European Days of Action
OCT. 27/28 2018
Europe’s food and farming system is broken. Now, with the reform of the EU’s agricultural policy under way, we have a real chance to stir it up. We want a system which supports small farmers and rural livelihoods, protects our soil, water, ecosystems and biodiversity, does not contribute to climate change or animal suffering and provides healthy food for all.
We will raise the alarm to stop industrial agriculture with the European Days of Action on 27th and 28th of October 2018. People all over Europe will grab their pots and join demonstrations, picnics, markets, festivals and all kinds of events demanding a sustainable transition of food and farming!
| Title | Address | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/09 - We are fed up with your agricultural policy! | Schloss Hof, Lower Austria, Austria | 8:00With tractors, bikes and pots, we are loud for a democratic food policy, when the Ministers of Agriculture meet behind the thick walls of a castle Plattform Wir haben es satt! Austria More Details | Protest |
| 01/10 to 07/10 - The post-2020 CAP: what can be done about the biodiversity of olive groves | Jaén, Spain | MorningsTraining talks on the impact that the new CAP will have on the olive grove, with special emphasis on biodiversity LIFE Olivares Vivos Project, SEO/Bird Life More Details | Discussion,Training |
| 06/10 - From the field to the school, to the cinema and to home! | Matadero, Madrid, Spain | 11:00 - 14:00Within the framework of Another Way Film Festival, a film about conscious food in schools will be screened, followed by a debate with experts in the field. Finally there will be a workshop with a showcooking and a seasonal tasing Asociación Del Campo al Cole, SEO/BirdLife, La Dehesa el milagro, Fundación Carasso y Another Way Film Festival More Details | Discussion,Film,Food |
| 06/10 - Future food - give peasants the floor | Sølystvej 2, Jyderup, Denmark | 13:0013h. Welcome. Tasting samples of local producers. Activities for children. NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark More Details | Discussion,Food |
| 06/10 - What is the way to local food? Discussion between farmers and consumers | Kostelnà 1300/44, Prague 7-Holešovice, Czechia | 14:00 - 15:00Is sustainable farming also financially sustainable? Who supports small farmers and how? How does CSA work in Czech Republic? Come meet and talk to farmers. Hnutà DUHA - Friends of the Earth Czech Republic More Details | Discussion |
| 13/10 - Good Food Conference 2 | Kino Tuskanac, Zagreb | 10:00Good Food Conference happening for the second time in Zagreb, in old cinema Tus¡kanac. This year main topics of the conference are: seed and soil health. Green Network of Activist Groups More Details | Conference |
| 13/10 - Flash Mob "Fight for our food" | Place de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium | 17:30A flash-mob to support the peasants of the South and North and to demand together a real application of the right to food. FIAN Belgium More Details | Protest |
| 14/10 - Good Food Good Farming March in London | Parliament Square, Westminster | 11:30The march will proceed to Bargehouse Gallery, SE1 9PH where speakers will deliver workshops as part of the We Feed the World photo exhibition. Landworkers Alliance More Details | Protest |
| 20/10 - How do we create a green and fair farming? | Carl Blochs Gade 28, Aarhus Municipality, Denmark | 13:00 - 18:00Come and join the Forum for Madsuverænitet in Aarhus to talk about the challenges in food and agriculture, debate and take part in a photo action, share a dinner NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark More Details | Discussion,Food |
| 21/10 - Trashumancia Festival | Madrid, Spain | Transhumant herds taking over the heart of the city of Madrid to show their importance for traditional practices and ecosystems Asociacion Trashumancia y Naturaleza More Details | Festival,Protest |
| 25/10 - AGROindustry black and white | Allerweltshaus, Cologne, Germany | 18:00Artistic-documentary photo exhibition by Cologne based Mexican artist J. Rodriguez. Program: Films, Food, workshops and discussion treemedia, kollektiv tonalli More Details | Discussion,Exhibition,Food |
| 27/10 - Nature and farm activity day | Pointe de l'Aiguillon, France | 10:00-18:00Ornithological walk, picnic with farm products, guided tour of the farm, games and workshops for children, stands, conference LPO Vendee More Details | Conference,Tour,Farm Visit |
| 27/10 - The Sierra de Tramuntana: biodiversity, tradition and health | Pollença, Spain | 09:00 - 15:00The volunteers will support the tasks of ecological production of the farm, at the end of the activity there will be a popular meal with tasting of our own products Fundación Vida Silvestre Mediterránea More Details | Food,Farm Visit |
| 27/10 - Food Caravan North-Limburg / Southeast-Brabant | Venlo, Netherlands | 9:15 - 17:00Excursions to farmers and inspiring initiatives, plenary speeches and workshops. The reform of the CAP will be an important topic. Voedsel Anders Nederland, Werkgroep Land, en Tuinbouw Noord-Limburg, Het Beleg More Details | Tour,Farm Visit |
