EU Food Policy Coalition
@eufpc.bsky.social
We bring together civil society and organisations from a broad spectrum advocating for policy integration and alignment at EU level to facilitate the transition to sustainable #FoodSystems.
#GoodFood4All #ThinkFoodSystems
https://foodpolicycoalition.eu/
#GoodFood4All #ThinkFoodSystems
https://foodpolicycoalition.eu/
Joining many of our participating organisations, we're proud to support the collective effort behind the European Citizens' Initiative #GoodFoodForAll!
Starting 7/01/2026, we'll have one year to collect over one million signatures from EU citizens. Let's rise to the challenge!💪
www.goodfoodforall.eu
Starting 7/01/2026, we'll have one year to collect over one million signatures from EU citizens. Let's rise to the challenge!💪
www.goodfoodforall.eu
Good Food For All
www.goodfoodforall.eu
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Joining many of our participating organisations, we're proud to support the collective effort behind the European Citizens' Initiative #GoodFoodForAll!
Starting 7/01/2026, we'll have one year to collect over one million signatures from EU citizens. Let's rise to the challenge!💪
www.goodfoodforall.eu
Starting 7/01/2026, we'll have one year to collect over one million signatures from EU citizens. Let's rise to the challenge!💪
www.goodfoodforall.eu
"Democracy is not a once-every-four-years exercise. Civil society is how people’s concerns reach power between elections – turning participation into accountability and preventing democracy from becoming a spectator sport."
Spot on op-ed by colleagues at @eeb.org 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Spot on op-ed by colleagues at @eeb.org 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
What happens after Europe's NGOs are dismantled?
What does Europe look like when independent civil society is silenced, sidelined or slowly starved out of existence? This is not dystopian fiction. It is the logical end-point of a trend already visib...
euobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Democracy is not a once-every-four-years exercise. Civil society is how people’s concerns reach power between elections – turning participation into accountability and preventing democracy from becoming a spectator sport."
Spot on op-ed by colleagues at @eeb.org 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Spot on op-ed by colleagues at @eeb.org 👇
euobserver.com/eu-political...
#GlobalFertilizerDay 🤔 Should we celebrate?
Did you know that... fertilisers are tied to soaring food prices 🍞💸?
In 2022, as gas prices surged, so did food costs — leaving families skipping meals while fertiliser companies reported record profits.
Time to make farming less reliant on fossil fuels!
Did you know that... fertilisers are tied to soaring food prices 🍞💸?
In 2022, as gas prices surged, so did food costs — leaving families skipping meals while fertiliser companies reported record profits.
Time to make farming less reliant on fossil fuels!
October 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#GlobalFertilizerDay 🤔 Should we celebrate?
Did you know that... fertilisers are tied to soaring food prices 🍞💸?
In 2022, as gas prices surged, so did food costs — leaving families skipping meals while fertiliser companies reported record profits.
Time to make farming less reliant on fossil fuels!
Did you know that... fertilisers are tied to soaring food prices 🍞💸?
In 2022, as gas prices surged, so did food costs — leaving families skipping meals while fertiliser companies reported record profits.
Time to make farming less reliant on fossil fuels!
Prevention starts on our plates 🥗🩺
Europe’s #1 killer? Cardiovascular disease🫀
The solution? Healthy, sustainable diets.
On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups urge EU policymakers to act: make healthy diets the foundation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Read their letter👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Europe’s #1 killer? Cardiovascular disease🫀
The solution? Healthy, sustainable diets.
On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups urge EU policymakers to act: make healthy diets the foundation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Read their letter👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Prevention starts on our plates 🥗🩺
Europe’s #1 killer? Cardiovascular disease🫀
The solution? Healthy, sustainable diets.
On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups urge EU policymakers to act: make healthy diets the foundation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Read their letter👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Europe’s #1 killer? Cardiovascular disease🫀
The solution? Healthy, sustainable diets.
On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups urge EU policymakers to act: make healthy diets the foundation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Read their letter👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Cardiovascular disease costs Europe €280 billion/year 💸 and is the #1 killer.
Tackling unhealthy diets is the most effective prevention. On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups call on EU policymakers: put healthy diets at the heart of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
🥗🩺👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Tackling unhealthy diets is the most effective prevention. On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups call on EU policymakers: put healthy diets at the heart of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
🥗🩺👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
September 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Cardiovascular disease costs Europe €280 billion/year 💸 and is the #1 killer.
