On 13 October, the Danish government announced its action plan on plant-based food. Denmark plans to allocate 1.25 billion kroner (€168 million) to initiatives to strengthen the role of plant-based food in the current food system. The planned initiatives include the creation of a 100 million Euro Plant Food Fund. Between 2023 and 2030, the Fund will finance activities at a level of €12 […]

Catalina López Salazar, Director of the Aquatic Animal Alliance Coalition, presented the theme #StopOctopusFarming to activist individuals during a meeting at the Green Advocacy Academy held in collaboration with the global Plant Based Treaty campaign. This campaign brings together activist individuals, the scientific community, civil society organisations from around the world in favour of stopping the exploitation of more animal […]

An analysis published on 26 October 2023 entitled ’Three clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 infections linked to chicken meat and chicken meat products – JOINT ECDC-EFSA RAPID OUTBREAK ASSESSMENT’ by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveals that from January 2023 to 24 October 2023, a total of 335 cases […]

The European Commission consultation – Targets to reduce food waste – is open until 22 November. The Green REV Institute has prepared and sent its position paper, which is available HERE. In the position paper we point out that: The aim of the initiative is to develop binding targets against food waste. Why submit an opinion? Photo: Unsplash

On 25.10, civil society organisations including the Green REV Institute, partners of the FF4C Coalition and the scientific community from around the world sent an call to the President of the #KE, Ursula von der Leyen, not to postpone the work on the EU legislation for sustainable food systems (FSFS). The call points out that „Failure to present the FSFS proposal […]

On 11 October, MEPs sent a question on EU SFS legislation requiring a written answer to the European Commission. The written question was sent by 6 MEPs: Dr Sylwia Spurek, Sarah Wiener, Benoît Biteau, Pierre Larrouturou, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Anja Hazekamp. The question to the EC is as follows: Link to document Recall that EU legislation for Sustainable Food Systems was due to be presented by the European Commission in September […]

The Green REV Institute together with other NGOs called on the decision-making side of the Netherlands not to impose an increased tax for alternatives to animal milk. The call was sent to Parliament (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal), the Finance Committee, the Health, Welfare and Sport Committee and the Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Committee. The proposed increase in consumer tax […]

A new Eurobarometer survey shows that 84% of Europeans and European women believe that the welfare of farmed animals should be better protected in their country than it is today. As many as 60% of those taking part in the survey believe that they could pay more for food products that come from systems where animal welfare is respected. At the same […]

The next meeting of the ongoing Green Advocacy Academy x Plant Based Treaty project will take place this coming Tuesday (24.10.2023) at 18:00 CEST. The project is in collaboration with the global Plant Based Treaty campaign. Those attending will be joined by Catalina López Salazar, a veterinarian and Director of the Aquatic Animal Alliance. Catalina leads a coalition of 100 organisations around […]

Will Polish cities join Edinburgh in supporting the Plant Based Treaty? Edinburgh has made history by becoming the first European capital to officially endorse the global campaign – Plant Based Treaty. The city council has officially endorsed the Plant Based Treaty, a groundbreaking effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture. In Poland, no city has developed its Local Food Policy. […]