Stop patent monopolies on seeds! We demand a moratorium for patents on plants and animals We demand that the European Patent Office (EPO) takes urgent action to protect the common good by stopping patent monopolies on seeds. As long as we have no solution, there...
The European Commission is launching a public consultation on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (for a review of the statements on seeds and cultivated biodiversity, see fact sheet 3009). This consultation is open to all from 4 November to 2 December 2020. Written...
The report ‘Local food systems to address global risks: from the climate crisis to COVID-19’, is the third report on local food policies by the Red de Ciudades por la Agrocología, and addresses the vulnerabilities and strategies to be implemented...
As part of a deep study, ICF have launched a survey for maintainers and marketers of registered varieties. The survey aims to help the European Commission better understand the marketing of seeds to amateur/hobby gardeners. If you are an organisations who maintain or...
CAP ‘REFORM’: PARLIAMENT’S SMALL STEPS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR A GREEN TRANSFORMATION OF FOOD AND FARMING BRUSSELS, 23 OCTOBER 2020 – This week, Members of the European Parliament voted on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and Agriculture Ministers...
The ‘Farm to Fork Conference - Building sustainable food systems together’ is an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems. Stakeholders across the food value chain, public authorities,...
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From Seed to Seed is a series of 40 short films allowing anyone to learn how to produce vegetable seeds. It provides the basics of theory and practice, an ABC of seed production and shows all the necessary steps for producing seeds of 32 vegetable species. From Seed...
The European Commission is carrying out different public consultations where the perspective of crop diversity could be included As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission has launched a public consultation, on the Action Plan for the development of...
Entry into force of the Regulation officially postponed by one year, as the Delegated Act on Organic Heterogeneous Material (“OHM”) still remains open The European Commission announced on 4th September 2020, that, at the request of Member States and stakeholders, it...
