{"id":8070,"date":"2021-09-22T13:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/?page_id=8070"},"modified":"2021-10-18T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:17:27","slug":"how-the-farm-to-fork-strategy-can-fix-our-food-system-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/how-the-farm-to-fork-strategy-can-fix-our-food-system-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Farm to Fork Strategy can Fix our Food System"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"headerc4\">\n    <script src=\"\/files\/layout\/plugins\/mmenu-js\/dist\/mmenu.js\"><\/script>\n    <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/files\/greens_efa\/layout\/css\/font-awesome.min.css\">\n    <!--<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/assets\/css\/hamburgers.css,mmenu.css,style_dossier.scss-4771d7d7.css\">-->\n    <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/files\/layout\/css\/style_dossier_compiled.css\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"inside containerc4\">\n    <a id=\"logo\" 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blk_core_heading\">\n<h2><strong>How the Farm to Fork Strategy can Fix our Food System<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/de-la-ferme-a-la-fourchette\/\">Lisez cet article en fran\u00e7ais<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/strategia-dal-produttore-al-consumatore-oltre-i-miti\/\">Leggi questo articolo in italiano<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">22.09.2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An opinion by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahwienerofficial\/\">Sarah Wiener<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetzTilly\">Tilly Metz <\/a>, Greens\/EFA MEPs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As the\nfood and farming arm of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy aims\nto push forward the ongoing sustainable transformation of food systems, while\nensuring fair economic returns for farmers. It includes twenty-seven measures\nto make the entire food chain durable: objectives to green our food production,\nrecommendations to the retail sector, food labelling policies for consumers and\nmore. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But\nsome measures, such as a 50% reduction in the use of chemical pesticides by\n2030 has sparked major attacks by agro-industrial lobbies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Despite\nthe backlash from certain industries, can the Farm to Fork Strategy actually\nfix our food system?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heather-gill-VJa9L3ZVBIc-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man holding beetroots\/ CC0 heather-gill\" class=\"wp-image-8131\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heather-gill-VJa9L3ZVBIc-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heather-gill-VJa9L3ZVBIc-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heather-gill-VJa9L3ZVBIc-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heather-gill-VJa9L3ZVBIc-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Man holding beetroots\/ CC0 heather-gill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>Busting the\nMyths about the Farm to Fork Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Can we\nafford to keep the EU food system as it is? Today, food production alone\nalready accounts for almost 30% of the EU\u2019s emissions. But, losses, wastes and\ninefficiencies are increasing. More than twice as many calories are currently\nproduced by world agriculture than what is ultimately available to consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In May\n2020, the European Commission finally decided to take action. Under the\numbrella of its flagship program, the EU Green Deal, it launched a fully-fledged\nstrategy that aims to fix our food system, called the Farm to Fork strategy. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">However,\nsince the day of the Commission release, powerful agri-industry lobbyists have\nmade apocalyptic predictions about its impact, suggesting that this strategy\nwould be harmful to farmers and our entire food production system. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So\nwill Europe face food shortages with the new strategy, as they suggest? Will\nall EU agriculture disappear overnight? Of course not. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sticking with the status quo might seem smart in the short term, but in the long term it will be at the expense of farmers, consumers, and the environment. For years, independent studies have raised startling questions and have shown that our food system urgently needs a new direction.&nbsp; For the Greens\/EFA group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/en\/article\/document\/break-out-of-the-silo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Paris-based research team BASIC has compiled them in a review of literature.  (opens in a new tab)\">the Paris-based research team BASIC has compiled them in a review of literature. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Do chemical\npesticides really help farmers to harvest better crops? Do farmers actually\nearn more when they produce more? Can our food system be good for ecosystems at\nall? Can the food supply in Europe be climate neutral or even have a positive\nimpact on climate?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>Here are the science-based facts and figures to answer these questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>1. Do synthetic pesticides help farmers secure higher revenues? NO!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-1-300x248.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-1-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-1.png 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <br>All major agricultural member states of the European Union (except Spain) saw a <strong>significant drop<\/strong> in their average gross income for agriculture <strong>between 1997 and 2017<\/strong>. This ranged from <strong>-6%<\/strong> in Germany down to <strong>-33<\/strong>% in Belgium. