Steve Gillman

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The Council has adopted the new #CAP for 2023-2027. Read the press release here 👇

Join us now for this interparliamentary hearing, which has just kicked off

Bad news - the definition of deforestation-free sets a cut-off date of 31 December 2020. That means all the deforested area below is fine to source from...

The European Commission has launched its proposal to keep deforestation off the EU market and it targets beef, soy, palm oil, coffee, cacao, as well as timber ec.europa.eu/environment/pu…

Why a strong #COP26 deal is critical for agriculture NASA warns climate change may severely impact major crops within 10 years nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2…

@gerardofortuna @EP_Agriculture @NatashaFoote Damn, I wish got the Horizontal Regulation - I already have that turquoise suit

You want to know more about the 3 portions of the #CAPreform? Tune in next Thursday to a special @EP_Agriculture committee meeting moderated by no less than @NatashaFoote, @SteGillman and myself. (No, we're not the three in the picture above - although the resemblance is uncanny)

Strategic plans, Horizontal Regulation, Common Markets Organisation

An online survey of 11k Europeans showed 74% want the EU to set its own sustainability criteria for food imported into the bloc wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_…

@gerardofortuna @DGWilkinson It'll either be the end of me or the end of me buying food!

@SteGillman @DGWilkinson I mean, the fact that the sausage name is La Fine (The End) does not bode well...

Would you eat cured sausage five days past its 'use by' date that was also taken from the trash of a very wasteful supermarket? Asking for a friend 😅

@NatashaFoote Thanks, I'll go for it! I've got three of them so I really have no choice 😂

@SteGillman as long as the packaging is good, I absolutely would - cured sausages last forever

@DGWilkinson It is! I'll report back after the taste test... but if you don't hear from me then presume I'm dead

@SteGillman If it's still sealed, yes.

France announces crop insurance system worth €600 million to help offset loses from climate change - a grim example into the future damage expected and what costs could have avoided elysee.fr/emmanuel-macro…

MEPs appear to have backed a sustainable food tax Compromise amendment 27: “supports giving MS more flexibility to differentiate in the VAT rates on food with different health and environmental impacts, and enable them to choose a zero VAT tax for healthy and sustainable food.”

Civil society organisations are calling the Commission and Member states to really be open and transparent: publishing observation letters, notifying the drafts, and all for approving ambitious CAP plans

A group of UN scientific advisors have called upon the world’s governments to dedicate a greater share of their GDP to sustainable food research #UNFSS2021 @FoodSystems nature.com/articles/d4158…

The next CAP could see the EU pump €100 million into tobacco production - despite anti-cancer plans to create a “tobacco-free generation”

Spent an epic weekend out in Kerry and in great company - particular my nephew who I taught to give (me) head massages