Tag: Common Agricultural Policy

Provisional agreement reached on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

29 Jun 2021

On June 25th, 2021, a deal was finally found between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council on the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP...

Tags: Agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy, European Commission, european council, European Parliament, green deal, Pesticides

Joint Letter to Agri Commissioner calling for legumes and high-protein crops promotion in EU policies

29 Sep 2020

SAFE and 6 other organisations (Euronatur Foundation, the European Alliance for Plant-based Foods, The Vegan Society, the Good Food Institute, Compassion in World Farming, HealthCa...

Tags: CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, European Commission, legumes, plant-based, Vegan

EU NGOs suggest ways to promote nutrition in the CAP

03 Sep 2020

On Thursday 3 September 2020, 6 European NGOs (including SAFE and EPHA, ECL, EHN, EMSA and EONS) sent an open joint letter to Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, suggest...

Tags: CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, European Commission, Healthy diet, Joint letter, NGOs, Nutrition, Strategic Plans

MEPs urged to repel CAP amendments on denominations of plant-based products

28 Aug 2020

On 28 August 2020, SAFE and 34 other organizations urged Members of the European Parliament in a letter to oppose several amendments forcing the use of terms such as “steak&#...

Tags: Burger, CAP, CMO, Common Agricultural Policy, European Parliament, plant-based, Vegan

NGOs address the proposal to ban the use of terms such as ‘veggie burger’ in the EU

25 Jul 2019

In an apparent attempt to undermine the growing success of plant-based alternatives to animal products, an amendment was adopted by the Committee on Agriculture (AGRI) of the 8th L...

Tags: CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, Open letter, plant-based, Vegan, Vegetarian