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<P><BIG>Hi, </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Picture a farmer </STRONG>looking over a few <STRONG>cows,
roaming freely and grazing on the green grass. </STRONG>Clucking chickens and a
few sheep make their way into the picture. (Maybe you even hear ‘<EM>Old
MacDonald had a farm’</EM>). </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>When we think about the fresh, healthy food we want to end up on our
plates, <STRONG>we want to think about farming in this way</STRONG>. But
actually, those cows aren’t just a few, there are hundreds of them. More likely
than not, they’re lined up one next to the other, in tight, indoor spaces.
[1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Farming has now more often than not become an industrialised
conveyor belt of livestock and food</STRONG>, contributing significantly to the
climate crisis. This type of farming receives a lot of EU funding -- the biggest
chunk of the budget actually. So <STRONG>there is no incentive to change to the
type of farming we’d like to imagine. </STRONG>[2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>But the months ahead offer us a huge opportunity for
change</STRONG>. Europe’s agriculture policy is being reformed and together with
partners we’ve been developing following plan;</BIG></P>
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<LI><BIG>identifying the MEP’s who can influence the reform most and making
sure they hear our demands</BIG>
<LI><BIG>Enabling people from all over Europe to meet their MEP’s in
Brussels</BIG>
<LI><BIG>Closer to the vote, having our citizens lobbyist show up to the MEP’s
local offices so they know we are not only in Brussels, but right where they
were elected</BIG> </LI></UL>
<P><BIG>How big our plans are and what we dare to do <STRONG>will depend on how
many people support us. Donate now</STRONG> for an agricultural U-turn in
Europe.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Farming policy is hotly contested because there is so much money
involved. It is the largest item in the EU budget and accounts for almost 40
percent of annual EU expenditure (which equals almost €60 billion). [3]
<STRONG>Unfortunately, most of that money is given to the farmers who own the
most land - simply because they own it, </STRONG>not because they are doing
something for the environment or for healthy and sustainable food.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>The new European Parliament has to vote on what the old European
Commission proposed for the coming five years. The proposal provides far too
much money for commercialising our countrysides and far too little for organic
farming. Having so many new MEP’s is our chance to change it.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>It’s crucial to speak to our representatives personally.
</STRONG>We recently experienced it when we staged a die-in for the climate in
the European Parliament and MEP’s had to step over dozens of laying bodies. [4]
Being face to face doesn’t allow them to hide and gives us the chance to report
uncensored on their reaction.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We know what to do, but we also know that we have to spend
approximately 20,000 Euros to succeed.</STRONG> Money that can only come from
our base: hundreds of thousands of people who are fighting with us for organic
farming, healthy food and an intact environment - in short, a better Europe.
Please donate to help us achieve it.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>For every food item we buy, we support a certain way of farming. Buying
local and organic food is one way to change farming. Unfortunately it’s not
powerful enough to get rid of industrial farming as fast enough as we need to.
<STRONG>Only better regulation and changes in subsidies guarantee a way of
farming good enough to feed us all, protect the environment and enhance fair
income for farmers.</STRONG> </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Let’s make the change!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David, Olga (Bologna), Alex (Marseilles), Jörg (Lübeck) and the whole
WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References</SMALL></P>
<P><SMALL>[1]
https<SPAN>://www.</SPAN>theguardian<SPAN>.</SPAN>com/commentisfree/2017/feb/28/free-range-milk-asda-dairy-farming-cows-in-fields-pasture-promise</SMALL></P>
<P><SMALL>[2][3]
https<SPAN>://ec.</SPAN>europa<SPAN>.</SPAN>eu/agriculture/sites/agriculture/files/direct-support/direct-payments/docs/direct-payments-schemes_en.pdf<BR>[4]
https<SPAN>://www.brusselstimes</SPAN>.com/belgium/79487/youth-activists-stage-die-in-at-european-commission/</SMALL></P>
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