Focused on sustainable farming practices, biodiversity, and the transition to agroecological systems.
A new position paper by Agroecology Europe (February 2026) brings much-needed clarity to the growing debate around regenerative agriculture. While acknowledging shared agronomic practices, the paper warns that regenerative narratives are increasingly vulnerable to corporate capture and financialisation.
FIAN Europe and the Access to Land Network have submitted a joint contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The text highlights how land concentration, speculation and policy gaps in Europe restrict access to land for small-scale and agroecological farmers, putting the right to food at risk. The organisations call for rights-based land governance aligned with UNDROP to protect rural communities and future generations.
A new Erasmus+ collaboration between the School of Shepherds of Catalonia and CFPPA Ariège-Comminges has produced EcoPastos, a 12-unit training module for sustainable mountain grazing. All teaching materials are available online in four languages, supporting the training of more than 120 future shepherds in the coming years.
A closer look to a tool developed in Germany – Richtig rechnen / Calculte it right! Regionalwert AG is experimenting with innovative approaches for financial accounting taking environmental and social aspects into account. “Calculate it right” is the outcome of… Read More »How to do financial accounting in a more sustainable way
Showcasing methods for evaluating, communicating and improving a farm’s environmental, social and economic outcomes How do you measure the many benefits of an agroecological approach to farming? How can that be done in practical ways that are not overly complex… Read More »Handbook on farm impact assessment
Documenting and analysing European innovative land practices In a new report, the RURALIZATION consortium tackles the question of innovative land practices. Documenting 64 innovative practices across 14 European countries, the study explores how a variety of actors—farmers themselves but also citizens, local authorities,… Read More »Land Innovations for Rural Regeneration and Generational Renewal in Europe
July 2019 The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce’s (RSA) Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has recently published its findings in a new UK report. Set up in 2017, the Commission’s review has been one of… Read More »Our future in the land
August 2018 The trouble with soy: the threats to small-scale producers across Europe is a 2018 report by Eco Ruralis and the European Coordination Via Campesina, which deals with recent EU activity on the topic of ‘protein independence’. Whilst there has… Read More »The trouble with soy: the threats to small-scale producers across Europe
April 2017 Over two years the member organisations of the Access to land network have compared their perspectives, explored the diverse realities and facets of small farms across Europe, as well as the challenges facing them. We soon came to… Read More »Small farms in Europe – Time for a redefinition
April 2017 With small farms disappearing at a fast pace, it has become extremely important for everyone to understand how crucial the small farms are to agriculture. Small farms contribute not only towards the local jobs and rural activities, but… Read More »Small farms in Europe – viable but underestimated