Organics

As budget hawks eye the EU’s farm billions, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen and the agri world are digging in to defend the status quo.

POLITICO breaks down what the conservatives’ victory means for EU policy and cooperation ― from nuclear weapons to cannabis.

Goals on boosting carbon sequestration, the circular economy, organic farming and reducing the EU’s consumption footprint are most at risk.

EU tries to make farming sexy again — and keep farmers from revolting.

Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?

What the European Union will be squabbling about in the Commission’s upcoming term.

Presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu is trying to capture rural voters with often unorthodox and sometimes fascist tropes.

Everyone agrees they lost the working class, but they’re deeply divided on where to place the blame — and what to do about it.

Luxembourg nominee defends both the CAP and the proposed trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries.

But they fail to reach unanimity over equalizing agricultural subsidies among member countries.

Brussels’ bid to take power away from regions is “not acceptable” according to Vasco Alves Cordeiro.

The Commission floated merging 530 programs into one national cash pot.

A decade-old environmental dispute in Limassol, Cyprus, is raising questions over Costas Kadis’ run for EU commissioner.

Amid drought and flood disasters, inaction on restoring soil health is increasingly leaving farmland waterlogged and heat-cracked.

This week’s indictment of a social media content firm shows how it’s getting easier and easier for Russia to influence U.S. elections.

The vice president inherited a campaign that was in danger of falling off a cliff with Latino voters.

Europe’s top pork-producing region is ground zero for intensive systems that devour scarce water and cause nitrate pollution.

European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.

A new bill would force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban on U.S. app stores.

New rules on gene-edited seeds could pave way for half a dozen big suppliers to strengthen their market domination.

Drone armies, expanded overtime pay and over-the-counter birth control pills are just some of the new things Biden has ushered in as president that you might not have heard about.

Flemish farmers drink morning beers on Place du Luxembourg as food producers rage about green tape from Brussels.

Brussels’ bid to fast-track looser rules for new genetically engineered plants is showing fractures, as more questions than answers arise.