Action Days: Protest in Brussels in Support of Sustainable Food Systems
WHEN? 8.11.2023, 16:30 PM
WHERE? Place du Luxembourg, Brussels
EU Sustainable Food Systems are broken, they don’t work for people. Over 20% of people in Europe cannot afford healthy food. Supermarket prices increase, but most farmers’ incomes don’t. 37% of farms in Europe have had to shut down in the last 15 years while agroindustrial giants take over. Pesticides are degrading soils and harming the health of agricultural workers, who need support to step out of the industrial trap. Factory farming causes needless animal suffering and fuels the climate crises. We need change now!
What are the European institutions doing in the meantime? They are stepping down of the Sustainable Food System Law (FSFS). The framework, prepared by the European Commission, will not be considered before the next year’s European elections. Another year of delaying extremely necessary measures. This Law is a key element of the Farm to Fork Strategy, part of the European Green Deal. Its main goal is to accelerate and facilitate the transition to more sustainable food production, distribution and consumption. It was initially supposed to be discussed in the third quarter of 2023.
But we, the EU citizens, remember promises that generously are given but not kept as they should.
This is why the "Better Food, Better Farming" coalition, of which STEP is a part, will gather in Brussels on November 8th to show once again what we want the future food systems to be:
- Everyone should have an access and should afford high quality and healthy food.
- Farming with agroecology is an easy choice. Pesticides are also an easy choice but cost us our future.
- Diets should be local, beneficial for the climate and respect animal rights.
- Farmers should receive fair prices for sustainable food.
- Politicians must put farmers and citizens above the interests of big industries.
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People across Europe demand better food systems