- Young people want to farm. But they can't afford to access land. If we don’t support a new generation of small- and medium-scale farmers, we risk food grown by fewer and bigger operators, and countryside hollowed out by #BigAg. #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
- Europe is losing its farmers. 5.3 MILLION farms have disappeared since 2005. Small-scale farmland is being eaten up by Big Agri corporations. Big industrial farms make starting out nearly impossible. #EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
- Support is often supplied by area, not by quantity or quality of food produced, meaning that farmers who are producing lots of food on a small plot get little or no support. Like our local organic veg farmer.Dec 12, 2025 10:11