The 20th of June 2017 Freshfel AGM celebrated the 30 year work anniversary of Philippe Binard, General Delegate. He has been given a congratulation book with a lot of pictures and testimonies. Quite emotional.
20 Jun 2017
21 Aug 2015
That is the title of an article (in English) by David Zaruk, on his blog The Risk-Monger D Zaruk starts with an historic fact “During the Great Plague of London (1665-66), the authorities were convinced that the outbreak of bubonic plague was being spread by cats. As cats had then been looked upon by religious leaders as symbols of evil and…
18 Aug 2015
In 2015, in the frame of the LIFE program, the EU 24 environmental & climate NGOs with €9 million funding. The EU has published a article summarizing these fundings and a complete report with details for each organization and each action For example, about « pesticides », Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), receive 150K€ for a work program detailed…
24 Jun 2015
19 agri-food chain organizations, associated in the AFCRT, and Anthea McIntyre, UK MEP, organized an event at the European Parliament. They “call for a coherent policy on plant protection solutions, including minor uses and speciality crops” Read the presentation including: – Agriculture production perspective, by Luc Peeters, Copa-Cogeca: need for a quick and concrete harmonization of the EU plant…
12 May 2015
On this title, David Zaruk, on his blog The risk monger, describes how, in a EU meeting, there is a heavy process to give the talk to the NGOs lobbyists and to ostracise the industries lobbyists and their data. There is a huge difference between Washington DC and Brussels : In the USA, there are lobbyists. In Brussels,…
06 Mar 2015
The Agri-food Chain RoundTable for Plant Protection is an informal coordination of 16 europeans organizations of growers, cooperatives, food importers, plant protection industry, etc. including Copa-Cogeca, Freshfel, Profel, ECPA and IBMA. In December 2014, the Roundtable released “A call for a coherent policy on plant protection solutions, including minor uses” (originally in English, and now available en français, en…
23 Dec 2014
The NFU (National Farmers Union) has released « Healthy Harvest », a public friendly document based on a full report on “The Effect of the Loss of Plant Protection Products on UK Agriculture and Horticulture and the Wider Economy” Over-regulation, both at an EU and UK level, severely hampers our ability to provide the raw ingredients for the food and drink…
13 Nov 2014
The European Parliament’s has adopted a report on the potential use of precision agriculture to help implement the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), released by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). Using information technology, satellite positioning systems and remote sensing, Precision agriculture is able to manage spatial and temporal variability associated with all aspects of agricultural production – crops and animal…