That sounds good, but as often happens when sustainability ideals move toward implementation, meeting complex environmental goals requires trade-offs. To achieve this, the EU has placed most of its chips on organic farming It proposes to increase organic farming in agricultural production from 7.5% to 25% while reducing pesticide use by 50%. So, let’s lift the sustainability hood and see what’s underneath: Is it more Yugo or Tesla?į2F policy calls for increasing food production while dramatically slashing synthetic pesticide use. But with the stakes so high, a shiny new car of good intentions is not sufficient. The effort at big picture rethink is laudable, especially considering escalating climate change challenges. A revolutionary strategy should inform Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), industrial initiatives in food and farm production as part of post-COVID crisis recovery plans and international trade agreements.
Getting this right is critical, as Europe’s global policy influence is huge. European Union politicians call it a “protein transition” strategy-the continent’s sustainable farming blueprint embodied in the Green Deal, the heart of the Farm to Fork (F2F) recommendations edging towards adoption.
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