Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

Where The Untended Feeds Us – Cécile Gilquin’s “Tiers-Paysage”

All the places neglected by human beings”: this is the site of the Third Landscape (Tiers-Paysage) as defined by Gilles ...
Agricultural and Rural Convention - ARC2020

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The Trojan Horse of Simplification

On the back of yet another green light for a fresh batch of ‘simplification’ plans, ARC2020’s Natasha Foote explores how deep ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

When Policy Fails, People Step Up – Inside ARC’s Rural Resilience Project

Oleander house in the open-air museum of the Vistula settlement in Wiączemin Polski, seen on a field trip during the 2024 Rural Resilience gathering in Grzybów, Poland. Photo: Adèle Violette Rural ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part II – Healthy Interdependencies, Led By Farmers

In early June, the Seeds4All project team was invited by artist Alexandra Baumgartner to contribute to the fifth edition of Food Culture Days, a multidisciplinary biennial organised in Vevey, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Does EU Policy Have An Appetite For Local Food?

Across Europe, small-scale farmers are essential actors in local food provisioning, yet they face structural barriers to accessing public support. While industrial agriculture continues to receive the ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Letter From The Farm | Neighbours, Not Numbers: How Local Feeds Us All

In a farming system that demands more than it gives, Marie Halicki finds that relationships, not yields, nourish resilience, sovereignty, and sanity. There’s plenty of time to think behind the wheel ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Rural Europe Takes Action – Food System Lessons from Marburg

From left: Hannes Lorenzen (ARC2020); Ann-Marie Weber, Almut Busch and Merle Drusenbaum (kollektiv von MORGEN); and Marcus Nürnberger (AbL), pictured in a farmyard in southern Marburg-Biedenkopf in ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

The Rise of a New Grain Alliance – Germany’s Free Bakers Sow the Seeds of Change

A new idea is brewing in Germany, with the first seeds sown of a new alliance along the food value chain for cereals and legumes. ARC2020’s President Hannes Lorenzen reports on how farmers, bakers, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Crafting the Collective – Tijs Boelens’ Vision for a Farmer-Led Grain Revival

If we want local food systems to thrive, every link in the chain must be nurtured: seeds must be saved, farmers must earn a fair price, processors must adapt their methods—and consumers must be able ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

Re-Sowing the Seeds of Connection in Switzerland, Part I – Nurturing What We Have

In early June, the Seeds4All project team was invited by artist Alexandra Baumgartner to contribute to the fifth edition of Food Culture Days, a multidisciplinary biennial organised in Vevey, ...
Europe's Milk Crisis

The EU Has the Funds but Lacks Focus – This Farm Shows What’s Possible with Both

Organic farming has long been hailed as the poster child for sustainable agriculture. But as the EU organic sector becomes increasingly industrialised, cracks are beginning to appear. How can we weed ...