Olga Kikou
@olgakikou.bsky.social
Join this important event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods @europarl.europa.eu on 11.6.2025 17.00-19.00
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Video address @christophehansen.bsky.social
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Video address @christophehansen.bsky.social
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June 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Join this important event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods @europarl.europa.eu on 11.6.2025 17.00-19.00
🍑🥦🍏🍅🍇🥕🍆
Video address @christophehansen.bsky.social
Just a few hours left to register here:
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Video address @christophehansen.bsky.social
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Join us for this @europarl.europa.eu event hosted by MEPs Michal Wiezik @cristinaguarda.bsky.social @spietikainen.bsky.social & Per Clausen on 11 June
An EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods can boost sustainability & resilience in the food system
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An EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods can boost sustainability & resilience in the food system
Register here:
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May 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for this @europarl.europa.eu event hosted by MEPs Michal Wiezik @cristinaguarda.bsky.social @spietikainen.bsky.social & Per Clausen on 11 June
An EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods can boost sustainability & resilience in the food system
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An EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods can boost sustainability & resilience in the food system
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An appeal to the Commission to bring the Swedish infringement case on wolves before the European Court of Justice.
Sweden is ignoring the requirements of the Habitats Directive and continues hunting its small and endangered wolf population. ☹️
www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1549...
Sweden is ignoring the requirements of the Habitats Directive and continues hunting its small and endangered wolf population. ☹️
www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1549...
The European Commission is failing to enforce EU law and protect Swedish wolves
www.brusselstimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
An appeal to the Commission to bring the Swedish infringement case on wolves before the European Court of Justice.
Sweden is ignoring the requirements of the Habitats Directive and continues hunting its small and endangered wolf population. ☹️
www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1549...
Sweden is ignoring the requirements of the Habitats Directive and continues hunting its small and endangered wolf population. ☹️
www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1549...
Despite promises & rules in place, it's “business-as-usual” re antibiotic use in animals, keeping factory farming alive.
1st report by European Medicines Agency warns of incomplete & inconsistent reporting from member states.
Mass treatment seems to be the norm.
www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/firs...
1st report by European Medicines Agency warns of incomplete & inconsistent reporting from member states.
Mass treatment seems to be the norm.
www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/firs...
First report on EU-wide sales and use of antimicrobials in animals | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Data comes from EU27 plus Iceland and Norway
www.ema.europa.eu
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Despite promises & rules in place, it's “business-as-usual” re antibiotic use in animals, keeping factory farming alive.
1st report by European Medicines Agency warns of incomplete & inconsistent reporting from member states.
Mass treatment seems to be the norm.
www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/firs...
1st report by European Medicines Agency warns of incomplete & inconsistent reporting from member states.
Mass treatment seems to be the norm.
www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/firs...
~100 ppl @ the launch of our joint exhibit on factory farming!
Thank YOU to co-host MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social, Michal Wiezik & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Thanks @marcangel-mep.bsky.social @nielsfuglsang.bsky.social & S. Everding for speaking!
Thank YOU to co-host MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social, Michal Wiezik & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Thanks @marcangel-mep.bsky.social @nielsfuglsang.bsky.social & S. Everding for speaking!
March 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
~100 ppl @ the launch of our joint exhibit on factory farming!
Thank YOU to co-host MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social, Michal Wiezik & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Thanks @marcangel-mep.bsky.social @nielsfuglsang.bsky.social & S. Everding for speaking!
Thank YOU to co-host MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social, Michal Wiezik & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Thanks @marcangel-mep.bsky.social @nielsfuglsang.bsky.social & S. Everding for speaking!
Today's roundtable hosted by @marianoichl.bsky.social on improving chicken welfare at @Europarl_EN organized by
@animalprotection.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
@albert-schweitzer.bsky.social
Essere Animali
@associationl214.bsky.social
@obrancizvirat.bsky.social
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@animalprotection.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
@albert-schweitzer.bsky.social
Essere Animali
@associationl214.bsky.social
@obrancizvirat.bsky.social
🐥🐓
March 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today's roundtable hosted by @marianoichl.bsky.social on improving chicken welfare at @Europarl_EN organized by
@animalprotection.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
@albert-schweitzer.bsky.social
Essere Animali
@associationl214.bsky.social
@obrancizvirat.bsky.social
🐥🐓
@animalprotection.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
@albert-schweitzer.bsky.social
Essere Animali
@associationl214.bsky.social
@obrancizvirat.bsky.social
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At @Europarl_EN event “the TRUTH about dairy” hosted by MEPs Sebastian Everding & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Looking at welfare problems i.e. tethering, separation of cow & calf, …..
Transition to healthy #plant-based alternatives would remove the cruelty involved.
