by Nikolai Pushkarev | Dec 22, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion
To facilitate a shift towards healthier, more sustainable diets, the EU Farm to Fork strategy points to the creation of a “favourable food environment”. A ‘food environment approach’ recognises that a wide range of contextual factors, which are mostly beyond...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Nov 16, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion
Governments should renew their narrative and priorities, and start promoting “human, ecological and animal health” as a core focus of sustainable food systems. This is the central theme of a recently published guide to government action by the Global Alliance for the...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Sep 30, 2020 | Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
A recent “virtual townhall” meeting on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan raised high expectations promoting a solid prevention pillar. The meeting, held on September 10th and organised by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, was part of a wider DG SANTE...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Apr 30, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion
In two exceptionally lucid reports, EU scientific advisors overturn the ‘business as usual’ approach to European food policy. Published in April by the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), these papers herald a silent revolution...
by Nikolai Pushkarev | Feb 6, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
2020 is a year full of promise. If the European Commission adds ambition to its commitments, it can plant the seeds for real change towards preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – the 21st century’s foremost health threat, and for transitioning towards...
