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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I asked the panel on environment during the agrifood days if we could reach our clima & envi goals without significant diet change and related demand side policies. Julia from @ieep.eu stated that based on their research this would be impossible with our target for 2050 in mind. #EUAgriFoodDays

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Rather underwhelmed by the answers of Felix from the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture who only adressed his dislike for UPF's and Anke from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences who mostly laid the responsability for more plant-based diets with individual consumers.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Who killed the strategic dialogue? This is the question @mep Clergeau asked in the closing statement of this event. He is right to call for the revival of this consensus!

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Strong intervention by @eeb.org during the panel on agriculture for the future. They stressed the need to move away from factory farming of animals as it is terrible for farmed animals welfare, hurts our environment and threatens our strategic autonomy on inputs like feed and fertilizer imports.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

@darionardella stressed the importance of supporting farmers to improve animal welfare across the EU. Curious how they see this in practice!

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Following the @socialistsanddemocrats.eu event on CAP today. Interested to learn about their vision for a fair and sustainable CAP and what their plans are for a just transition towards better farmed animal welfare, nature protection and delivering on healthy food for Europeans.

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EASAC - European Academies Science Advisory Council @easac.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

❗You can still sign up for online or in-person participation at the launch of our new report on Meat Alterantives:👉 easac-events.eu/event/meat-a... Join @tillymetz.bsky.social, @irinapopescu.bsky.social and representatives from @gfi.org and @efsa.europa.eu in their discussions on #meatalternatives

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

“Lawyers say the case now paves the way for suffering communities to bring replica suits across Europe, to demand justice and protection from their authorities.” 👏 Congrats to @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @cecuconsumo.bsky.social and all those behind the case! www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

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Landmark ruling says Spanish pig farm pollution breaches human rights

The community looks forward to its reservoir becoming ‘a place of life again’, where residents can walk, swim and drink without fear.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

In the EU we have 22,236 'farms' with permits for > 40k for 🐔, >2K for fattening 🐷 Imo, in these cases we are talking about factories and not about farms. Factories where billions of sentient animals are exploited to squeeze the biggest amount of profit out of them. Great work @AGtivist_agency!

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Full house in the Parliament today for EU Action Plan for Plant-Based food event! 🧑‍🌾 Very hopeful to see support for this from Commissioner @christophehansen.bsky.social and from Mep's from EPP to the Left and everything in between💪 A strong 🇪🇺 plant-based sector is key for EU agriculture's future 🫛

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Dr Jo Swabe @joswabe.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Jam-packed room for our joint NGO event on an EU Action Plan for Plant-based Foods at @europarl.europa.eu. Great discussion today. Kindly hosted by MEPs Michal Wiezik, @spietikainen.bsky.social @cristinaguarda.bsky.social @marianoichl.bsky.social @perclausen.bsky.social

Full house at European Parliament event.

Plant-based cheese & other nibbles all ready for after the event.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@spietikainen.bsky.social points out that public procurement is a key blind spot and a low hanging fruit to improve sustainable diets and higher animal welfare. #agrifood

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@cristinaguarda.bsky.social justly points out that from a food autonomy perspective it is crucial to support EU 🧑‍🌾 to produce enough and healthy food for 🇪🇺 citizens and we should deprioritize producing animal proteins of which many are destined for third countries. #agrifood#FoodnotFeed

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Emma Calvert @emmacalvert.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🏆Consumer WIN!🏆 🍟🤳Denmark announces that it will ban unhealthy food marketing to children under the age of 15. This comes after tireless campaigning by @beuc.eu 🇩🇰member @forbrugerraadet.bsky.social to better protect children from persuasive unhealthy food marketing including by #influencers 👏👏👏

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Very promising @christophehansen.bsky.social stresses again the importance to introduce the same animal welfare requirements for products produced inside the EU and products coming from third countries. Crucial for animal welfare and key for a level playing field for EU farmers.