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> If we compare the drop in income for farms with their average spending on pesticides and fertilizers, it clearly shows that <strong>the economic efficiency of using these products has decreased by 25% \u2013 27% since 1995.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> European farmers are locked in a <strong>vicious circle<\/strong>. They are spending an ever-increasing amount of money on pesticides and fertilizers in order to try to offset a decrease in yield (compared to the global average trend) when, in reality, <strong>the more they use these products, the further their income decreases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>2. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Will reducing synthetic pesticides put farmers\u2019 incomes at risk?<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em> NO!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point2-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point2.png 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A study of 55 organic crops \u2013 grown on five continents, over 40 years \u2013 found that despite lower yields, <strong>organic agriculture was significantly more profitable<\/strong> (22\u201335%) than conventional agriculture. Farmers managed to capture high-value markets and achieved <strong>20-24% higher benefit-cost<\/strong> ratios than conventional agriculture  {1}.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> Although the <strong>lower use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers<\/strong> does lead to a drop in yields, and mechanical weeding requires additional labor, these <strong>higher costs are offset by higher prices on the organic market<\/strong>  {2}.   Plus, they depend much less on subsidies than conventional agricultural systems. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <strong>Agro-ecology<\/strong> has proven to be <strong>more economically efficient<\/strong> across the EU, thanks to a better level and stability of income and employment. Reducing costs (and therefore the use of synthetic pesticides) and maximising value is <strong>\u201cfarming common sense\u201d: every euro you earn is one you don\u2019t spend<\/strong> <strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>3. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Is yield the only factor that influences farmers\u2019 income?<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>NO!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point3-262x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point3-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point3.png 601w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> The drop in farmers\u2019 income has less to do with their yield (how much they produce) than with the additional profit that is being made from their produce \u2013 for example, by supermarkets \u2013 between leaving the field and ending up on our forks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <strong>Farmers accounted for less than 14% of the final value of our food in 2011,<\/strong>  and the number is declining. The decrease in farmers\u2019 share of value is  linked to the sharp rise in the pre- and post-farming stages of food  production that collectively appropriated 86% of the total value in  2011. Food retailers \u2013 like supermarkets, delicatessens and convenience  stores \u2013 h &nbsp;&nbsp;ave increased their value share the most, by more than  three percentage points from 1995, and accounted for more than 30% of  total value in 2011 {3}.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> The short story is that the unprecedented productivity gains in agriculture since 1945 have not benefited farmers, but the other actors in the food chain. <strong>The agri-food industry and mass retail have benefited the most<\/strong>, as well as consumers which have had a continuous tendency to lower the share of their budget allocated to food until recently. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>4. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Is increasing the productivity of farms the best way to tackle malnutrition<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>? NO!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point4-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point4-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point4.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In recent years, our diets have become less healthy, less balanced and less nutrious. We\u2019re eating more processed foods, more meat and more dairy than ever before. The livestock sector is booming (along with the deforestation it brings, as trees are cut down to make way for cattle-ranching and growing animal feed) and there is less and less economic incentive to avoid food waste. This is all thanks to our obsession with agricultural productivity. <strong>Farms are made to produce quantity over quality<\/strong> <strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> Trying to reduce world hunger simply by <em>producing more<\/em> means that world diets are becoming dependent on <strong>uniform food products made from a limited number of cheap energy-guzzling commodities<\/strong>, rather than nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables which can be more expensive to grow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> It\u2019s a flawed approach leftover from a bygone era. This focus on  producing more, instead of producing better, emerged as a response to  high global demand at a time when lack of access to food was a real  issue. Whereas today, on a global scale, <strong>more people are affected by malnutrition from over-consuming calories than under-nutrition<\/strong> <strong> {4}<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>5. