Around 40 per cent of the EU’s budget goes on agriculture but a growing number of farmers are struggling. At the same time food has never been so popular or topical whether it’s cooking, organic or obesity issues.
Food and agriculture
Feeding a continent
Eel trafficking in the EU, the world’s ‘biggest wildlife crime’
Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are trafficked each year from Europe, ending up in China and Japan in what is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth," campaigners say.
EU court: The taste of food products cannot be copyrighted
The case was brought by Levola, which owns the intellectual property rights to a spreadable cream cheese and fresh herb dip called Heksenkaas.
Green light to petition for vegetarian and vegan food labelling
The European Commission gives green light to petition for vegetarian and vegan food labelling.
EU court rules on mutagenesis technology
The European Court of Justice has agreed with a group of French farmers who believe that mutagenesis techniques could harm humans, animals and the environment.
The need to ditch our addiction to plastic
Online shopping, on-the-go gastronomy and pre-prepared meals are all factors in the increasing use of plastic packaging – and the resulting mountains of waste.
EU proposes slimmer post-Brexit agricultural subsidy programme
The European Commission is proposing significant cuts in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to make up for the imminent departure of Britain as a financial contributor.