EU Australia Online - News & information from the capital of Europe direct to Australian businesses

Archive for 'Sustainag'

Next Page »

Moving Ahead On New-look, Still-costly Farming

  • March 30th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

belgium-fram-reduced.jpgPlans 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 »

Farm Money, and Health Checks on Feed and Food

  • March 14th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

belgium-fram-reduced.jpgTwo announcements from the European Commission this week (13.3.07) promise detailed disclosures on farm support, and upgraded controls on disease and contamination.

… Read More »

Phoney Holiday Buys – and the Famous Slovenian Sugar Industry!

  • March 4th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

png-landscape.jpgLatest EU moves have brought a clamp-down on fraudulent commerce across borders, and the winding up of an uneconomic sugar enterprise. … Read More »

Introducing: New Contributors to EUAustralia

  • February 23rd, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

subscribers-cockatoo1.jpgThree new writers have come on board providing their own perspectives on Europe, writes EUAustralia Online editor Lee Duffield. … Read More »

Food Quality: Greens Beg To Differ

  • February 6th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

greenpeace-protest-cropped.jpgAs 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 »

Document: Report on Farm Prospects

  • February 6th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

fields-resize1.jpgA report published this week (5.2.07) by the European Commission, on prospects for agricultural markets and income, (2006-13), covers cereals, oilseeds, sugar, meat, eggs, milk and the main dairy products. … Read More »

Agriculture and Food Industry Jamboree Amongst World’s Biggest

  • January 22nd, 2007
  • Posted by EUA Editor

berlin-ag-resize.jpgEuropean political leaders made it to centre stage at this year’s International Green Week event, the annual show for agriculture and allied industries in Germany – held this time in the nation’s glittering, rebuilt capital.

The presence of Schmitti the green Berlin Bear, mascot of the fair, made it plain that this was an occasion for business and hoopla, not dour politics. … Read More »

Next Page »