21/05/2020
A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
The European Commission published yesterday the new strategy: From Farm to Fork - Our food, our health, our planet, our future, for moving towards a more healthy and sustainable EU food system, a cornerstone of the European Green Deal:
- Make sure Europeans get healthy, affordable and sustainable food
- Tackle climate change
- Protect the environment and preserve biodiversity
- Fair economic return in the food chain
- Increase organic farming
Actions:
The use of pesticides in agriculture contributes to the pollution of soil, water and air. The Commission will take actions to:
- reduce by 50% the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030.
- reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides by 2030.
The excess of nutrients in the environment is a major source of air, soil and water pollution, negatively impacting biodiversity and climate. The Commission will act to:
- reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring no deterioration on soil fertility.
- reduce fertilizer use by at least 20% by 2030.
Antimicrobial resistance linked to the use of antimicrobials in animal and human health leads to an estimated 33,000 human deaths in the EU each year. The Commission will reduce by 50% the
sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals and in aquaculture by 2030.
Organic farming is an environmentally-friendly practice that needs to be further developed. The Commission will boost the development of EU organic farming area with the aim to achieve (25 % of total farmland) under organic farming by 2030.
More details:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/communication-farm-fork-strategy-fair-healthy-and-environmentally-friendly-food-system_en
The strategy file can be downloaded from here:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/communication-farm-fork-strategy-fair-healthy-and-environmentally-friendly-food-system_en
