Agroecology Europe Association’s Post

What happened at Monday’s AGRI Committee hearing? It was a special opportunity that President Lili Balogh testified at the European Parliament on the strategic dialogue on 14 October. 💡 The bottom line: Agroecology is profitable, #sustainable, just, and delivers on future-proof #foodsystem transformation, recognised by ever more political stakeholders; yet misleading counternarratives remain. “We have passed #planetaryboundaries on so many levels. Droughts are every day, floods are every day, #soil erosion is at its peak. These fields will not produce #food for long. Food systems that are not #resilient put our whole existence at stake.” #Farmers are locked into a system in which two companies control more than 40% of the #seed market worldwide. There’s a huge #land concentration in the EU and worldwide and access to land to new generational farmers and #young entrants is almost impossible. Over 800 farms are lost every day according to the latest Eurostat figures, thanks to the collective #policy failures of the last decades. 🍀 In times of poly-crisis, #agroecology, a globally internationally recognised framework, proposes a #transformation of the whole food system. Farming with #nature and protecting the environment ENSURES #foodsecurity. We must resist #narratives of competitiveness and #innovation that are used to maintain the status-quo. Prioritising #competitiveness over #sustainability ignores ecological realities, while high-tech solutions, most of which are yet to be proven efficient, first serve the interests of the most powerful actors in the agrifood system. Agroecology is proven to be #profitable, inclusive, and competitive and is highly innovative, bringing novelties to the system in the form of new social and organisational structures, #indigenous and forgotten farming knowledge, low-tech and easy-to-repair technologies. 🔊 At the hearing, no other environmental or small farmers organisations were invited and their voices were sorely missing. The #strategicdialogue can only continue if it is #inclusive, especially of farmers, representative of a balance of interests, and financially sustainable for the participants. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dyhPNNdn

🇪🇺Today at 3 pm, President Lili Balogh will speak to the European Parliament at the public hearing: Strategic Dialogue on the future of #EU #agriculture. It is an important opportunity to place #agroecology high on the #European #policy agenda, urge MEPs to act for the transformation of #farming and #foodsystems, and continue the strategic dialogue respecting the principles of accountability, sustainability, and #inclusivity. WEBSTREAMING AVAILABLE AT: https://lnkd.in/detTnpY3 https://lnkd.in/e8jYTera

Excited to talk to Paola Migliorini, Emilie Rousselou, Valentine de Ganay, and Andrea Ferrante about #agroecology #education and initiatives that empower the next generation of conscious #farmers! 📚 👩🌾 📢 Join AEEU as a member and come along with your questions on Wednesday 5-6 pm to hear experiences from Schola Campesina Aps, EUfarms : European Network of Certified Organic Farms in Agroecology, and Lycée agroécologique Saltus Campus! https://lnkd.in/ef-NvSBj

Call for Special Sessions to the conference of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (ISEE) - #Degrowth 2025! 🐌 I8th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference 📍 Oslo, Norway 📅 24 - 27 June 2025 https://lnkd.in/dtgCcEQ4 🚨 Special Session submissions are welcome, the call will close on 31 October 2024. Please find detailed information about the call and procedure for submitting proposals of sessions here: https://lnkd.in/dAkMByWJ.

🥗 We are always eager to build bridges across #agroecology science, practice, and movement! At #TerraMadre2024, president Lili Balogh had the pleasure to meet with JM Fortier and Basque #biointensive #marketgarden growers passionate about growing #food with #care and social values and with Cesare Paccini president of Associazione Italiana di Agroecologia -AIDA. 👩🌾 We excited to keep fostering alliances with #farmers, small-scale producers, #grassroots movements, and a Southern European agroecology #network to strengthen the diversity and representativeness of Agroecology Europe, bring field perspectives to the forefront of the movement, and amplify success stories! #TerraMadre #SlowFood Slow Food https://lnkd.in/eGWAwAK5

Next Wednesday, the AEEU members meeting will discuss agroecology #education in dialogue with agroecology schools in France and Italy, chaired by agroecology professor and AEEU Board Member Paola Migliorini. 🌾 🏫 🎓 We are honored to have Andrea Ferrante share the experiences of Schola Campesina Aps, an international agroecology school that cultivates dialogue among #peasant, academic, and activist #knowledge. The work of the #school is dedicated to strengthening food producers’ organisations worldwide in their struggle for #foodsovereignty and #agroecology. 👩🌾 Emilie Rousselou and Valentine de Ganay will present practical agroecology education opportunities in France via Lycée agroécologique Saltus Campus, the first agroecological high school in France, and EUfarms : European Network of Certified Organic Farms in Agroecology, Initiated by #farmers working with #ecosystems, it combines an international network of #organic and agroecological #farms, an action #research programme, and peer-to-peer exchanges, to provide knowledge and visibility to the new generation of farmers. Do you want to join this and other conversations pushing the envelope on agroecology? Become a member and receive an invitation to monthly members meetings and more! https://lnkd.in/ef-NvSBj