Polityka żywnościowa dla Europy

The author contends that the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is outdated, focusing on industrial productivity and short-term gains while ignoring public health crises and environmental degradation. The text proposes a 'Common Food Policy' that integrates various sectors (health, education, trade), coordinates local and EU-level governance, shifts from 'productivism' to sustainability, adopts long-term strategic planning, and incorporates 'food democracy' by involving citizens to counter the influence of agribusiness lobbying.

• The current EU approach to food and agriculture is fragmented across multiple departments—including agriculture, health, education, and trade—leading to contradictory outcomes where some policies support small farms while others impose unsustainable financial burdens through food safety regulations.
• EU agricultural policies often conflict with climate goals; while the EU supports the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, most current guidelines favor large-scale, highly industrialized production models that contradict these climate objectives.
• There is a significant disconnect between local-level innovations, such as sustainable public procurement and citizen-led initiatives, and national or EU-level policies, which often blocks the scaling of successful local experiments.
• The long-standing 'productivist' model, focused on yield and low cost since the 1950s, has contributed to a public health crisis in Europe, where over half of adults are overweight or obese and diet-related diseases cause 70% of deaths in the EU.
• The European agricultural landscape has seen a decline in small-scale farming, with one in four farms disappearing between 2003 and 2013 despite total land area remaining constant, indicating a failure to support small farm viability.
• Short-term thinking driven by electoral cycles and financial markets prevents the necessary transition to sustainable agriculture, as soil restoration and biodiversity increase require long-term timeframes that conflict with the demand for cheap, year-round food availability.
• The document advocates for 'food democracy' to shift control of food systems away from agribusiness and lobbyists and toward citizens, which could help restore the legitimacy of the European Union.

APA

De Schutter, O. (2018). Polityka żywnościowa dla Europy. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/polityka-zywnosciowa-dla-europy/

Chicago

De Schutter, Olivier. Polityka żywnościowa dla Europy. Green European Journal, 2018. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/polityka-zywnosciowa-dla-europy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{deschutter2018polityka, author = {De Schutter, Olivier}, title = {{Polityka żywnościowa dla Europy}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2018}, month = jul, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/polityka-zywnosciowa-dla-europy/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }