At first glance, the Nantaise cow is a relic of the past. A small, sturdy breed once common in western France, it had all but ...

EU countries have officially sealed their position on plans to loosen rules on the use of new genetic technologies, setting ...

At first glance, the Nantaise cow is a relic of the past. A small, sturdy breed once common in western France, it had all but disappeared by the late 20th century. Today, thanks to a growing network ...

EU countries are teetering on the brink of an agreement which would take new GMOs one step closer to our plates and several steps back from current protections governing the technology. What’s ...

Introduced under the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027, eco-schemes aim to promote biodiversity, climate resilience and environmental sustainability in EU farming. Yet, a report by NABU and ...

Green NGOs fight for the interests of civil society, but this is a tough fight when they have very limited resources to defend them compared to the agribusiness lobby. The EU’s LIFE Programme is a ...

Coline Sovran (right), author of the Terre de Liens report “Food Sovereignty: A Scandal Made in France”, speaks at the launch event at the Salon de l’agriculture in Paris, 25 February 2025. Photo: ...

It’s a little known fact outside the growing community: peat is ubiquitous in producing the fruits and vegetables we eat. Organic and conventional systems alike rely on peat for plant propagation.

France has more than enough land to feed its inhabitants. Yet almost half of French farmland serves the global export trade. Food sovereignty will remain a pipe dream as long as the absurd globalised ...

The field of plant biotechnology is undergoing a profound transformation. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is fundamentally reshaping the way genetic engineering is conducted.