Tackling unhealthy diets is the most effective prevention. On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups call on EU policymakers: put healthy diets at the heart of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
🥗🩺👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Tackling unhealthy diets is the most effective prevention. On #WorldHeartDay, 20 CSOs + health groups call on EU policymakers: put healthy diets at the heart of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
🥗🩺👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
🥗🫀On #WorldHeartDay, 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals say it loud: Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
Read their letter 👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Read their letter 👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🥗🫀On #WorldHeartDay, 20 organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals say it loud: Europe cannot cut cardiovascular disease without tackling unhealthy diets.
Read their letter 👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
Read their letter 👉✉️ bit.ly/3KuOkFj
These are the main (food/farming/fisheries-related) initiatives for the year to come, together with a "Buy European food campaign" and a review of the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive to ensure fair prices for farmers 👇
#SOTEU
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
#SOTEU
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
These are the main (food/farming/fisheries-related) initiatives for the year to come, together with a "Buy European food campaign" and a review of the implementation of the Unfair Trading Practices Directive to ensure fair prices for farmers 👇
#SOTEU
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
#SOTEU
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...
🌱 Dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, citizens across Europe want safe food, clean air, thriving nature & fair livelihoods for farmers and fishers — not deregulation that lets corporations cut corners.
Which future are we shaping for our #FoodSystem?
#DeregulationWave #SOTEU2025
Which future are we shaping for our #FoodSystem?
#DeregulationWave #SOTEU2025
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🌱 Dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, citizens across Europe want safe food, clean air, thriving nature & fair livelihoods for farmers and fishers — not deregulation that lets corporations cut corners.
Which future are we shaping for our #FoodSystem?
#DeregulationWave #SOTEU2025
Which future are we shaping for our #FoodSystem?
#DeregulationWave #SOTEU2025
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Tomorrow, von der Leyen will address the EU Parliament with her SOTEU speech. Today, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations: we need rules to protect people and the environment!
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Tomorrow, von der Leyen will address the EU Parliament with her SOTEU speech. Today, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations: we need rules to protect people and the environment!
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/o...
“𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀". These are stark words by Spain's Prime Minister as he was unveiling a new plan to tackle the #ClimateCrisis.
He also stressed the role of sustainable farming in fighting it — and rightly so.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
He also stressed the role of sustainable farming in fighting it — and rightly so.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis
Pedro Sánchez says country’s deadly August wildfires show society needs to mobilise and take immediate action
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀". These are stark words by Spain's Prime Minister as he was unveiling a new plan to tackle the #ClimateCrisis.
He also stressed the role of sustainable farming in fighting it — and rightly so.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
He also stressed the role of sustainable farming in fighting it — and rightly so.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Us trying to keep track of the *many* public consultations launched by @ec.europa.eu over the summer...
Not sure this is the best way to ensure meaningful public engagement...?
In case you lost track, we've got you covered in the 🧵below (⚠️ some of these consultations close very soon!)
Not sure this is the best way to ensure meaningful public engagement...?
In case you lost track, we've got you covered in the 🧵below (⚠️ some of these consultations close very soon!)
a black cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer on a table .
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media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Us trying to keep track of the *many* public consultations launched by @ec.europa.eu over the summer...
Not sure this is the best way to ensure meaningful public engagement...?
In case you lost track, we've got you covered in the 🧵below (⚠️ some of these consultations close very soon!)
Not sure this is the best way to ensure meaningful public engagement...?
In case you lost track, we've got you covered in the 🧵below (⚠️ some of these consultations close very soon!)
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🌍 Today is #WorldOvershootDay, the date when humanity’s demand for natural resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in a year.
Europe’s material footprint is above the global average: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Time to use resources wisely. ♻️
#CircularEconomy
Europe’s material footprint is above the global average: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Time to use resources wisely. ♻️
#CircularEconomy
July 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌍 Today is #WorldOvershootDay, the date when humanity’s demand for natural resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in a year.
Europe’s material footprint is above the global average: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Time to use resources wisely. ♻️
#CircularEconomy
Europe’s material footprint is above the global average: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
Time to use resources wisely. ♻️
#CircularEconomy
With the Farm to Fork Strategy, the EU made great strides toward implementing a true #FoodSystems approach.