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Is the current food system a threat to ecosystems? YES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point5-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point5-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point5.png 543w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> This isn\u2019t the only way that food production threatens biodiversity and ecosystems. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Synthetic fertilizers and overuse of manure are both significant causes of air pollution.<\/strong> In periods of rain, excess nutrients and sediment from poorly-managed soil can wash into rivers, causing algae to cover the water\u2019s surface and <strong>suffocate the aquatic or marine life beneath.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> When woodland, rainforest or wetland is converted into fields for crop production, precious habitats for wild animals, plants and other organisms are destroyed. Agriculture accounts for 80% of all conversions in how land is being used globally (known as <em>land-use change<\/em>). Between 1980 and 2000, 42 million hectares of tropical forest in Latin America were lost to cattle ranching, while <strong>6 million hectares were lost to palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>6. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Does the current food system contribute to climate change<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>? YES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-6-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-6-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-6.png 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The way we produce food contributes significantly to climate change. The greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture, the destruction of habitats to make way for growing crops, and how our food is processed and transported, means that <strong>the food system accounts for roughly 30 % of all human-made emissions.<\/strong> Rising global temperatures are changing and displacing suitable habitats, with species either being obliged to move with them or risk extinction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Climate change is not only partly caused by the current structure of the food system, but also affects it. <strong>It reduces yields and the nutritional quality of crops across many regions<\/strong>, which further increases the pressure to intensify production or convert more land to agriculture. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, so does the need for us to <strong>replant trees and forests<\/strong> as a means to mitigate climate change. This, in turn, increases competition for land leading to more extreme and intensified farming.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-greens-orange-color\"><strong><em>7. <\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Are there hidden costs in the current food system<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>?<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>YES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter wp-block-image\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-7-300x259.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-7-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/f2f-point-7.png 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Incentives for production, global competition based on price, and long  supply chains that reduce transparency together encourage the  externalization of production costs on the environment and society as a  whole. As a result, <strong>the farmers that produce food without externalizing costs struggle to be competitive in the market<\/strong> <strong> {5}<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to research commissioned by the United Nations\u2019 Food and  Agriculture Organization (FAO), if we took the environmental costs of  agriculture at global level into account, they would exceed the market  value of the food being produced  {6}.  <strong>In the USA, the cost of air pollution alone on human health from agricultural production amount to about half its value {7}. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> <strong>In 2013, the FAO estimated that healthcare costs from poor diets might exceed 5% GDP<\/strong> <strong> {8}<\/strong> <strong>each year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is likely to be an underestimate, as the direct costs of type II diabetes alone could amount to 4\u20135% of GDP {9}  by 2025. By comparison, the added value of global agriculture to GDP was only 3.79% in 2015  {10}.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-small-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Artwork credit: OkayWhen<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p><sup>[1]<\/sup> Crowder, D.W., Reganold, J.P., 2015. Financial competitiveness of organic agriculture on a global scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 7611\u20137616<br>Reganold, J.P., Wachter, J.M., 2016. Organic agriculture in the twenty-first century. Nature Plants 2, 15221<br><sup>2<\/sup> France strategie, Les performances \u00e9conomiques et environnementales de l\u2019agro\u00e9cologie, August 2020<br><sup>3<\/sup> G. Gereffi and A.Abdulsaman, Measurement In A World of Globalized Production What are potential drivers of \u201cunequal\u201d value distribution in agri-food value chains? Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness, Duke University 2017<br><sup>4<\/sup> T.G. Benton, R. Bailey, The paradox of productivity: agricultural productivity promotes food system inefficiency. Global Sustainability 2, e6, 1\u20138, 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/sus.2019.3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/sus.2019.3<\/a>&nbsp; <br><sup>5<\/sup> T.G. Benton, R. Bailey, The paradox of productivity: agricultural productivity promotes food system inefficiency. Global Sustainability 2, e6, 1\u20138, 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/sus.2019.3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/sus.2019.3<\/a>&nbsp; <br><sup>6<\/sup> FAO, Natural Capital Impacts in Agriculture: Supporting Better Business Decision-Making, 2015<br><sup>7<\/sup> Ibid.