Ahead of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on 26–27 October, Agroecology Europe has published an open letter expressing concern about proposed changes to the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that could make EU support for organic farming and additional agroecological transition payments optional for Member States.
Brussels, 13 October 2026 – Agroecology Europe is today celebrating its tenth anniversary, having successfully connected researchers, farmers, civil society organisations and social movements, and having brought agroecological perspectives into European policy discussions.
Extremadura is showing how agroecology can evolve from isolated initiatives into a connected territorial movement. During a visit to the region, Agroecology Europe's President explored farms, cooperatives and research centres working together to strengthen resilient local food systems and make agroecology visible across the landscape.
A look back at Agroecology Europe’s key activities from the first half of 2026, featuring updates on policy, research, events, community-building, organisational developments, and a new newsletter format.
At Alnarp's Agroecology Farm in Sweden, new migration rules are putting young farmers at risk of losing their visas because farm wages fall below the required income threshold. Marie-Claire Feller shares why this contradiction threatens the future of farming in Europe.
Agroecology Europe welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s EU Livestock Strategy and Protein Action Plan. However, both initiatives remain weak and ambiguous on concrete commitments, lacking measurable objectives and an explicit recognition of agroecology.
As the EU prepares its new Livestock Strategy, Belgian farmer Thibaut Goret shows how agroecological livestock farming can strengthen biodiversity, resilience, and farmer autonomy while reducing dependence on external inputs.
Four agricultural workers were recently killed in Calabria, Italy, exposing the extreme human cost of labour exploitation embedded in parts of Europe’s food system. This tragedy reflects structural failures in EU agricultural and migration policies, where pressure for “competitiveness” and cheap food continues to rely on precarious and invisible labour. Agroecology cannot be credible unless it fully integrates labour rights, justice, and responsibility across the entire food chain, from field to policy.
Agroecology Europe organised a public webinar exploring how agroecology performs economically and how “economic success” is defined in sustainable food systems. It brought together research, evidence, and case studies on agroecological transitions across regions.
European organisations are urging EU policymakers to safeguard credible agricultural transitions by strengthening support for agroecology, organic farming and other systemic approaches. The organisations warn against the growing use of vague "regenerative agriculture" claims.