Sadly, progress has stalled. This new @fao.org report is a timely reminder of why it matters — and how to get back on track! 💪
#ThinkFoodSystems
Sadly, progress has stalled. This new @fao.org report is a timely reminder of why it matters — and how to get back on track! 💪
#ThinkFoodSystems
💭 Think
💡 Know
🏛️ Govern
⚙️ Implement
💰 Invest
📚 Learn
Download latest @fao.org publication to discover how a #SystemsApproach can drive real transformation in agrifood systems.
👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd60...
💡 Know
🏛️ Govern
⚙️ Implement
💰 Invest
📚 Learn
Download latest @fao.org publication to discover how a #SystemsApproach can drive real transformation in agrifood systems.
👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd60...
July 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
With the Farm to Fork Strategy, the EU made great strides toward implementing a true #FoodSystems approach.
Sadly, progress has stalled. This new @fao.org report is a timely reminder of why it matters — and how to get back on track! 💪
#ThinkFoodSystems
Sadly, progress has stalled. This new @fao.org report is a timely reminder of why it matters — and how to get back on track! 💪
#ThinkFoodSystems
Struggling to make sense of the #MFF/#CAP announcements of this week? 😬
We feel you 😵💫... and we've got you covered with this 🧵collating several of our participants' preliminary reactions to the published proposals 👇
We feel you 😵💫... and we've got you covered with this 🧵collating several of our participants' preliminary reactions to the published proposals 👇
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Struggling to make sense of the #MFF/#CAP announcements of this week? 😬
We feel you 😵💫... and we've got you covered with this 🧵collating several of our participants' preliminary reactions to the published proposals 👇
We feel you 😵💫... and we've got you covered with this 🧵collating several of our participants' preliminary reactions to the published proposals 👇
Yesterday, national experts met with @ec.europa.eu to discuss the planned EU cardiovascular 🫀 health plan.
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
health.ec.europa.eu
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Yesterday, national experts met with @ec.europa.eu to discuss the planned EU cardiovascular 🫀 health plan.
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
With unhealthy diets a leading risk factor for CVDs, boosting access to #GoodFood4ll by transforming #FoodEnvironments should be a priority!
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health.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...
Us, trying to find the word "agriculture" in the European Commission's #2040Target climate proposal...
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media.tenor.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Us, trying to find the word "agriculture" in the European Commission's #2040Target climate proposal...
As we await the EU's #2040Target climate proposal, signs suggest we may be headed for disappointment.
Yet agrifood systems offer immense untapped potential for #ClimateAction — a missed opportunity if left on the sidelines.
Yet agrifood systems offer immense untapped potential for #ClimateAction — a missed opportunity if left on the sidelines.
July 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
As we await the EU's #2040Target climate proposal, signs suggest we may be headed for disappointment.
Yet agrifood systems offer immense untapped potential for #ClimateAction — a missed opportunity if left on the sidelines.
Yet agrifood systems offer immense untapped potential for #ClimateAction — a missed opportunity if left on the sidelines.
New report by @unep.org and @chathamhouse.org argues #FoodSystems transformation is hampered by 3 lock-ins:
1️⃣ the “cheap food” paradigm
2️⃣ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3️⃣ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
1️⃣ the “cheap food” paradigm
2️⃣ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3️⃣ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers
Nairobi, 1 July 2025 – Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and particularly, nature. A report published today by the ...
www.unep.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New report by @unep.org and @chathamhouse.org argues #FoodSystems transformation is hampered by 3 lock-ins:
1️⃣ the “cheap food” paradigm
2️⃣ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3️⃣ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
1️⃣ the “cheap food” paradigm
2️⃣ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3️⃣ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
We need more stories like this!
How cities can lead the transformation of #FoodSystems 👇
How cities can lead the transformation of #FoodSystems 👇
Nantes Métropole’s food strategy goes beyond policy - it’s a territorial approach linking land use, education, farming and social inclusion.
Through the #Cleverfood project, Milan & Oostende saw how food systems rooted in place and people drive change.
Read more, like & share 👉
Through the #Cleverfood project, Milan & Oostende saw how food systems rooted in place and people drive change.
Read more, like & share 👉
Nantes Metropole is growing a food system rooted in place and people
There’s something quietly powerful in a group of people walking together through a field. That’s where food officers from Milan and Oostende met actors of the Nantes Metropole food system last spring…
buff.ly
June 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We need more stories like this!
How cities can lead the transformation of #FoodSystems 👇
How cities can lead the transformation of #FoodSystems 👇
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📢 The EFSA Management Board has nominated Dr. Nikolaus Kriz as our next Executive Director for a five-year term starting in September 2025.