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Compassion in World Farming EU @ciwf.eu · 03/06/2025

If no ECI ever results in policy outcomes, "people will stop believing in the process & potentially in democracy as well,” said the @ombudsman.europa.eu at our joint event w/ @thegoodlobby.bsky.social. She made it clear that citizens expected more from the @ec.europa.eu on the #EndtheCageAge ECI.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Very cool as well to learn from the Vegetarian Society of Denmark on the Danish plant based food action plan and from the Copenhagen Food System Center on how they used public procurement to reach a baffling 90% organic offer in their public kitchens 👏

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Congrats to @eeb.org and Green Transition Denmark for organizing the Depolarising debate on the Protein Shift for a Resilient Future today 💪💚 The testimonies of Danish representatives on the Green Tripartite Agreement were inspiring and should be a model for the 🇪🇺 and its members states!

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Register for @ciwf.eu and @thegoodlobby.bsky.social event on the 3th of June on: How Can European Citizens’ Initiatives Make a Difference for Society? This event will bring together activists, legal experts, policymakers, and EU officials to examine the ECI’s track record and the End the Cage Age.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

If we want future generations to have biodiverse oceans full of life. We, EU citizens need to drastically reduce our fish intake. The best thing you could do for the ocean is to stop consuming fish and seafood altogether. EU officials and MS's should prioritize protecting our oceans better.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Very exiting for the Terra Madre Europe event from the 22nd until the 24th of June organized by @slowfoodhq.bsky.social. It will be the opportunity for agroecological farmers and policy makers to start a constructive dialogue and showcase their products and methods to the Brussels bubbel.

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 14/05/2025

Déjà vu? @ec.europa.eu is yet again slashing the few green measures in EU agricultural policy❗ But such “simplifications” will hinder, not help farmers as degraded ecosystems fail to provide the resilience needed to withstand the impacts of the climate, nature, and pollution crisis. #CAP #Omnibus

Such short-sighted decisions will not only hinder farm resilience but brings the legitimacy of the CAP into question as it strays further from its environmental and climate objectives - Théo Paquet, Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

If you can, consider donating to this massively cool cause! They buy up plots of lands from animal agriculture to give it back to nature and wildlife forever! 💚💚💚

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Pierre-Marie Aubet shared his vision on the future of livestock during the Livestock Excellence workshop today. He shared this slide to highlight that the amount of animal protein we consume on average is significantly too high in relation to a healthy diet. @iddri.bsky.social

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Sadly, 🇮🇹 Min. Lollobrigida answered a q on the importance of food innov exactly as expected... 'Innovation is good, but as long as it goes hand in hand with traditional agriculture, we don't want to waste taxpayers' money on creating meat in labs.' Fear of innovation is not the vision we need!

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Generational renewal panel: Erika Olsen, swedish organic farmer, shared why so many young farmers go organic: they care for the future of the soil 🌱, love mixing tradition & innovation ⚖️, and are passionate about producing healthy, nature-friendly food 🌍 Supporting organic=>supporting young farmers

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The second panel got kicked off by young regenerative farmer Anne Van Leeuwen.👩‍🌾 She made great points on the need for long-term capital & healthy interest rates that don't push farmers into overly extractive models. 💶 She also called for the closing of the gap between producer & eater ✅️

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Next up was a panel of all men from Council, EP, EESC, CoR and Copa (but no civil society at all 🤯) They talked more about generational renewal, competitiveness & innov (a clear trend this day) The audience rightly asked them about the lack of focus on food policy & the sectors climate impact

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

On the evolution and not revolution point: when farmers are quiting by the millions in the last decades, average farm income is bad, AW is too often neglected and the strain of EU AGRI on ENVI is destructive, we need more than small tweaks to the system.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Right afterwards, Commissioner @christophehansen.bsky.social took the floor. Some highlights from his intervention: - We need an evolution of the CAP and not a revolution - Innovation will be crucial for livestock farming sust - Resilience and better disaster management are crucial for farmers

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Following the 🇪🇺 event on the vision for Agriculture and Food today. The day got opened by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu who spoke about simplification, fair prices and generational renewal. Unfortunately she forgot to mention climate/envi impact, animal welfare or food policy in general. 🤔

