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Thank you for taking part in the FFA2020 Online Live N°2
“Rewarding sustainability in the food system”
On behalf of FFA Chairman Janez Potočnik, the speakers, and the FFA Strategic Partners, thank you for joining our event on Monday, October 26, to discuss rewarding sustainability in the food system, the functioning of the price mechanism in the food chain, and how to pay for greater biodiversity protection […]
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Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because of coronavirus meat plant closures
Covid-related slaughterhouse shutdowns in the US are leading to fears of meat shortages and price rises, while farmers are being forced to consider “depopulating” their animals.
More than 20 slaughterhouses have been forced to close, although […]
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Farm to Fork Strategy – for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.Food systems cannot be resilient to crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic if they are not sustainable. We need to redesign our food systems which today account for nearly one-third of global GHG emissions, consume […]