Looking at welfare problems i.e. tethering, separation of cow & calf, …..
Transition to healthy #plant-based alternatives would remove the cruelty involved.
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
At @Europarl_EN event “the TRUTH about dairy” hosted by MEPs Sebastian Everding & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Looking at welfare problems i.e. tethering, separation of cow & calf, …..
Transition to healthy #plant-based alternatives would remove the cruelty involved.
Looking at welfare problems i.e. tethering, separation of cow & calf, …..
Transition to healthy #plant-based alternatives would remove the cruelty involved.
Common cruel practices in animal farming are censored in order to maintain an idyllic perception which is deceitful.
There is extreme animal suffering in factory farms across Europe. MEPs ought to be fully aware of the REALITY.
Exhibition by @animallaweurope.bsky.social and @eeb.org
There is extreme animal suffering in factory farms across Europe. MEPs ought to be fully aware of the REALITY.
Exhibition by @animallaweurope.bsky.social and @eeb.org
The European Union allows surgical castration of piglets without anesthesia. Just don’t try showing a photo of it in the European Parliament.
European Parliament flinches at factory farming reality
A piglet getting castrated didn’t make the cut in a photo exhibition at the European Parliament.
www.politico.eu
March 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Common cruel practices in animal farming are censored in order to maintain an idyllic perception which is deceitful.
There is extreme animal suffering in factory farms across Europe. MEPs ought to be fully aware of the REALITY.
Exhibition by @animallaweurope.bsky.social and @eeb.org
There is extreme animal suffering in factory farms across Europe. MEPs ought to be fully aware of the REALITY.
Exhibition by @animallaweurope.bsky.social and @eeb.org
Reposted by Olga Kikou
Factory farming is something we all pay for - especially in hidden environment & health costs.
I’ll be at this exhibition launch later today representing @animalprotection.bsky.social
I’ll be at this exhibition launch later today representing @animalprotection.bsky.social
Our exhibition w/ @eeb.org "Factory Farming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs" at @europarl.europa.eu.
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Factory farming is something we all pay for - especially in hidden environment & health costs.
I’ll be at this exhibition launch later today representing @animalprotection.bsky.social
I’ll be at this exhibition launch later today representing @animalprotection.bsky.social
Our exhibition w/ @eeb.org "Factory Farming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs" at @europarl.europa.eu.
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Our exhibition w/ @eeb.org "Factory Farming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs" at @europarl.europa.eu.
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
Launch Tue 13.00 w/ guest speaker Jo Anne McArthur of @weanimals.bsky.social
Hosts @tillymetz.bsky.social @manuelaripa.bsky.social @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social Michal Wiezik @anjahazekamp.bsky.social
At @Europarl_EN AGRI/TRAN meeting on #transport proposal, MEPs point to contradicting interests between those who support #AnimalWelfare and those who put profits above everything else.
Passionate speeches by MEPs below. 🙌
"Animal wellbeing should be the point of departure".
Passionate speeches by MEPs below. 🙌
"Animal wellbeing should be the point of departure".
March 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At @Europarl_EN AGRI/TRAN meeting on #transport proposal, MEPs point to contradicting interests between those who support #AnimalWelfare and those who put profits above everything else.
Passionate speeches by MEPs below. 🙌
"Animal wellbeing should be the point of departure".
Passionate speeches by MEPs below. 🙌
"Animal wellbeing should be the point of departure".
Reposted by Olga Kikou
EU national governments have agreed to exempt new GMOs from the EU rules supposed to protect people and nature - and farmers' livelihoods
The EU Parliament must now stand up for citizens and farmers who don't want unregulated GMOs on their plates or in their fields
#GMOs #NGTs
The EU Parliament must now stand up for citizens and farmers who don't want unregulated GMOs on their plates or in their fields
#GMOs #NGTs
EU governments back loophole for new GMOs - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels – EU governments have supported a loophole for new genetically modified crops (GMOs) in the EU’s regulations to protect people and nature from potential risks, a move that Greenpeace…
www.greenpeace.org
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
@changingmarkets and @mightyearth.org have launched a new Methane Action Tracker that shows none of the top 20 US & European supermarkets publicly report methane separately—despite meat and dairy emissions representing nearly half their climate impact.
Green promises without real action.
Green promises without real action.
March 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@changingmarkets and @mightyearth.org have launched a new Methane Action Tracker that shows none of the top 20 US & European supermarkets publicly report methane separately—despite meat and dairy emissions representing nearly half their climate impact.
Green promises without real action.
Green promises without real action.
Reposted by Olga Kikou
👇 Recommended reading: EU Observer on deregulation of new GMOs.