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Cultivated dog treats are out in the UK and Bruce, the rescue of @philip-ciwf.bsky.social loved them! 😍🤩 This has the potential to revolutionize the pet and human food sector, reduce animal suffering and become a game changing green tech solution. Hope to see this approved in the EU soon as well!🧑‍🔬✅

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My dog Bruce tried UK’s first lab-grown meat — and his verdict was emphatic

‘Chick Bites’, the first cultivated meat product to gain official approval for sale in the UK, proved to be a hit with Philip Lymbery’s…

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Sentient @sentientmedia.org · 25/04/2025

Young grassroots activists are getting restaurants to serve more plant-based food, an initiative that can have big climate impacts. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:

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Young Activists Are Getting Plant-Based on the Menu, for Climate and Animals

Getting restaurants to serve more plant-based food can have big climate impacts.

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Adrien Fabre @adrien-fabre.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🤩🤩 Paper finally out in the AER! With my co-authors (incl. @bluebery-planterose.com & @s-stantcheva.bsky.social) we surveyed climate attitudes in 20 countries covering 72% of global emissions. In brief, people want ambitious, global, and fair climate policies. A 🧵⬇️ www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Jörg-Andreas Krüger of NABU, stresses that we need more financial incentives to support farmers to realize sustainability targets and the need to move away from area-based payments.

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Sara Matthieu @saramatthieu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Marine Le Pen is kwaad? Hopelijk op zichzelf. Ze is veroordeeld voor grootschalig misbruik van EU geld, in wat het grootste corruptieschandaal ooit in het parlement genoemd kan worden. Niet zomaar een foutje, maar een ernstige zaak. Politici die wetten overtreden, moeten worden aangepakt. Punt.1/2

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Great introduction by @Janez Potočnik at the Forum for the future of Agriculture. He highlighted the importance of acknowledging that the sustainability of our agrifood system is the foundation of its competitiveness.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Thanks to Ines of @eurogroupforanimals.org to share the complex step by step way in which a cow stands up. Making it possible for all cows to freely stand up should be the bare minimum for cows in the EU. We look at the Commission to include a ban on tethering in the animal welfare revision.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

As cows are social animals that like to graze, meet with their friends and move around freely tethering is a practice that should be banned asap in the EU. Sweden shows that phasing out tethering is possible. Other EU member states should follow their example. The EU should propose an EU-wide ban.

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Thank you to @MEPSebastian Everding and @eurogroupforanimals.org for organizing a crucial event on the cruel and unnecessary practice of tethering dairy cows. Tethering is when cattle are fixed to a place in the barn with chains or fixed neck frames. A still to common practice in the 🇪🇺

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🇪🇺 a big thank you to MEPs @tillymetz.bsky.social, @manuelaripa.bsky.social, @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social, Michal Wiezik & @anjahazekamp.bsky.social, for hosting this exhibition and sharing the truth with their colleagues in the Parliament this week 👏👏

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Matthijs Van Marcke @matthijsvm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Congratulations to @eeb.org and @animallaweurope.bsky.social for organizing the most eye-opening and gut punching photo expo of the year. Hope many EU policy makers see it this week. I hope the images stay with them when they are working and voting on animal welfare and protein diversification!

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EU Food Policy Coalition @eufpc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It looks like yesterday's call by several EU FPC participants to have food on the agenda was successful! While the title does not seem quite right, it seems like there will be a session on #FoodEnvironments, #PublicProcurement, #FoodAffordability and improving access to healthy food 👇 #EUAgriVision

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Roos Vonk @roosvonk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Nederland heeft minste bossen van Europa en haalt doelen voor nieuwe aanplant niet. Er is te weinig ruimte in ons land, zegt RTLNieuws. Dan heeft @rtl.nl zeker niet gezien dat tweederde van de grond in Nederland wordt gebruikt voor landbouw, waarvan tweederde wordt geëxporteerd.

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