Publications
Here you can find recent reports and publications on EU agri-food topics, including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), pesticide reduction and sustainable food systems. You want to add a resource from your own organisation (national or EU level)? Simply send an email with the link to your document to info@staging.goodfoodgoodfarming.eu and we are happy to include it to our digital library.
Roots of Resilience: Land Policy for an Agroecological Transition in Europe
This policy report is published by the Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia platform for Food Sovereignty (2021), the European food sovereignty movement, to set out the vision and strategy of the partnership for securing access to land for peasant, small-scale and agroecological farming systems in Europe
Common Agricultural Policy and climate
This special report by the European Court of Auditors (2021) draws the connection between climate and European agriculture. The message is: public money has to be used to lower emissions and build climate resilience.
CAP at the Crossroads: Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets
While the EU debates how money in the Common Agricultural Policy should be spent from 2028, this report by Foodrise (2026) presents data showing that huge volumes of EU taxpayers’ money are being used to subsidise unsustainable livestock production and promote meat and dairy products to EU citizens.
The New Geopolitics of Food
This report by IPES-Food (2026) examines global dependency structures in agrifood systems. It explores how we can navigate policies for resilient self-reliance.
Essential but Invisible and Exploited
Oxfam published this literature review of migrant workers’ experiences in European agriculture. (2024)
Biotech lobby groups are set to trap farmers and breeders in patent minefield
This article by the Corporate Europe Observatory explains how the deregulation of new GM crops will increase seed market concentration, undermine resilience of the food system. (2026)
Rethinking the regulation of agricultural markets for agroecological transition in Europe
This report from the International Conference of Researchers and Farmers, published by the European Coordination Via Campesina, lays out the evolvement of the CAP since 1992 and provides an overview of agricultural market regulation instruments that can be used to promote agroecological transition and ensure decent incomes for farmers. (2024)
The Pollution Playbook
From tobacco to fossil fuels, from plastics to chemicals, there is a long history of corporate interests and their allies using deceptive tactics to avoid regulation of harmful products. This publication by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Corporate Europe Observatory sheds light on this issue. (2026)
Water Atlas 2025
Data and facts about the basis of life, published by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. From the unequal distribution of water and industrial pollution to climate-linked water insecurity and geopolitical tensions, the Atlas aims to sharpen understanding and support action toward more sustainable and equitable water governance. (2025)
Towards food policies that support healthy and sustainable consumption
Case studies from 11 European countries highlighting good practices for demand-side policies, collected by Agora Agriculture (2024)
Unseen and Unregulated: TFA, the ‘forever chemical’ in Europe’s Cereals
The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe presents further evidence of toxic contaminations of our staple foods. PAN Europe calls for an immediate ban on PFAS pesticides complemented by EU-wide monitoring of TFA in food and the environment, as well as support for farmers to transition towards safer, non-synthetic crop protection methods. (2025)