'We have a feeling [that] many things are going through by force; our impression was [that there was] an intention to push it down our throats without proper work done beforehand', said an EU diplomat
euobserver.com/green-econom...
'We have a feeling [that] many things are going through by force; our impression was [that there was] an intention to push it down our throats without proper work done beforehand', said an EU diplomat
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Unpacking EU’s food fight over new gene-edited supercrops
After months of standstill, the EU’s plan to ease restrictions on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) could move forward on Friday, pushing efforts from factory farm capitals to bypass concerns from countri...
euobserver.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
👇 Recommended reading: EU Observer on deregulation of new GMOs.
'We have a feeling [that] many things are going through by force; our impression was [that there was] an intention to push it down our throats without proper work done beforehand', said an EU diplomat
euobserver.com/green-econom...
'We have a feeling [that] many things are going through by force; our impression was [that there was] an intention to push it down our throats without proper work done beforehand', said an EU diplomat
euobserver.com/green-econom...
💔 Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi at the AW Intergroup today focused on farmers, economy, imports
🧑⚖️New proposal on #EndtheCageAge: hens first.
Nothing yet on other work areas.
More attention to enforcement of existing rules.
❓Why is #AnimalWelfare receiving so little attention this term?
🧑⚖️New proposal on #EndtheCageAge: hens first.
Nothing yet on other work areas.
More attention to enforcement of existing rules.
❓Why is #AnimalWelfare receiving so little attention this term?
March 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
💔 Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi at the AW Intergroup today focused on farmers, economy, imports
🧑⚖️New proposal on #EndtheCageAge: hens first.
Nothing yet on other work areas.
More attention to enforcement of existing rules.
❓Why is #AnimalWelfare receiving so little attention this term?
🧑⚖️New proposal on #EndtheCageAge: hens first.
Nothing yet on other work areas.
More attention to enforcement of existing rules.
❓Why is #AnimalWelfare receiving so little attention this term?
Today's plenary session with @christophehansen.bsky.social
🙂Good point by @tillymetz.bsky.social:
while the revision of #AnimalWelfare legislation is mentioned in the Vision document, it is missing references to limiting animal products and increasing plant-based foods.
🙂Good point by @tillymetz.bsky.social:
while the revision of #AnimalWelfare legislation is mentioned in the Vision document, it is missing references to limiting animal products and increasing plant-based foods.
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today's plenary session with @christophehansen.bsky.social
🙂Good point by @tillymetz.bsky.social:
while the revision of #AnimalWelfare legislation is mentioned in the Vision document, it is missing references to limiting animal products and increasing plant-based foods.
🙂Good point by @tillymetz.bsky.social:
while the revision of #AnimalWelfare legislation is mentioned in the Vision document, it is missing references to limiting animal products and increasing plant-based foods.
Today's @europarl.europa.eu plenary session with @christophehansen.bsky.social speaking on the Vision for Agriculture & Food
@thomaswaitz.bsky.social supports building a partnership with farmers to ensure biodiversity
@thomaswaitz.bsky.social supports building a partnership with farmers to ensure biodiversity
March 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Today's @europarl.europa.eu plenary session with @christophehansen.bsky.social speaking on the Vision for Agriculture & Food
@thomaswaitz.bsky.social supports building a partnership with farmers to ensure biodiversity
@thomaswaitz.bsky.social supports building a partnership with farmers to ensure biodiversity
Reposted by Olga Kikou
🏦 We’re urging @WorldBank to #StopFinancingFactoryFarming & invest in #SustainableAgriculture instead.
🐔 Factory farms fuel #BirdFlu & pandemic risks—while treating animals like machines.
📢 Read our joint letter → tinyurl.com/2vd2vptf
🐔 Factory farms fuel #BirdFlu & pandemic risks—while treating animals like machines.
📢 Read our joint letter → tinyurl.com/2vd2vptf
March 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🏦 We’re urging @WorldBank to #StopFinancingFactoryFarming & invest in #SustainableAgriculture instead.
🐔 Factory farms fuel #BirdFlu & pandemic risks—while treating animals like machines.
📢 Read our joint letter → tinyurl.com/2vd2vptf
🐔 Factory farms fuel #BirdFlu & pandemic risks—while treating animals like machines.
📢 Read our joint letter → tinyurl.com/2vd2vptf
How sad to see that certain people refuse to accept that bad things happen in our own back yard!
Even worse, those people turn a blind eye to suffering, just because they want to maintain the cruel industry's profits!
Even worse, those people turn a blind eye to suffering, just because they want to maintain the cruel industry's profits!
At a meeting of the new ‘Sustainable Livestock’ Intergroup on the issue of animal transport.
Started off swimmingly with MEP Bernhuber (EPP) implying that images of animal suffering recorded routinely by NGOs do not represent reality.
