As we mark 60 years of the FADN, we ask, how does collecting environmental and social data benefit farmers, researchers and policy? 💪We talk to the people doing the work. 🎧🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪New #FoodForEurope episode: https://t.co/4e1l2XkAYf https://t.co/3oHrSwPLxG

As we mark 60 years of the FADN, we ask, how does collecting environmental and social data benefit farmers, researchers and policy? 💪We talk to the people doing the work. 🎧🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪New #FoodForEurope episode: https://t.co/4e1l2XkAYf https://t.co/3oHrSwPLxG

Fertiliser prices impact Europe’s farmers and affect the wider food system. In the latest episode of #FoodForEurope, guests from Ireland, ECOFI and the Commission discuss rising input costs, food sec...

Podcast · European Commission, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development · Have you ever wondered how food in Europe is produced or where it comes from? ‘Food for Europe’ brings you st...

Fertiliser prices impact Europe’s farmers and affect the wider food system. In the latest episode of #FoodForEurope, guests from Ireland, ECOFI and the Commission discuss rising input costs, food sec...

🐄 What does the future hold for livestock farming in Europe? Livestock farming remains central to Europe's food security, biodiversity, soil fertility and the strength of rural areas. At the same tim...

🐄 What does the future hold for livestock farming in Europe? Livestock farming remains central to Europe's food security, biodiversity, soil fertility and the strength of rural areas. At the same tim...

What if the future of sustainability is less about reducing output, but rethinking waste? Across Europe, innovators are turning underused biological resources into real economic value: Timber residue...

What if the future of sustainability is less about reducing output, but rethinking waste? Across Europe, innovators are turning underused biological resources into real economic value: Timber residue...

🌱The #EUOrganic Awards celebrate the best of Europe’s organic food & farming! From farmers to entrepreneurs, the winners inspire greener choices, biodiversity & sustainability. Meet the 2025 winners in a new episode of Food for Europe podcast! 🎧🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 https://t.co/ZzXNXeY592 https://t.co/r9WDwTOgxR

🌱The #EUOrganic Awards celebrate the best of Europe’s organic food & farming! From farmers to entrepreneurs, the winners inspire greener choices, biodiversity & sustainability. Meet the 2025 winners in a new episode of Food for Europe podcast! 🎧🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 https://t.co/ZzXNXeY592 https://t.co/r9WDwTOgxR

Pierre Hermans, founder and manager, Sylva Nova The main challenge for European forests is to adapt to climate change, and above all to conserve all the ecosystem services that they provide to us. We are not subject to deforestation that is happening elsewhere in the world. We are seeing forests enlarge the land area they occupy. The European Union has 160 million hectares of forests, which corresponds to 40 per cent of its territory. Forests are an economic and ecological wealth that are directly impacted by many threats: global warming, parasites, diseases, storms and of course, fires. It is impossible to ignore the devastating fires that ravage the forests of southern Europe every summer. How are European forests doing today? How can they be protected and repaired? In the 63rd episode of Food for Europe we take you to Portugal, where Jorge Brito, executive secretary of the Coimbra region, looks back at the measures put in place to regenerate the forest ravaged by deadly fires in 2017 and ensure the protection of the population. Pierre Hermans, forester and founder of the private firm Sylva Nova, explains how he integrates global warming into the solutions he offers to his clients across Europe. Finally, Jérémie Crespin, policy officer at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, a specialist in forests, discusses the state of European forests and the role of the Common Agricultural Policy to prevent forest fires.

Christophe Hansen, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. "We have less than 12% of EU farmers who are under 40 years old. The average age is over 57 years old. We have Member States where less than 4% of farmers are under 40 years of age and where the average age is over 65." The average age of a farmer in the European Union is almost 60. Generational renewal – ensuring that younger farmers take up the profession to enable continuity in agriculture – is therefore a priority of the Common Agricultural Policy: in Germany, and across the EU. Every year, Food for Europe visits the annual Green Week in Berlin to moderate a panel discussion – this time on the challenges and opportunities of generational renewal. This podcast brings you an edited summary of our live debate —you can find the complete live broadcast on our YouTube page. Our guests were: Lennart Bertels, President of 'Junges Bioland'; Thomas Fleischmann, state chairman of the Bavarian Young Farmers' Association; Marie Hofmann, a public relations worker in agriculture; Alina Horsch from the Forum Moderne Landwirtschaft; and Elisabeth Werner, Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Commission. We also spoke separately to Christoph Hansen, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, and the podcast includes some responses from him.

The European Union is one of the world's largest producers of cereals. But for the past three years, the sector has been caught between low prices on volatile international markets and rising production costs, not to mention the impact of climate change on yields. How are cereal farmers doing today? What is the outlook for European cereals? The 62nd episode of Feed Europe attempts to answer these questions. Eric Thirouin, a French cereal farmer and president of the General Association of Wheat Producers, reports on the deterioration in the competitiveness and morale of the profession in the European Union since the start of the war in Ukraine. Guillaume Jacquemin, cereal breeder at the Agricultural Research Centre of Wallonia, explains how new varieties of cereals that are resistant to climate change are being created. And Philippe Mitko, head of external relations at Soufflet Négoce by InVivo, tells us about the factors that determine the prices of cereals on international markets and the exposure of European producers to exchange-rate fluctuations. Finally, Justyna Wrubel, who heads the cereals, oilseeds, pulses and rice team in the Arable Crops Unit of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, discusses the nature of the support provided by the Common Agricultural Policy to European cereal producers in this difficult period, and the ways in which the sector's competitiveness can be strengthened.

Ensuring food security across the EU is a priority for the current Common Agricultural Policy and the proposed new CAP. For our 64th episode of Food for Europe, we report from day one of the Agri Food Days 2025. This three-day event — encompassing agriculture and food stakeholders, including farmers civil society, academia and policymakers — is an annual forum to deepen and broaden discussions about the latest policy trends, challenges and opportunities in the EU agri-food sector. Day one was dedicated to in-depth discussions about food security and the steps necessary to support the resilience of the agri-food sector. There was also a strong focus on the ways in which research and innovation enhance competitiveness, and how sustainable farming practices can help in adapting to climate and environmental challenges. The programme includes contributions from German regenerative dairy farmer Felix Riecken, academic Yann de Mey, organic entrepreneur Lubomir Nokov, young farmers’ representative Katharina Schobersberger and European Commission official Barthélemy Lanos.