It’s time for a new food system—one that works for everyone!
As part of the Food Voices Coalition, we sent Commissioner Hansen a letter and manifesto to collaborate on creating a better food system!
As part of the Food Voices Coalition, we have sent a letter accompanied by our manifesto to Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. The coalition includes seven organisations from six European countries: Feedback UK, Green REV Institute, Terra!, CECU (Federación de Consumidores y Usuarios), CAN France, ALTAA (Alliance pour les Transitions Agricoles et Alimentaires), and Feedback EU. Together, we strive to fix a broken food system wherein corporations dominate decisions, silencing the voices of those who grow, harvest, and consume food.
In our manifesto we call on commissioner Hansen to join us in transforming retail practices that maintain an unhealthy, unequal and unsustainable food system. Additionally we urge him to work on a progressive food system to ensure that food is produced, distributed and consumed in ways that respect the planet, uphold human rights and animal welfare, empower communities and support equitable economics.
Our ask is clear: let’s work together to create a food system that benefits everyone. We have invited Commissioner Hansen to meet with us and explore how we can collaborate to bring these ideas to life!
Read the letter to Commissioner Hansen here
With the new EU Commission in office, this is also an exciting time for the Food Policy Coalition (FPC), a diverse group of organisations representing farmers, consumers, nature, health, and animals. With Feedback EU being an active member, we are proud to announce two letters that the FPC has published this week:
- Together with 43 organisations, we have written to the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen, to offer our help and expertise in shaping policies to support a transition to fair, healthy, and truly sustainable food and farming systems. You find the whole letter here
- And together with over 20 civil society organisations, we call on Vice-President Ribera Rodríguez and Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to put climate action and a just transition for EU agriculture at the core of their work. This also means to not waste public money on “technological fixes” such as biomethane production (as explained in our recent report), but rather develop a strategy for shifting animal farming away from industrial models that harm our environment communities, animals, and health! In this journey, farmers should be strongly supported. You find the whole letter here.