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Official plant-based dinner at the White House
US President Joe Biden held a state dinner at the White House in June to celebrate the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Why was it special? The menu was developed by vegan chef Nina Curtis and the entire evening was based on plant-based dishes. First lady Dr. Jill Biden hired plant-based chef Nina Curtis to prepare the menu. The dinner, […]
MP Question – farms vs. EU funds
AgriWatch Programme is focused at how Common Agricultural Policy funds are spent, whether they support green transition and building access to healthy, sustainable food. Industrial farms and industrial animal agriculture should not receive public funds at any stage: feed crops, research and development, production, investments, promotion. Member of Parliament, Franciszek Sterczewski, in his interpellation No. 41821 addressed to the Ministry […]
Faunalytics and Sentient Media study – media vs. animal sector
Only 7% of climate articles mention animal agriculture and rarely discuss its impact on climate change. In the 1,000 articles analyzed, only a few detailed the link between the consumption of animal products and climate change. Most of the articles that mentioned animal agriculture did not discuss emissions and environmental degradation caused by the industry, let alone the importance […]
EVS Talks – Anastasia Trofimova & Your Beet!
„Our mission is to make it easier for our users to eat more plant-based foods, for our health and the health of our planet! Our journey began 2 years ago in Melbourne, during the devastating bushfires. We had no doubt that we wanted to live in a more climate-friendly way. We, the founders, immediately connected with how difficult it was to suddenly change our eating […]
ENVI Committee Rejects Nature Restoration Law
The European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee voted on June 27 to reject the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law as amended. The final vote was 44 in favor, 44 against and 0 abstentions, failing to achieve a majority in favor. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will present a proposal to the plenary to reject the European Commission’s proposal. […]
FF4C – urban food workshop in Wroclaw
Today we are at the Fair Local Green Deal, by the Climate and Energy Department of the City of Wroclaw in cooperation with the organization Greenhat Innovation. The theme of the workshop is food sovereignty. Fair Local Green Deals is a pilot program to try to implement the provisions of the European Green Deal at the local level by selected cities (in cooperation with the […]
EP resolution on antibiotic resistance
June 1, 2023. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on EU action to combat antimicrobial resistance (2023/2703(RSP)).Policy makers indicate that in July 2022. The European Commission, together with Member States, has identified AMR as one of the three most serious health threats in the EU; it is estimated that more than 35,000 people in the EU/EEA and more than 1.2 million people […]
FF4C vs. venison in schools
The Ministry of Climate and Environment has addressed the issue of plant-based meals in schools, pointing out the need to eat and promote… venison. Therefore, with Future Food 4 Climate partners, we present a position on the killing of wild animals and call for a plant-based transformation of cafeteria plates.„The fact that a plant-based diet counteracts the loss of biodiversity, is good […]
June 26 – AGRIFISH Council
Agriculture ministries from across the European Union are meeting tomorrow. Among the topics of the meeting will be: (a) sustainable use of pesticides – following a progress report by the Swedish presidency, ministers.y will exchange views on the proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products (SUR). (b) Fark 2 Fork strategy- (informative summary). c) Trade-related […]
It’s today! Congress of Urban Movements in Gdansk!
Today at 12:15 (CEST) we are at the Gdansk University of Technology together with participants in the Congress of Urban Movements. The 8th edition of the event is held under the motto: „Self-governance 2.0 – new challenges, old problems. The panel will include:Bartlomiej Gawrecki – leader of the legal team and member of the board of the Green REV […]