| 27/10 - Disco soup against food waste | Rue de la Reine, Luxembourg | 10:00Cooking delicious food from leftovers of the market, with nice DJ music MengLandwirtschaft More Details | Food |
| 27/10 - A bit more or finally enough? Conference and protest Action | Büchsenstraße 33, Stuttgart, Germany | 10:00Conference on Agriculture and Food, Initial meeting of the local food council (Ernährungsrat Stuttgart und Umland) and a protest orchestra with pots and pans on Schlossplatz in Stuttgart. Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft More Details | Conference,Protest |
| 27/10 - Activities on the city market | Place de la Tremoille, Laval, France | 10:00 - 13:00Tasting of local products, disco soup, photo exhibition, distribution of posters or postcards CIVAM bio 53 More Details | Exhibition,Food |
| 27/10 - Day of activities | Le Puy-en-Velay, France | 10:00 - 18:00Distribution of leaflets by markets or supermarkets, screening-debate, exhibition, snack with farm products, play/ecological fable REN 43 More Details | Exhibition,Food |
| 27/10 - Cabbage-party at Stadtgarten Bebelhof | Braunschweig, Germany | 10:00 - 17:00Registered participants learn something about the conservation of food. We will use white and red cabbage grown by the Solawi-Dahlum. (Fully booked) More Details | Food |
| 27/10 - The game of healthy and sustainable food | Carrer del Claustre del Carme, Maó, Spain | 10:00 - 14:00Children and adults can enjoy and learn with the games of the Goose and Twister adapted to the theme of healthy and sustainable food (during the celebration of the "3a Mostra d'Entitats de Menorca") GOB Menorca y JustÃcia Alimentà ria More Details | Food,Game |
| 27/10 - Landowners' meeting - Agrarian stewardship and CAP | Alcoletge, Spain | 10:00 - 14:00Annual landowners meeting. Firstly, a talk entitled: Can land stewardship contribute to sustainable farming? Is this fostered by CAP? Then: let's visit a project for the preservation of lesser grey shrike habitat. Xarxa de Custòdia del Territori More Details | Conference,Farm Visit |
| 27/10 - Raise the alarm for a bee friendly agriculture! | Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany | 12:00Together with bee keepers and their smokers we raise the alarm for a bee friendly agriculture. Bring your pots and pans to make some noise! Kampagne Meine Landwirtschaft More Details | Protest |
| 27/10 - Happening in front of the European Parliament | Strasbourg, France | ca. 16:00Photo and media action in front of the European Parliament to illustrate citizens' demands for the reform of the CAP Welfarm More Details | Exhibition |
| 27/10 - Pig Business in Northern Ireland | Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady | Pig Business is Big Business in Northern Ireland and it stinks! A short film and panel discussion on Northern Ireland's dirty secret. Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland More Details | |
| 27/10 - London People's Feast | London | We will share food, stories and performance to celebrate London's rich culinary heritage stemming from all corners of the globe More Details | Food |
| 28/10 - Meeting: Against pig industry - for a green farming | Teglværksvej 30, Regstrup, Denmark | 10:00 - 16:00There are many reasons for working against the pig production in Denmark and for a fair agriculture. Join us to exchange ideas and tips, and establish a network! NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark More Details | Conference |
| 28/10 - Eat-in for abetter future of farming! | Kelvingrove Skatepark, Glasgow, UK | 12:00 - 13:00Come along to our Eat-In at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday 28th October and join fellow citizens from across Europe in campaigning for a better food future! Slow Food Youth Network Scotland More Details | Food |
| 28/10 - Farm tour and filmmaking | Pont du Pâtre, 04180 La Brillanne, France | Farm tour and debate, interviews of visitors, making a short film FNE PACA More Details | Film,Farm Visit |
| Terra Madre Salone del Gusto | Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy | Largest international event dedicated to good, clean and fair food, with 900 events and 7000 international delegates meeting in Turin from 20th to 24th of September. About a month before the Days of Action SF is mobilizing for a march in Turin with pots and pans to start raising the alarm for Good Food Good Farming. Slow Food, Citta di Torino, Regione Piemonte More Details | Food,Protest |
| 27/10 - Local, Seasonal, Healthy at the Farmers' Market | Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta | 8:00 - 13:00Friends of the Earth Malta will be at Ta'Qali Farmers' Market discussing good food and good farming over healthy nibbles. Friends of the Earth Malta More Details | Discussion |
