It is with sadness and deep gratitude that we bid farewell to Gérard Choplin — agronomist, political companion, co-founder of the European Peasant Movement, and tireless defender of agriculture that ...

ARC’s Hannes Lorenzen met Vytenis Grigas, a young Lithuanian farmer and psychology lecturer, at a CEJA conference on the ...

In a farming system that demands more than it gives, Marie Halicki finds that relationships, not yields, nourish resilience, sovereignty, and sanity.

What happened when we set out to identify and nurture the ingredients of local food system transformation in Marburg, Germany? This was the aim of the Rural Europe Takes Action – Germany project (2023 ...

If we want local food systems to thrive, every link in the chain must be nurtured: seeds must be saved, farmers must earn a fair price, processors must adapt their methods—and consumers must be able ...

Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement. After soil to bread in Portugal, the Seeds4All ...

Organic farming has long been hailed as the poster child for sustainable agriculture. But as the EU organic sector becomes increasingly industrialised, cracks are beginning to appear. How can we weed ...

Tough on trade, but more lax on CAP – that’s a quick summary of the EU's new blueprint for agriculture and food, according to a leaked draft that ARC2020 got its hands on. So what’s on the menu for ...

The field of plant biotechnology is undergoing a profound transformation. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is fundamentally reshaping the way genetic engineering is conducted.

The European Commission has been quietly weighing up options to radically overhaul its budget. This could see all of its 500+ biggest money pots merged into one mega money pot, divided out based on ...

A master gardener and co-founder of the SEED association for the preservation and use of the region's traditional seed varieties, Frank Adams has long been involved in the legislative battle waged by ...

The EU's recent decision to tax Russian cereals over Ukrainian ones, and the maintenance of solidary lanes with Ukraine despite protests, highlights the relationship between policy and geopolitical ...