Before his appointment, Dr. Kriz will appear before the @europarl.europa.eu's ENVI Committee to answer questions from its members.
→ europa.eu/!PbVJ3d
Before his appointment, Dr. Kriz will appear before the @europarl.europa.eu's ENVI Committee to answer questions from its members.
→ europa.eu/!PbVJ3d
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📢 The EFSA Management Board has nominated Dr. Nikolaus Kriz as our next Executive Director for a five-year term starting in September 2025.
Before his appointment, Dr. Kriz will appear before the @europarl.europa.eu's ENVI Committee to answer questions from its members.
→ europa.eu/!PbVJ3d
Before his appointment, Dr. Kriz will appear before the @europarl.europa.eu's ENVI Committee to answer questions from its members.
→ europa.eu/!PbVJ3d
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🛢️Our food system is hooked on fossil fuels – but missing from the #climate conversation.
#Food & farming =
🔥15% of fossil fuel use
🔥40% of petrochemical consumption
New IPES-Food report exposes the risks – and maps fossil fuel-free food & farming.
👉 ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
#FuelToFork
#Food & farming =
🔥15% of fossil fuel use
🔥40% of petrochemical consumption
New IPES-Food report exposes the risks – and maps fossil fuel-free food & farming.
👉 ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
#FuelToFork
June 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🛢️Our food system is hooked on fossil fuels – but missing from the #climate conversation.
#Food & farming =
🔥15% of fossil fuel use
🔥40% of petrochemical consumption
New IPES-Food report exposes the risks – and maps fossil fuel-free food & farming.
👉 ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
#FuelToFork
#Food & farming =
🔥15% of fossil fuel use
🔥40% of petrochemical consumption
New IPES-Food report exposes the risks – and maps fossil fuel-free food & farming.
👉 ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
#FuelToFork
We had missed it ... but the programme of the upcoming Danish Presidency has been published!
Check it out to see what to expect on food and farming 👇
Check it out to see what to expect on food and farming 👇
Today the programme and priorities of the upcoming Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU have been announced 🇩🇰 🇪🇺
To read them and learn more, go visit 👉 tinyurl.com/33rdem8x
To read them and learn more, go visit 👉 tinyurl.com/33rdem8x
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We had missed it ... but the programme of the upcoming Danish Presidency has been published!
Check it out to see what to expect on food and farming 👇
Check it out to see what to expect on food and farming 👇
If you read this 👇
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Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
The planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.
Breaching the target would ramp up the extreme weather already devastating communities around the world. It would also require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere in future to restore the stable climate in which the whole of civilisation developed over the past 10,000 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you read this 👇
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🚨 Despite @ec.europa.eu confirming that EU funding to NGOs is lawful and transparent, a faction of MEPs have establish a working group to scrutinise a fabricated tale of “occult financing”.
We urge democratic forces to oppose this smear campaign and stand up for a healthy European democracy!
We urge democratic forces to oppose this smear campaign and stand up for a healthy European democracy!
June 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨 Despite @ec.europa.eu confirming that EU funding to NGOs is lawful and transparent, a faction of MEPs have establish a working group to scrutinise a fabricated tale of “occult financing”.
We urge democratic forces to oppose this smear campaign and stand up for a healthy European democracy!
We urge democratic forces to oppose this smear campaign and stand up for a healthy European democracy!
🌍 As a group of 17 CSOs and farmers representatives wrote last week, the EU must unlock the #climate potential of our #FoodSystems — not backtrack on its commitments.
✉️ See their letter to @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social here 👉 bit.ly/4mNBlgB
✉️ See their letter to @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social here 👉 bit.ly/4mNBlgB
The European Commission is about to release a controversial new climate milestone, setting the bloc’s economic course for the next 15 years and seeking to revive the flagging fight against global warming.
Most EU governments, however, would prefer Brussels drop the issue.
Most EU governments, however, would prefer Brussels drop the issue.
Why the EU is about to cripple its next climate target
A loophole-free 2040 emissions-reduction goal has little support, a POLITICO survey of 27 ministries shows.
ow.ly
June 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🌍 As a group of 17 CSOs and farmers representatives wrote last week, the EU must unlock the #climate potential of our #FoodSystems — not backtrack on its commitments.
✉️ See their letter to @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social here 👉 bit.ly/4mNBlgB
✉️ See their letter to @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social here 👉 bit.ly/4mNBlgB