| 28/10 - How should we eat? Standing together for Good Food and Good Farming | Dottendorf, Bonn, Germany | 15:00 -18:00Get-together of people and local initiatives interested to do something about good food and good farming in the neighbourhood of Bonn-South. Lokale Initiative Bonner Süden More Details | Discussion |
| 27/10 - Jaki masz wpływ na to co jesz?/ Do you control what you eat? | Warsaw, Poland | 16:00 - 18:00Do you control what you eat? Who decides what you eat? What is the Common Agricultural Policy and how does it shape our food system? University of Warsaw Botanic Garden, "Dobrze" Food Cooperative More Details | Discussion |
| 27/10 - Workshop on healthy food, crops and climate change with apadrinaunolivo.org and Organic Managers | Oliete, Teruel, Spain | 9:00Day of awareness on food and how the production of this can curb climate change (visit to an organic orchard and an olive grove followed by a workshop and oil tasting) Apadrinaunolivo.org with the collaboration of Organic Managers More Details | Food,Farm Visit |
| 28/10 - Eat-in for a better future of farming! | Kelvingrove Skatepark, Glasgow, UK | 12:00 - 13:00Come along to our Eat-In at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday 28th October and join fellow citizens from across Europe in campaigning for a better food future! Slow Food Youth Network Scotland More Details | Food |
| 21/10 - The fields keepers - Birds and agriculture | Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy | 17:00Conference on the relationship between agriculture and biodiversity. During the event we will make a short video to ask for more sustainable agriculture. Lipu - BirdLife Italia More Details | Conference |
| 27/10 - Food Caravan Ede - at the Storring Festival | Ede, Netherlands | Festival with cooking, demos, market, music and theatre. Caravan session with municipaly, peasant organisation and others on strengthening local food production Toekomstboeren, Voedsel Team gemeente Ede, Eetbaar Ede, Herenboeren Ede, VoedselAnders More Details | Festival,Food,Protest |
| 20/10 - 21/10 - PorOtraPAC Stand | Madrid, Spain | 10:00 - 22:00 ; 10:00 - 15:00This stand promoted by the PorOtraPAC Coalition aims to publicize the GFGF Days campaign as well as the objectives, members and activities of the Coalition itself. A CAPSnap photocall will take place during these days. WWF Spain and SEO/BirdLife More Details | Festival |
| 27/10 - 28/10 VI Day of de drovers roads and extensive livestock of Guadalajara | Marchamalo, Spain | 9:30 - 14:00These days aim to highlight the connectivity of the territories through the defense of livestock trails. To do this, the first day will take place different conferences and the second a march through a drovers road. WWF Spain More Details | Discussion,Tour,Training |
| 06/10 - Exhibition of potato, apple and mountain bean | Huesca, Spain | 9:00Exhibition of local varieties (apples and beans), live production of apple juice and food of local products (cheese, lamb, etc.). Grupo de Coperación Sobrarbe Agrodiverso More Details | Food |
| 09/11 - Technical session of the Working Group "Common Agricultural Policy and Land Stewardship (VII National Congress of Land Stewardship) | Valencia, Spain | 12:00 - 12:30Final meeting of the Working Group of CAP and land stewardship to discuss position document and proposals. Foro de Redes de Custodia del Territorio and Avinença More Details | Conference |
| 27/10 - Stop Industrial Agriculture - Where does your food come from? | Fiumefreddo Bruzio, Province of Cosenza, Italy | 16:00We come with the kids to our garden to show them where their food comes from. Using also show cooking, storytelling and fables. Cooperativa di comunità borgodifiume More Details | Food,Tour |
Join us on October 27/28 to raise the alarm for Good food and good farming!
2018 is a vital moment for the future of our food in Europe: every year €60 billion of taxpayers’ money is distributed to farmers through the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Right now, the biggest farmers get the most money. But a reform of the policy is underway, and many other laws are being discussed at the same time, affecting the way we farm and what we eat. Now is the time to stand up and be heard!
We want:
- access to tasty, nutritious and culturally appropriate food for all
- re-localisation of food production, processing and consumption
- food sovereignty and fair world trade
- a CAP reform that is socially just, sustainable, supports living rural areas and does not harm other countries
- fair income and decent work conditions for farmers, land workers, pastoralists and fishers
- a better future in rural communities and in the city
- many more people in farming and opportunities for youth
- food policies that promote biodiversity, protect the environment and mitigate climate change
- no GMOs
- animal welfare and fewer, better-quality animal products
- more bees, birds and other animals beneficial to sustainable agriculture
- more participatory political processes
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