No. These images are sadly very real.
Started off swimmingly with MEP Bernhuber (EPP) implying that images of animal suffering recorded routinely by NGOs do not represent reality.
No. These images are sadly very real.
March 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How sad to see that certain people refuse to accept that bad things happen in our own back yard!
Even worse, those people turn a blind eye to suffering, just because they want to maintain the cruel industry's profits!
Even worse, those people turn a blind eye to suffering, just because they want to maintain the cruel industry's profits!
Join us in March at @europarl.europa.eu for “#FactoryFarming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs” with @eeb.org & MEPs.
📷 Striking images reveal the cruelty & environmental impact of #FactoryFarming.
📷 Striking images reveal the cruelty & environmental impact of #FactoryFarming.
Factory Farming : Unveiling the Hidden Costs
This exhibition highlights the adverse effects of factory farming on animals, human health and the environment.
tinyurl.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Join us in March at @europarl.europa.eu for “#FactoryFarming: Unveiling the Hidden Costs” with @eeb.org & MEPs.
📷 Striking images reveal the cruelty & environmental impact of #FactoryFarming.
📷 Striking images reveal the cruelty & environmental impact of #FactoryFarming.
Reposted by Olga Kikou
Completely agree - a shift towards more plant-based consumption is crucial for the much-needed reduction in animal numbers in farming, as well as impacting animal welfare, climate change, public health, and more 🌱
🥕 The EU’s #Agriculture & #Food vision ignores the need for dietary change.
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
Little Confidence for Animal Welfare in the Commission's Vision - The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy
In the European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food, we see little that gives us confidence that things will change for animals. Is it simply a band-aid on a broken bone—covering up the issue...
tinyurl.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Completely agree - a shift towards more plant-based consumption is crucial for the much-needed reduction in animal numbers in farming, as well as impacting animal welfare, climate change, public health, and more 🌱
🥕 The EU’s #Agriculture & #Food vision ignores the need for dietary change.
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
Little Confidence for Animal Welfare in the Commission's Vision - The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy
In the European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food, we see little that gives us confidence that things will change for animals. Is it simply a band-aid on a broken bone—covering up the issue...
tinyurl.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🥕 The EU’s #Agriculture & #Food vision ignores the need for dietary change.
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
🌿 More #PlantBased consumption is vital to cut farm animal numbers, boost #AnimalWelfare, fight #climate change and improve public #health.
💪 Bolder action is needed!
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#SustainableFoodSystems
Reposted by Olga Kikou
🐑🗨️Our Director of Advocacy, @olgakikou.bsky.social, was quoted in a @brusselstimes.com article about what’s missing for animals in the @ec.europa.eu's new Vision for #Agriculture and #Food.
Read the article → tinyurl.com/55dnhrjb
#EndTheCageAge #AnimalWelfare
Read the article → tinyurl.com/55dnhrjb
#EndTheCageAge #AnimalWelfare
EU vision for agriculture and food downplays animal welfare
“Our farmers take centre stage in the EU's food production system.”
tinyurl.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🐑🗨️Our Director of Advocacy, @olgakikou.bsky.social, was quoted in a @brusselstimes.com article about what’s missing for animals in the @ec.europa.eu's new Vision for #Agriculture and #Food.
Read the article → tinyurl.com/55dnhrjb
#EndTheCageAge #AnimalWelfare
Read the article → tinyurl.com/55dnhrjb
#EndTheCageAge #AnimalWelfare
Reposted by Olga Kikou
🐖@ec.europa.eu’s Vision talks #AnimalWelfare but focuses on “fair competition,” not real change.
🗝️Cages are there—but no other issues or concrete actions.
🧑🌾 Promised reforms are tied to impact on farmers—leaving room for lobbyists to stall progress.
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#EndTheCageAge
🗝️Cages are there—but no other issues or concrete actions.
🧑🌾 Promised reforms are tied to impact on farmers—leaving room for lobbyists to stall progress.
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#EndTheCageAge
Little Confidence for Animal Welfare in the Commission's Vision - The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy
In the European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food, we see little that gives us confidence that things will change for animals. Is it simply a band-aid on a broken bone—covering up the issue...
tinyurl.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🐖@ec.europa.eu’s Vision talks #AnimalWelfare but focuses on “fair competition,” not real change.
🗝️Cages are there—but no other issues or concrete actions.
🧑🌾 Promised reforms are tied to impact on farmers—leaving room for lobbyists to stall progress.
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#EndTheCageAge
🗝️Cages are there—but no other issues or concrete actions.
🧑🌾 Promised reforms are tied to impact on farmers—leaving room for lobbyists to stall progress.
More → tinyurl.com/2dt6937p
#EndTheCageAge