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27/01/2019

‘We Are Fed Up’: 35,000 Protest Industrial Agriculture in Germany

Thousands of protesters gathered in Berlin to demonstrate on issues related to industrialized farming in Europe and to demand policies that promote ecologicially sustainable harvests and climate-friendly agriculture. Source: www.telesurenglish.net

23/01/2019

Concerns intensify over food producers’ impact on environment

An interesting paper about the problem of polluting emissions in the meat production sector and how to deal with it. Source: Financial Times

23/01/2019

The curse of tail-docking: the painful truth about Italy’s pigs

Despite the fact that the painful practice of tail-docking is illegal under an EU directive, and banned under Italian law, a reportage conducted by the guardian shows that according to a recent EU audit across farms in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, the country’s two main pig breeding regions in Italy, 98% […]

23/01/2019

Visegrád group, they need migrants

The article shows how the EU countries of the so-called “Visegrád group” (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) – which are among the EU Countries with the strictest migration policies – actually need migrants. These are Countries with a very low percentage of foreigners, with a strong tendency towards an […]

23/01/2019

Migrant workers, a treasure for the Italian economy

An article by “Il Sole 24 ore” lists the reasons why migrant workers are a treasure for the Italian economy, not only in terms of labour but also in terms of dealing with the rapidly decreasing population growth. Source: IlSole24Ore

23/01/2019

Bonterre, launch of a new holding

A press release from CGIL FLAI about the cooperative movement growing within the chain of meat processing and the transformation of agricultural products. The result is the launch of a new holding, called Bonterre, that puts together Grandi Salumifici Italiani and Parmareggio, able to combine different and complementary commercial synergies, […]

23/01/2019

Export of pork and pork products increased

According to data from the Meat Market Observatory in the European Commission, exports of pork and pork products from the EU from January to September 2018 increased by 0.8%. up to 2.89 million tons in carcass weight. However, the value of this export fell by 8.2% up to 5.52 billion […]

10/01/2019

News on the import of pork from Poland to Lithuania

Marta Otto, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Lodz, Poland, shares with us important news on the pork market in Poland. Lithuania intends to have a closer look at the pigs and pork meat imported from Poland. Relevant decision was announced by the […]

08/01/2019

Strike of farmers in Poland

The Meat-Up Ffire Research Team from Poland shared with us a news on a farmers’ protest at the Food Service meat plant, that took place in Rawa Mazowiecka (Poland) in December. Protesters blocked one thread of the S8 expressway. There was also a scuffle with the police. You can read […]

05/01/2019

How the exports of pork are doing in Europe

The exports of pork increased in 2018, while the value is dropped down. Read below the translation of a very interesting article that the Meat-Up Ffire Research Team from Poland shared with us. According to data from the Meat Market Observatory in the European Commission, exports of pork and pork […]

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