Slow Food UK and Common Agricultuiral Policy

 

The Common Agricultural Policy is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies and programmes. It represents 48% of the EU’s budget. Slow Food’s response to the legislative proposals for the new CAP highlights the need for more focus on sustaining small-scale farmers.

We are at a very crucial point for the future for small-scale European food producers. Proposals have been made for the reform of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy). Unfortunately the main lobbyists are large agricultural organisations and governments that are looking to block the European Commission’s push for a greener and fairer CAP. Slow Food UK will fully support and help drive the European Commission’s desire to allow the reform to take favour of the small and medium-sized food production businesses. Slow Food members around the globe are concerned about survival of small-scale producers and the biodiversity of the European agricultural community.

Slow Food Policy – TOWARDS A NEW COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

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