Agrifood Brief

This week, to get into the ‘spirit’ of Halloween, EURACTIV’s agrifood team spoke to EU stakeholders about their biggest fears about the future of farming and food production. From sleepwalking like zombies into a dark and scary future, to rural areas turning into ghost towns, it’s time to eat, drink, and be scary as we take a look at the nightmares that haunt the EU’s agrifood sector.

Featuring contributions from: Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius; Diana Lenzi, president of young farmers’ association CEJA; Gina Geală, Cătălina Rogozan and Elena Ion from rural Romanian consultancy Highclere Consulting; Morgan Ody from the European Coordination Via Campesina; CropLife Europe’s Anika Gatt Seretny; centre-right MEP Herbert Dorfmann; Green MEP Tilly Metz; European Consumer Organisation BEUC’s Camille Perrin; Celia Nyssens-James, senior policy officer for food and agriculture at green campaign group the European Environmental Bureau; Eric Gall, deputy director for EU organic’s association IFOAM; and DG MARE’s Charlina Vitchcova.

Show Notes

This week, to get into the ‘spirit’ of Halloween, EURACTIV’s agrifood team spoke to EU stakeholders about their biggest fears about the future of farming and food production. From sleepwalking like zombies into a dark and scary future, to rural areas turning into ghost towns, it’s time to eat, drink, and be scary as we take a look at the nightmares that haunt the EU’s agrifood sector.

Featuring contributions from: Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius; Diana Lenzi, president of young farmers’ association CEJA; Gina Geală, Cătălina Rogozan and Elena Ion from rural Romanian consultancy Highclere Consulting; Morgan Ody from the European Coordination Via Campesina; CropLife Europe’s Anika Gatt Seretny; centre-right MEP Herbert Dorfmann; Green MEP Tilly Metz; European Consumer Organisation BEUC’s Camille Perrin; Celia Nyssens-James, senior policy officer for food and agriculture at green campaign group the European Environmental Bureau; Eric Gall, deputy director for EU organic’s association IFOAM; and DG MARE’s Charlina Vitchcova.

What is Agrifood Brief?

Welcome to EURACTIV's AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU from EURACTIV's Agrifood news team: Gerardo Fortuna and Natasha Foote