<br><sup>8<\/sup> FAO, State of Food and Agriculture 2013: Food systems for better nutrition.Rome, Italy, 2013<br><sup>9<\/sup> NCD-RisC, Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants. The Lancet, 387(10027), 1513\u20131530, 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)00618-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)00618-8<\/a> <br><sup>10<\/sup> FAO, Natural Capital Impacts in Agriculture: Supporting Better Business Decision-Making, 2015<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px;text-align:center\"><strong>Full study <\/strong>and references<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/en\/article\/document\/break-out-of-the-silo\">full study<\/a> on the impacts of the agro-industrial food system on food security and farmers&#8217; income: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/en\/article\/document\/break-out-of-the-silo\">Break out of the silo\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px;text-align:center\">*****<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px; background:transparent; display:block;\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>The Commission\u2019s Farm to Fork\nStrategy: Why we are asking for more<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The\nEuropean Parliament will soon have to adopt its final position on this\nstrategy. So far the Members of the European Parliament who are involved in the\nprocess support the reduction of the use of chemical pesticides and are also\ncalling on the Commission to set national binding targets. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For the Farm To Fork strategy to be a success, the European Parliament\nis calling for:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_list\">\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>an end to exports of pesticides that are banned on EU soil <\/li><li>to stop importing products containing pesticides that are banned in the EU <\/li><li>to recognise the responsibility of farming to help mitigate climate change <\/li><li>the decrease of the livestock density<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On\nanimal welfare and for consumers the Farm to Fork Strategy should include:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_list\">\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li>the phase-out of cage-farming by 2027<\/li><li>harmonised labelling identifying the method of production of animal products as well as animal welfare indicators. <\/li><li>EU harmonised front-of-pack nutritional labels<\/li><li>mandatory origin labelling for all ingredients<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The\nEuropean Parliament is demanding more flexibility for Member States to\ndifferentiate VAT rates on food to favour more healthy and sustainable\nproducts. Overall, the Farm to Fork Strategy should protect social rights for\nworkers along the whole food chain, while highlighting that farmers are still\namong the poorest in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>All these demands still need to be adopted by the plenary of the European Parliament on the 18th of October (TBC).<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter \" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>The EU Farm to Fork Strategy: Enough\nto save the CAP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The\nFarm to Fork Strategy shows a last-ditch attempt of the Commission to fix our\nfood system. But there\u2019s an elephant in the room. Striving to green the EU\u2019s\nfood system will not be possible if the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (the\nsecond largest area of EU spending) works against the EU\u2019s green objectives and\ndoes more harm to biodiversity and our climate. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As it\nstands now the Farm to Fork Strategy will not be able to make up for a failed\nCAP. Failing to make the CAP and our farming system in Europe sustainable will\nmean missing EU targets on climate, biodiversity and land degradation. The\nurgency of the climate crisis means that we cannot afford to miss the\nopportunity to shift now towards a robust and sustainable European agricultural\nmodel. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That is the reason we are calling to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"vote this CAP down (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greens-efa.eu\/votethiscapdown\" target=\"_blank\">vote this CAP down<\/a> to set up a new farming policy in line with the Farm to Fork strategy targets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stay up to date with votes on the Farm to Fork Strategy and on the CAP by signing up to our FOOD newsletter below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px; background:transparent; display:block;\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20190611_WIENER_Sarah_AT_297_RESIZED_M-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"MEP Sarah WIENER \u00a9 European Union 2019 - Source : EP\" class=\"wp-image-8112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20190611_WIENER_Sarah_AT_297_RESIZED_M-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20190611_WIENER_Sarah_AT_297_RESIZED_M-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption>MEP Sarah WIENER <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gouter has-medium-font-size\" style=\"\"><div class=\"greens-content blk_core_paragraph\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Authors:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahwienerofficial\/\">Sarah Wiener<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetzTilly\">Tilly Metz ,<\/a>Greens\/EFA MEPs<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div 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