Camilla Björkbom

Who really decides what you eat? Influences like adverts, promotions, and time pressure often steer our food choices. That's why the European Commission should have rules in place to ensure these influences have a good impact, and…

🧠 Influences like adverts, promotions, and time pressure often steer our food choices.

That's why the @ec.europa.eu should have rules in place to ensure these influences have a GOOD impact, and don't push us towards low welfare, unhealthy and unsustainable products 👇

How Will Europeans Order a Vegan Burger if It Can’t Be Called a Burger? Europe may soon ban meat-related words like “burger,” “steak,” and “sausage” from vegan food due to a proposed labeling ban. Here’s what that could mean for grocery shopping, restaurant menus, and…

🍔 We're featured in a story by @vegnews.bsky.social, exploring the @ec.europa.eu's proposed ban on using terms like "burgers" and "sausages" to describe #PlantBased products.

This proposal is deeply unnecessary and could threaten the shift to sustainable food systems we sorely need.👇

#Bullfighting is still permitted in Spain, France, & Portugal, and is partly subsidised by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. 👎

✍️ Sign the petition by @casinternational.bsky.social to STOP EU subsidies for #bullfighting, and show where you stand on this cruel + unethical practice!: bit.ly/3IDcBIQ

Meat Alternatives “The EU needs to act now if it wants to stay ahead of the protein transition, ensure food security, and meet its climate and biodiversity goals. It should create policies that support innovation in me...

“Europe’s future generations are likely to grow up with less meat on their plates - and that may be both necessary and beneficial. The report offers guidance to encourage people to eat less meat and to enable better choices.” New report by Academics Science Advisory Council. easac.eu/publications...

European Commission probed on missing sustainable food systems law by Ombudsman An official enquiry into the European Commission’s missing Sustainable Food Systems Framework Law (SFSF), which was due to be adopted at the end of 2023 but has since been delayed without explanation,...

This important law went missing. Now the European Ombudsman has demanded written explanations from the European Commission, seeking clarification on what happened to the Framework for an EU Sustainable Food System.

www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/europea...

Why farmers are beginning to take their government to court over climate change How a Swiss lawsuit is recasting agriculture’s role in climate policy.

Swiss farmers taking the government to court for failure to act on climate change. Will farmers suing governments make a change? Maybe, according to this comment in Nature.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Unwrapping veggie burgers: What BEUC thinks of plant-based meat alternatives This brochure summarises consumer organisations’ views on plant-based meat alternatives and their place in diets with more diversified protein sources.

🌱🍔 Few things spark debate like the controversy around #plantbased meat alternatives: Are they healthier? Why the name?

@beuc.bsky.social’s new report dives deep into veggie burgers to settle the debate once and for all.

www.beuc.eu/reports/unwr...