We can’t eat promises! Good Food Good Farming protest

On 8^th November, our staff members took part to Good Food Good Farming’s protest in front of the EU Parliament. When the Commission published its EU Farm to Fork Strategy, civil society and NGOs had high hopes for a transformation of our food and farming systems. But the EU is not living up to its promises.

Under the slogan “We can’t eat promises”, protesters called on EU decision makers to step up their ambition after the 2024 elections and stops its support to the pesticides industry. It is urgent for decisionmakers to deliver ambitious policies to fix our broken food system.

The Good Food Good Farming movement also called on people across Europe to write their demands for better food systems on postcards. They handed over more than 600 post cards to Member of the European Parliament during the protest action, conveying people’s messages to act now for a real change toward agroecological systems, give up the focus on industrial foods produced with pesticides, GMOs, etc.

Following their protest in front of the European Parliament, protesters continued on to BASF’s offices, show that citizens and farmers are fed up with pesticides and want another system.

The alliance Good Food Good Farming (GFGF) campaigns for sustainable food and farming across Europe. Since 2023 it focuses on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) and the Sustainable Food Systems law (SFS). The campaign organises annual European Days of Action 1-31 October. Are you interested to learn more or take part? Subscribe to the GFGF newsletter or find your national contact for the Good Food Good Farming alliance.