📢The ENVI Committee vote on NGTs is your last chance to defend European farmers, breeders and citizens from the far-reaching negative consequences of NGTs. ✉️93 organisations urge you to stand up for the European agriculture and food sector! 👉 bit.ly/42DufT3 #FreedomOfChoice #IChooseGMOFree

🛠️ Fix the agri-food system or miss climate targets, warns scientists The latest @esabcc.bsky.social report calls for a “systemic transition” to: 🌱 climate-proof our food and farming system 😷 protect public health and our environment 🐄 and reduce our reliance on feed and fertiliser imports 🧵👇

📜Together with @eurovia.org, @arche-noah.bsky.social, @demeterint.bsky.social, and Eco-PB, we’ve sent a joint letter to EU Ministers of Agriculture urging them to ensure support for agrobiodiversity & seed sovereignty in the upcoming Seed Law. 🌾 🔗 www.eurovia.org/news/joint-l...

It would be tricky to convey the 3rd International Biodynamic Conference in words, so we've settled for some pictures. Thanks to the organisers for an inspiring event. gmfreeze.org/2025/09/05/3... @demeterint.bsky.social @goetheanum-weekly.bsky.social @goetheanum-de.bsky.social

The @ec.europa.eu's #CAP proposal weakens sustainability, leaving up to MS how to finance agri-environmental measures.🌿At least one third of the CAP budget should be ringfenced for the protection of ecosystems services including #OrganicFarming. Our PR 👉 www.organicseurope.bio/news/cap-pro...

🚫 No GMOs through the back door! The EU plans to allow untested, unlabelled #newGMOs on our fields & plates. Only the EU Parliament supports traceability & labelling, but this is now at risk. Email your MEPs now to protect our safety & right to choose 👇 demeter.net/no-gmos-thro... #IChooseGMOfree

No GMOs through the back door! - Demeter International

Ask your politicians to maintain our freedom of choice by keeping new GMOs regulated and labelled. We want to know what we eat and grow!

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🌾 Bitter harvest 🌾 30 years after the first GMO crops hit the fields, their promises - like feeding the world & cutting chemicals - mostly failed. Our new website exposes 8 broken biotech promises. Time for a fairer food system✊ 👉 gmopromises.org #GMOs #NoNewGMOs #agriculture #natureconservation

📢 #PressRelease | Farmers, breeders & seed savers urge EU Ministers to protect the right to exchange seeds 🌱 They call for: ✅ Farmer-to-farmer PRM exchange ✅ No geo/quantity limits ✅ Real access to diverse seeds 📝 Read more: ow.ly/ICX450Wc8cv #SaveOurSeeds

👀 Food labels provide information that allows us to choose the food we want to eat, i.e. presence of GMOs.✔️ 💼 But EU politicians are discussing ending the labelling of most #NewGMOs #NGTs ❌ ✊ We demand that politicians defend our freedom of choice and keep all GMOs labelled! #NoGMOsInMyFood

44 European and national organisations, including foodwatch, call on EU policymakers to ensure the freedom of choice by upholding mandatory labelling of new GMOs obtained by New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) as well as traceability across the entire value chain. www.foodwatch.org/en/new-gmos-...

What does a #FoodSystems approach do? ✔️It makes impacts visible 💡It creates space for joined-up thinking 🤲And it delivers answers that work for all, from local to global. #EUAgriVision #ThinkFoodSystems

🌍🌱The EU Vision for Agriculture and Food has too many blind spots. A #FoodSystems lens sees the whole picture and maximises our ability to achieve mutliple goals, from decent livelihoods for farmers to affordable healthy diets for people on a thriving planet! #ThinkFoodSystems #EUAgriVision

#NoGMOsThroughTheBackDoor Ahead of 1st trilogue meeting on “new genomic techniques” this week, industry launches a statement against #GMO labelling. Op-ed by Franziska Achterberg @saveourseeds.bsky.social #NGT www.arc2020.eu/op-ed-big-ag... @demeterint.bsky.social @koalicjazywaziemia.bsky.social

Op Ed | Big Ag Pushes Lawmakers to Roll Back Consumer Rights | Agricultural and Rural Convention

In advance of the first trilogue meeting on “new genomic techniques” that takes place this week, the industry has launched a statement against GMO labelling. Only the Parliament, not the Council nor t...

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📢 Yesterday, we joined the demo against #newGMOs in front of the EU Parliament!🌱🚜 We stand firm: Strong safeguards for farmers, consumers, & environment are a MUST. Full traceability & clear rules are essential to protect our food system! More 👉 www.organicseurope.bio/news/council... #NGTs

⛔Today the Council endorsed the mandate to start trilogues on the NGT Regulation jeopardizing the sovereignty of the EU farming and breeding sector! 📌Traceability and labelling requirements must be maintained for all NGTs to ensure freedom of choice for everyone! 👇https://bit.ly/4ipvHyn

Council mandate on NGTs threatens to strip farmers' and breeders' freedom of choice - Demeter International

For the Federation the Parliament went backwards on biosafety but introduced some improvements on traceability and labelling.

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🌱 New on @bsky.app ! We're the Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, the worldwide movement of biodynamic agriculture embracing a holistic, ecological and ethical approach of farming with it's own certification, the Demeter label. 👉 Find out more on: www.demeter.net