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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>This is a story of the WeMove Europe community at its best.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We had a big fight ahead of us. We were up against </STRONG>an
industry that gets the biggest chunk of the European budget. So the decks were
stacked against us - landowners and agricultural giants and their powerful
lobbies fighting for millions, for business as usual, in the midst of a
worsening climate crisis.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We were punching way above our weight, and we love doing that.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We joined forces with activists from Fridays for Future and
Extinction Rebellion. </STRONG>We worked with some of the great NGOs in
Brussels, including BirdLife Europe.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We campaigned together for months to stop the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP), a deal on agriculture that favors agribusiness and is
terrible for the environment and our climate. </STRONG>Nearly 160.000 of us
supported the campaign from across Europe. Thousands of us donated and sent
tweets or emails to the European Commission. We created a video that was watched
over 30,000 times.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>And we organised a protest in Brussels to put pressure on the European
decision makers. </BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>Yet, it wasn’t enough to stop this deal.
</STRONG>[1] </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>There is no way to sugarcoat it. The EU signed a deal on
agriculture that is a big failure;</STRONG> for people, for the planet, for
climate, and for small farmers. In fact, the deal funds the destruction of
nature and pumps money into factory farms. It's a disaster. Here’s
why;</BIG></P>
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<LI><BIG>Money will continue to flow to intensive animal farming</BIG>
<LI><BIG>There are no strict rules to move away from pesticides and
fertilisers</BIG>
<LI><BIG>No clear amount of money will be invested in restoring
biodiversity </BIG>
<LI><BIG>Large farms, planting only one crop, using pesticides and having
thousands of animals still get the biggest funds, while small and organic
farmers are left behind</BIG> </LI></UL>
<P><BIG><B>It is really a missed opportunity to stop the destruction of our
farmland, climate change and to support small farmers in Europe.</B> We know
that the fertile soil our lives depend on is disappearing. [2] We need to
protect it to be able to produce food - especially in times of climate
extremes.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>But we also know change doesn't happen overnight.<B> There’s still hope.
We can farm in a way that is good for our planet and our health. </B>And there
are farmers that are already doing so. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>This fall, our partners Climate Farmers will run a webinar for our
community to talk to us about what good farming can look like.</B> [3] They’ll
talk about how combining trees and farmland - agroecology - has a huge potential
to restore healthy soil, save bees and birds and stop the climate
crisis.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>So, would you like to learn more about this? The webinar is
planned for 7th September at 7pm.</B></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>There are many more food fights to come in the coming months and years.
And together we’ll be ready!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David (London), Annemarie (Berlin) and the entire WeMove team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>PS. Our work is only possible thanks to many small donations from our
community - for that we want to thank you. Help us continue the fight for
healthy and fair agriculture. <STRONG><A
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1] On 25th June 2021, European negotiators came to an
agreement on the reform of the 2023-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//www.bbc</SPAN>.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/why-soil-is-disappearing-from-farms<BR>[3]
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