Farm to Fork

Modelling study: product-based subsidies can increase supply of healthy foods

by European Public Health Alliance | May 12, 2021 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Publications

A modelling study commissioned by EPHA, implemented by CIHEAM-IAMM, explored the effects of an agricultural producer subsidy on the availability and accessibility of fruits, vegetables and pulses in France. It concluded that product-based subsidies can make an...

Farm to Fork: 10 Priorities for sustainable food systems

by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 26, 2021 | Farm to Fork

As MEPs prepare their reaction to the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, EPHA joins calls for their endorsement of 10 key priorities in their upcoming report to the European Parliament. With Europe still tackling COVID-19, this is an opportunity to build the foundations of a...

Joint letter I Steps needed to meet the EU ban on routine use of antimicrobials in animal farming

by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 19, 2021 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments

The EU ban on the routine use of antimicrobials in animal production starts applying in January 2022. EPHA joins in asking the Commission about what preparations are being taken to ensure compliance with these rules? 2.12.0.02.12.0.02.12.0.0 DOWNLOAD LETTER 18...

Joint policy brief I An agroecology approach to shape policies and transform EU food systems

by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2021 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Publications

This policy paper, supported by EPHA, puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It uses the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to envision how agroecology should be...

Does the Farm to Fork strategy ‘walk the talk’ on food environments?

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...

Human, ecological and animal health: a promising new narrative for sustainable food systems

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...