Thousands of Spanish farmers participated in tractor demonstrations across the country for their second consecutive day, mirroring other European protests.
A female farmer was killed when her car crashed into a roadblock during a nationwide protest by French farmers on Tuesday.
Global agricultural unrest has led to farmer protests spanning Europe and Australia, challenging green policies that threaten to impact farmer livelihoods.
Farmers from across the French countryside drove their tractors into Paris this week to protest the country’s pesticide regulations.
In another blow to Dutch farmers, the Dutch government is pushing to effectively shut down 3,000 “peak polluter” farms by purchasing them to comply with European emission standards. Nitrogen Minister Christianne van der Wal said that farmers would be offered over 100 percent of farm value, but if voluntary measures fail, farmers will face forced buyouts.
Researchers say that unless the EU allows breeding techniques such as gene editing in organic agriculture, Europe’s Farm to Fork strategy will likely fail.
The EU’s organic label certification appears more comprehensive and regulated than the U.S. program, with the farm’s location being a major difference.
A European Court ruling today on gene editing could set back cutting-edge research and development in agriculture and even medicine. In today’s judgement, the European Court of Justice ruled that organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs within the meaning of the GMO Directive, in so far as the techniques and methods of mutagenesis alter the […]
Bayer and Syngenta are disappointed with the verdict of the General Court of the European Union’s on Case T-429/13 Bayer CropScience v European Commission. The Court has ruled that the European Commission’s decision from 2013, which restricted the use of certain neonicotinoids, was lawful. Bayer said they will review the verdict in detail and assess […]