- March 30th, 2007
- Posted by 7thmin
Plans for moving out of production-based agricultural support to direct payments and regional development schemes have been taken one step further – amid evidence of strong public support. … Read More »
- March 14th, 2007
- Posted by 7thmin
Two announcements from the European Commission this week (13.3.07) promise detailed disclosures on farm support, and upgraded controls on disease and contamination.
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- February 23rd, 2007
- Posted by 7thmin
Three new writers have come on board providing their own perspectives on Europe, writes EUAustralia Online editor Lee Duffield. … Read More »
- February 6th, 2007
- Posted by 7thmin
As the European Commission convened a conference promoting virtues of top food quality (5.2.07), Greenpeace picketed its headquarters declaring protection standards were still not complete. … Read More »
- January 20th, 2007
- Posted by EUEditor
The executive person with most say on farm policy in the EU, Mariann Fisher Boel, EC Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, says she is opening her thinking to all who might want to engage with her.
Sample the Commissioner’s blog on http://blogs.ec.europa/fischer-boel … Read More »
- January 20th, 2007
- Posted by EUEditor
The latest installment in the story of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) entering Europe has seen the lifting of strict checks on corn gluten feed and brewers’ grain being imported from the United States. … Read More »
- December 13th, 2006
- Posted by 7thmin
European food and wine sellers are to get a big boost for promotion of their products on major world markets – with a fifty percent EU subsidy for costs of the campaign. … Read More »