European Days of Action 2024
Farm visits in Spain & Malta facilitated dialogue, hands-on workshops in Ireland and Switzerland shared knowledge, youth celebrations in Czech Republic & Hungary taught new generations about the importance of our food systems! The European Days of Action had it all!
People across europe united for #GoodFoodGoodFarming
🌍 With 64 events in 25 countries, hundreds of people came together to demand political change.💶
📢 The call to EU leaders is clear: stop favoring industrial farming giants, enforce fair CAP regulations, and fund a just agroecological transition.🌾
Check out this video to learn about all the reasons to join the GFGF movement! From activists and local groups to EU organisations, everyone supporting a just agroeocological transition is welcome.🤝
Scenes from the European Days of Action
Throughout October, our European Days of Action amplified the collective call for EU decision-makers to FundOurFuture and ensure a just agroecological transition. Hundreds of farmers, activists and citizens came together behind one united cause: GoodFoodGoodFarming.
Have a look at photos from some of the events here!
Participatory Action: European Recipes of Change
The central theme of the European Days of Action 2024 was the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Leading up to the proposal of the CAP post-2027, we took the opportunity to raise awareness of the CAP’s impact on our food systems and ensure that EU decision-makers listen to the demands of people across Europe!
During the events, citizens, farmers & activist all over Europe took the opportunity to fill out their recipe for change!
132 participants from nine countries shared their “recipes for change” for the next CAP, with social and economic justice (60%) topping the list of priorities, followed by generational renewal (57%) and agroecological transformation (39%). Many also called for healthier public food, fairer trade rules for farmers, and more education on sustainable food systems.
We brough the book to the Commission!
These recipes were bound together into one EU Recipes for Change Cookbook, which we delivered to the European Commission in Spring 2025. The book captures everyday visions and lived alternatives for a fairer food system from the ground up.
Without policy transformation, we risk deepening crises related to climate, biodiversity loss, public health and social inequalities.
Federica
Belgium
Large farmers are aggressively pressuring small farmers to sell their land. We need to support small farmers, farmers on family land and help them protect biodiversity.
Filip
Farmer, Czech Republic
Organise, be loud, exert pressure to prevent land grabbing and create laws for the common good. Soil for those who plough it!
Hanna
Germany
We must move away from prioritising profit no matter the costs and create better general education on healthy nutrition and the ethical production of food.
Kamila
Poland
The people who put food on our plates shouldn't struggle to afford to put food on their own tables. We must treat workers fairly and build coordination for more investment into the food and agriculture system.
Paola
Spain
We should clean soil using natural products like hemp, favor diverse farming practices over monocultures, and encourage local seed banks.
Sanja
Farmer, Slovenia
Small-scale farmers are disappearing, and intensive farms are exploiting, so we must incentivise small-scale farmers and increase sanitary regulations for intensive farms.
Azienda
Farmer, Italy
Media coverage
EU: October is Here – That Means European Days of Action!, 02/11/2024, ARC2020
EU: European Days of Action – Mobilizing for a Just Transition of our Food Systems, 15/11/2024, ARC2020
IT: Politici UE: Votate Per Una Nuova PAC che sostenga la transizione agroecologica!, 15/10/2024, L’Alveare Che Dice Si!
DE: Gesunde Lebensmittel und intakte Natur gewährleisten, 05/09/2024, DNR
BE: EU Politici: Stem Voor Een Nieuw CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) Dat De Agro-Ecologische Overgang Ondersteunt!, 16/10/2024, Boeren & Buren
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