Today we’re releasing a joint letter signed by 133 organisations – including BEUC, EPHA, Birdlife, IFOAM and Freshfel – that calls on Commissioner Christophe Hansen to adopt an EU Action Plan for Plant-Based Food by 2026.
What action would help to deliver on EU climate and environmental targets while improving public health and reducing the number of animals kept in the EU? Does such a silver bullet exist?
It could indeed, in the form of an EU Action Plan for Plant-Based Food. Today, we are releasing a joint letter signed by 133 organisations – including BEUC, EPHA, Birdlife, IFOAM and Freshfel – that calls on Commissioner Christophe Hansen to make it happen by 2026.
The benefits of a holistic approach to address the entire agrifood value chain, as well as broadening the scope of proteins by including foods like fruits, vegetables, legumes and wholegrains, are seemingly endless:
And it doesn’t stop there. An EU Action Plan for Plant-Based Foods would help improve overall policy coherence while also saving costs and strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy.
Dive into the details in the open letter here and join us in urging the Commission to seize this chance to make a real difference to animals, people and the planet.
In her latest paper, our Legislative Advocacy Manager, Gabriela Kubíková, examines the legislation governing the welfare of chickens. She stresses the need for a more evidence-based approach to animal welfare law and policy, emphasizing the necessity of revising the current legislative standards – as well as entirely re-thinking the broader food system in which these and billions of other animals are exploited.
A paper co-authored by our Junior Researcher, Gladys Le Goff, with the Stockholm Environment Institute and Leiden University claims that industrial insect farming may not be the climate and animal welfare solution it is often portrayed to be. Greenhouse gas emissions generated from insect production can approach those of chicken and pork, and plant-based and cultivated proteins are more promising alternatives that should not be neglected or under-explored at the expense of investment in insect farming.
Alice Di Concetto (Chief Legal Advisor) was quoted in an investigative report published in Voxeurop about the thousands of farmed animals who perished in floods in Europe.
