CAP & Health

Joint letter I EU agricultural policy should support nutrition-oriented supply chains

by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 3, 2020 | CAP & Health, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments

Health organisations recommend three ways to promote nutrition-oriented supply chains as part of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. In a joint letter to the European Commissioner for Agriculture Wojciechowski, they outline why the CAP needs a stronger nutrition...

Joint Statement I Without rights for agri-food workers, Europe’s food supplies rest on shaky grounds

by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 16, 2020 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments, Health Inequalities, Social Determinants

EPHA joins 27 other organisations in highlighting the critical importance of good working conditions for food chain workers for ensuring food and nutrition security and food system resilience. The statement recommends both urgent measures with a view to COVID-19 and...

Joint letter I No further delay of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 15, 2020 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments

Joint letter by nearly 40 civil society organisations urges the European Commission to not further delay the publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy for sustainable food. “The undersigned organisations strongly welcome the Farm to Fork strategy as it has the...

Joint letter I Less and better meat, dairy and eggs in the Farm to Fork Strategy

by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 25, 2020 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments

EPHA joins other civil society organisations in calling on the European Commission to explicitly recognise and address the need to move towards less and better animal product consumption and production in the EU. The letter raises alarm that the issue of animal...

Joint civil society demands for a fair, green and healthy CAP

by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 12, 2019 | CAP & Health, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) affects people’s well-being both inside and outside the EU. EPHA has joined fellow civil society organisations, and those representing the interests of food producers, farmers and consumer co-operatives in setting out joint...

Only a nutrition-sensitive CAP can deliver on climate and health

by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 26, 2019 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion

By Nikolai Pushkarev, Policy coordinator, European Public Health Alliance and Susanne Løgstrup, Director, European Heart Network The evidence is clear: to secure a thriving future for people and planet we need to collectively transform our eating patterns towards...