Who?
The Good Food Good Farming campaign is an initiative of the Agricultural and Rural Convention (ARC2020) - a civil society platform for organisations and individuals across Europe calling for a REAL reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Set up in 2010, ARC2020's scope is to give civil society a strong voice in the reform process, and mobilize beyond traditional stakeholder interests. Representing over 150 organisations from 22 Member States, these interests range from food, human health and animal welfare, to development cooperation, global justice and climate change, as well as those of conventional and organic farmers, and rural development networks.
In 2010 and 2011, ARC2020 concentrated its activities on the decision-making process of the European Commission, participating in the Commission’s hearings and coordinating a parallel NGO Communication. Once the focus shifted to the decision-making process in the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, ARC2020 launched a campaign...
What?
The Good Food Good Farming campaign was launched in 2012 to mobilise citizens to take action, and demand good food and good farming across Europe. The biggest action of the campaign to date was the Good Food March. Organised together with the European Milk Board, European Coordination Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU Group, Meine Landwirtschaft, PAC2013 and Slow Food, the event saw farmers, consumers and young people from across Europe travel to Brussels (many by bike) for a day of action on September 19th. Throughout the campaign, a photo action is running which enables ANYONE to express their hopes and demands for the future of food and farming in Europe. Send yours to: photo@goodfoodmarch.eu
The Good Food Good Farming campaign continues... Numerous actions have taken place and we will continune our work for better rural policies in the EU!
News and background information: