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bring May flowers. </STRONG>Not in the past two years. Not this year.
Crops dry up and a massive shortfall is to be expected. It’s
because<STRONG> the climate is changing faster than estimated, calling for
immediate transformation to sustainable framing.</STRONG> Join our call to
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<P><BIG>Soil runs like sand through the farmer's hand. It turns to dust. After
severe droughts over the last two years, it’s kicking in again. Germany, Italy,
Poland and big parts of South-East Europe already show a massive rainfall
deficit. [1] The first to get hit are farmers. Their crops have already dried up
and it’s only May. [2] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We depend on our farmers a lot. They provide us with fresh food - every
single day. But <STRONG>from farm to fork, food production heavily heats up the
climate and contributes an estimated one quarter of all greenhouse gas
emissions.</STRONG> [3]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Yet farmers get a lot of subsidies from the EU, regardless of the way
they farm and its impact on the climate. Over the next few weeks, the European
Parliament is debating what conditions the EU should link to farming subsidies.
And that opens up the opportunity for us to make it very clear: <STRONG>We only
want farmers to receive taxpayers' money only if they stop heating up the
planet.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Our plan is to pressure the MEPs who can influence the debate by sending
them direct and public messages, so they can’t hide. But it’s not just our
community -- <STRONG>we are joining forces with over 80 organisations and their
networks. </STRONG>Because together, we are stronger. Together we can be louder
than agribusiness and their lobbyists. Join us. </BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Imagine your pay slip showing how much of your salary comes from the EU.
For a farmer in Germany it’s 40%, in Sweden it’s close to 60%, and it can even
go up to 88% in Slovakia. [4] Most of these subsidies are given based on the
size of land farmers work on. Nothing else. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Unfortunately, far too often farmers stick to bad methods of farming:
polluting us with pesticides, killing bees and birds and heating up the
atmosphere. <STRONG>We urgently need them to transition to sustainable farming
without chemical fertilisers and weedkillers. Sustainable farming emits lower
levels of greenhouse gases and is better suited for droughts.
</STRONG>[5]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>The European Parliament is now shaping what the policies that cover
farming in Europe (Common Agriculture Policy or CAP for short) will look like
for the next seven years. The importance of CAP becomes obvious when you look at
the huge amount of money we are talking about. It’s the biggest part of the
European budget - 58 billion Euros a year [6] - which is the national income of
Bulgaria. [7] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Now is the best time to make our voices heard to our MEPs. They have to
agree in June on a proposal which will be voted on in autumn. And <STRONG>we
want a proposal giving priority to climate and biodiversity, supporting farmers
in the EU to better withstand the droughts of the future. </STRONG>That is what
we need you to add your voice to.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>With our call to action today we join forces with the European alliance
calling for Good Food Good Farming. More than 80 organisations from 16 EU member
states mobilise today - <STRONG>we, WeMove Europe, contribute close to one
million Europeans</STRONG> - together we can make our voices heard!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>In solidarity,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David, Jörg (Germany) and the entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//edo.jrc.ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/edov2/php/index.php?id=1000<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//www.farminglife</SPAN>.com/country-and-farming/arable-sector-praying-rain-due-drought-2858723<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//ourworldindata</SPAN>.org/food-ghg-emissions shows detailed all
greenhouse gas emissions linked to the whole supply chain of food production.
Narrowing it down to arable land it’s still 12.3%
https:<SPAN>//www.boell</SPAN>.de/sites/default/files/agricultureatlas2019_web_190507.pdf?dimension1=ds_agriculture_atlas,
page 32 and page 62<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/cap-expenditure-graph5_en.pdf<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.opb</SPAN>.org/news/article/organic-farming-better-suited-for-drought-conditions-study-finds/<BR>[6]
https:<SPAN>//ec.europa</SPAN>.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/cap-glance_en#howitspaidfor<BR>[7]
https:<SPAN>//en.wikipedia</SPAN>.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
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