Parliament present plans on how Europe can produce healthier food while ensuring food security, a fair income for farmers and reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint. Closing statements by the co-rapporteurs, Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left, NL), Herbert DORFMANN (EPP, IT) and by Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health. MEPs are expected to welcome the Farm to Fork strategy, presented by the Commission in May 2020, while underlining the importance of producing healthy, animal friendly, high quality and affordable diets to European consumers. They are expected to demand that farmers must earn a fair share of the profit from sustainably produced food.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

HAZEKAMP, Anja (The Left, NL)

CAP reform (T)

DORFMANN, Herbert (EPP, IT)

KYRIAKIDES, Stella (CY, EC)

farm to fork (T)

A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system: closing statements by Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left, NL), Herbert DORFMANN (EPP, IT), rapporteurs and by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health

SOUNDBITE (Original), Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

SOUNDBITE (Original), Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Herbert DORFMANN (EPP, IT), -