WORKING SPACE

Participants in the EU Food Policy Coalition work towards policy integration and alignment at the EU-level to facilitate the transition to sustainable food systems. The Coalition provides the debating space to discuss policies and, sometimes, carry out joint activities.

Here below the list of the outputs that have emerged from this working space and made public. Please note that all outputs are endorsed by signing organisations only. They do not necessarily represent the positions of all participants in the Coalition.


  • SEPTEMBER 2023: Open letter on the need to publish the EU legislative framework for Sustainable Food Systems before the end of this Commission’s mandate

Endorsed by 31 participating organisations, including: ARCHE NOAH, BEUC, Biodynamic Federation Demeter, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, ClientEarth, Coalición Por Otra PAC, Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA), CEO, CiWF, Eurogroup for Animals, EEB, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), European Heart Network (EHN), EuroHEalthNet (EHN), Eurocoop, FeedbackEU, Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO), Fern, FIAN Europe, Foodwatch, Four Paws, Greenpeace IATP, IFOAM Organics Europe, IPES-Food, PAN-Europe, SAFE, Seas at Risk, Slow Food, WWF EPO, URGENCI.


  • MAY 2023: Open letter on preventing widespread greenwashing and ensuring a just transition of EU agriculture – Input on the proposed Regulation on Carbon Removal Certification

Endorsed by 13 participating organisations, including: Agroecology Europe, ARC2020, Biodynamic Federation Demeter, CIDSE, CiWF, CEO, EEB, Eurocoop, FeedbackEU, FoEE, IATP, IFOAM Organics Europe, Slow Food.


  • MARCH 2023: Elections Manifesto – Our Food, Our Health, Our Planet

Endorsed by 27 organisations, including: Agroecology Europe, Arche Noah, BEUC, Biodynamic Federation Demeter, CEO, ClientEarth, Collectif Nourrir, EEB, Eurogroup for Animals, EPHA, FTAO, Feedback, Fern, FIAN, FoEE, Foodwatch International, Greenpeace, ICLEI, IATP, IFOAM Organics Europe, IPES-Food, SAFE, Slow Food, Seas at Risk, WWF, Zero Waste Europe.


  • FEBRUARY 2023: Sustainable Food Systems LawPolicy Recommendations for a Meaningful Transition

Endorsed by 29 organisations, including: Agroecology Europe, Arche Noah, BEUC, BirdLife, ClientEarth, CiWF, ECVC, EEB, Eurogroup for Animals, EHN, EPHA, Eurocoop, FTAO, Feedback, Fern, FIAN, Greenpeace, IATP, IFOAM Organics Europe, Oxfam, SAFE, Slow Food, Seas at Risk, WWF.


  • FEBRUARY 2023: Open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems

Endorsed by 286 organisations, including: ARC 2020, Arche Noah, BEUC, BirdLife, ClientEarth, CFFA, CiWF, CEO, EFFAT, Europarc Federation, EEB, EHN, EPHA, Eurogroup for Animals, FTAO, Feedback, Fern, Foodwatch, Four Paws, FoEE, Greenpeace, ICLEI, IATP, IFOAM Organics Europe, IPES-Food, Oxfam, PAN Europe, SAFE, Slow Food, Seas at Risk, Urgenci, World Animal Protection, WWF


  • OCTOBER 2022: Manifesto for establishing Minimum Standards for Public Canteens across the EU

Endorsed by : ICLEI, CIWF, Eurogroup for Animals, EEB, ECVC, EFFAT, EPHA, FTAO, Four Paws, IFOAM Organics Europe, Slow Food Europe, SAFE, Agroecology Europe, HCWH, Feedback EU, Arche Noah, Urgenci, BirdLife Europe, WWF European Policy Office, Public Procurement Analysis, Buy Better Food


  • SEPTEMBER 2022:  Open letter on the need to include the framework on Sustainable Food Systems in the EC work programme for 2023

Endorsed by : Arche Noah, BEUC, Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, BirdLife, CIWF, Client Earth, ECVC, EEB, EPHA, Eurogroup for Animals, EuroHealthNet, FIAN, FoEE, Foodwatch, FTAO, FOUR PAWS, Greenpeace, ICLEI, IFOAM Organics Europe, PAN Europe, WWF, BBF.


  • MARCH 2022:  Open letter on EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine

Endorsed by : BirdLife, ActionAid, Agroecology Europe, AirClim, ARC2020, BeeLife, BEUC, Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, ClientEarth, Changing Markets, Coalition Clean Baltic, CIWF, CEO, Eurogroup for Animals, Earth Thrive, Eco-TIRAS, EuroCoop, European Agroforestry Federation, EEB, ECVC, Europarc, EPHA, FTAO, Feedback, Foodwatch, FOUR PAWS, FoEE, Future in our hands, Greenpeace, FIAN, IFOAM Organics Europe, IATP, IPES-Food, Justice Pesticides, PAN Europe, ProVeg International, Slow Food, Umweltinstitut München e.V., Urgenci, ÖBV, BirdLife Austria, Bond Beter Leefmilieu, CNCD-11.11.11, EVA vzw, Iles de Paix, Inter Environnement Wallonie, Grands Parents pour le Climat, Natuurpunt, Natagora, Reset.Vlaanderen vzw, Policy and Information Coordinator, SOS Faim, Earth Trek, Hnutí DUHA, NOAH, Green Transition Denmmark, Générations Futures, Friends of the Earth France, Aurelia Stiftung, BUND e.V, Bündnis für eine enkeltaugliche Landwirtschaft e.V., Biokreis e.v., Christliche Initiative Romero e.V., Deutsche Umwelthilf e.V., Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren e.v., Naturfreunde Internationale, Pestizid Aktions-Netzwerk e.V., Schweisfurth Stiftung, Umweltinstitut München, BÖLW, NABU, Naturefriends Greece, The Greens Movement of Georgia, National Trust for Ireland, Friends of the Irish Environment, Lipu BirdLife Italy, Associazione Medici per l’Ambiente, Naturefriends Italy, Latvian Fund for Nature, Latvian Ornithological Society, Aplinkosaugos koalicija, VšĮ Žiedinė ekonomika, Vogelbescherming Nederland, LandschappenNL, Natuur & Milieu, Natuurmonumenten, PAN Netherlands, Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony, Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável, Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Nourish Scotland, BirdLife Slovakia, Institute InTeRCeR, Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable development, BirdLife Spain, Ecologistas en Acción, SEAE, Amigos de la Tierra, Fundacion Nueva Cultura del Agua, Naturfreunde Schweiz


  • MARCH 2022:  Open letter on concerns over PEF methodology for agri-food products

Endorsed by : BEUC, BirdLife, CIWF, Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, EEB, EuroCoop, Eurogroup for Animals, FTAO, Feedback, FOUR PAWS, Greenpeace, IFOAM Organics Europe, PAN Europe, Slow Food.