new think tank Farm Europe held its launch event with delegates from organisations representing the diversity of stakeholders involved in the European food chain as well as officials from the 3 institutions – European Parliament, European Commission and European Council. The launch event provided an opportunity to present Farm Europe’s vision of the challenges to […]
What is Farm Europe? Farm Europe is a multicultural think tank that aims to stimulate thinking on rural economies in the European Union and offer an informal platform to all economic, institutional and academic actors that are interested in: the future of the EU agricultural sector & the food chain; building together and sharing forward […]
Farm Europe does not have ready made ideas to drop into the debate. Farm Europe is about a process: bringing stakeholders, experts, and decision-makers that are interested in exchanging ideas for the future of our food, our agriculture and our rural economies around the same table. To start with its agenda, Farm Europe will first ask a lot of questions ! […]
For our first policy briefing, we look at European agri-food trade and the surrounding data, policies, trends and trajectories. Key figures are always a good start to ask the key questions. Read our briefing « The keys to continuous and sustainable growth of the EU food chain » in the section “our work”, under “food chain”. Or […]