TAG: Meat

Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?

Tensions are soaring across the Middle East after Washington vowed to respond to a drone attack by I...

8 months ago

The EU got its first climate report card. It’s not good

Now’s not the time for Green Deal fatigue. In fact, Europe must accelerate its efforts. That’s the b...

8 months ago

France axes tractor fuel hike, cuts red tape to appease angry farmers

PARIS — The French government on Friday promised to cut taxes on agricultural fuel and reduce bureau...

8 months ago

Intensive pig farming hogs scarce water in drought-hit Catalonia

BARCELONA — In the region of Osona, to the north of Barcelona, there are seven times as many pigs as people.Hectares of pig farms — long, barrack-like brick buildings with half-closed windows — stretch from the roadside into the distance. Metal cylinders...

6 months ago

New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes

For months, European farmers have been protesting what they see as excessive red tape and environmental restrictions from Brussels. Soon, they’ll have even more forms to fill out. Under new EU rules set to apply from January, European farmers will be requ...

6 months ago

Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs

BERLIN — The German capital is the birthplace of that ubiquitous European fast food, the doner kebab, and it shows.Kebab shops line streets of many German cities, particularly in Berlin, and the scent of roasting, skewered meat is never far off.Some two-m...

2 months ago

The EU says it wants food security. It really wants exports.

BRUSSELS — Food security: It’s the new slogan dominating European farming. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pinned it at the top of her agricultural agenda, promising European lawmakers that she would ensure it in her second term. Th...

2 months ago

EU’s first application for cultivated meat is for French foie gras

French food startup Gourmey has become the first company to apply for EU market access for cultivated or “lab-grown” meat, after it submitted an application for a cell-based duck product to the European Commission on Thursday.The novel food would be used...

2 months ago

The plan to save European farming

BRUSSELS — Business as usual is no longer an option for European farmers and businesses if climate collapse and economic hardship are to be avoided.That’s the top line of a joint report presented to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on We...

1 month ago

Center right gets its way as golden boy Hansen lands EU farm job

BRUSSELS — Christophe Hansen, Ursula von der Leyen’s choice for EU agriculture and food commissioner, embodies her plan to make peace with restive farmers battered by the pandemic, war in Ukraine and a changing climate.The center-right politician from Lux...

3 weeks ago

UK accused of stifling legal challenge to Australia trade deal

LONDON — On a high after Labour’s knock-out victory over the Tories at July’s general election, newly elected Environment Secretary Steve Reed made a bold promise he may now come to regret.“We will stop farmers ever again being undercut by dodgy Tory trad...

1 week ago