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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><BIG><STRONG>Agri-giants are using the
war in Ukraine to stop a law that protects nature from seeing the light of
day.</STRONG> It’s an excuse to grab land at the expense of forests,
wetlands and family farmers. But <STRONG>if the EU Commission sees a
public outcry this law could be back on the
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<P><BIG><B>Family farmers are doing us a big favour. </B>Across Europe, their
way of farming challenges the destructive ways of agri-giants. By planting
different types of crops, taking care of the soil and planting more trees,
family farmers <B>grow healthier food while living in harmony with
nature.</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>But they need our help.</B> The EU was going to announce a new law
that would protect their way of growing food that doesn’t destroy nature.
[1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>But the agri-giant lobby fought hard to stop it,</B> using the war in
Ukraine as an excuse. With wheat and corn less available, they argued for a
U-turn on the new law. All to protect their billions in profits and get their
hands on the land this law wants to protect, like forests and wetlands.
[2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>This law has now been put on hold. And unless the EU Commission sees a
public outcry about this, the chances this law makes it back on the agenda are
lower with each passing day. [3]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>This is another corporate lobby scandal unfolding before our
eyes.</B> If we act now, as one, <B>we can make sure the Commission hears our
side of the story.</B> If you think we should protect nature, add your name now
and speak up with us!</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>Agri-giants want to get their hands on land that would otherwise
be set aside for farming in harmony with nature.</STRONG> But this is not how
they work. They want to use this land to produce more food for more profits,
using industrial methods, artificial fertilisers and chemical pesticides.
<STRONG>Risking our health, and causing a death sentence for forests, bees and
birds.</STRONG> [4]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>The most outrageous part is that they will use that protected land to
grow food to feed animals. <STRONG>They are drumming up fear about food
shortages to justify land grabbing for food that is not even going to land on
our plates!</STRONG> [5]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>We want to change Europe for the better. </STRONG>Often we come
together to demand a new direction. But sometimes we also need to speak up to
stop corporations from taking us off our path. Right now, we need to be heard so
that this new law stays on the agenda.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>When we come together we are many, and we can drown out the corporate
fearmongering. Thousands of people standing up together could <STRONG>help tip
the scales and put an end to the kind of food production that is destroying our
planet.</STRONG></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Thank you for standing with us,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David (London), Rachel (Amsterdam), Olga (Bologna) and the entire WeMove
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1] The Restore Nature Law is a package of rules to
protect fallow areas of land and make sure farmers are restoring nature on parts
of their farms by, for example, planting trees, hedges, and fallows on their
fields as well as pesticide and fertiliser reduction targets.
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030/eu-nature-restoration-targets_en<BR>[2]
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-eu-food-farmer-green-deal-corn-fertilizer/<BR>[3]
The European Commission was expected to present a proposal for a new EU law for
nature restoration law on the 23rd of March. But under pressure from vested
interests, the law has now been delayed with no new publication date in sight.
https://www.restorenature.eu/en<BR>[4]
https://presse.inserm.fr/publication-de-lexpertise-collective-inserm-pesticides-et-effets-sur-la-sante-nouvelles-donnees/43303<BR>[5]
The meat that will result from these animals is mainly meant for export and will
not feed the poorest in Europe or the rest of the
world.<BR>https://foodwatch.org/fileadmin/-INT/climate_agriculture/220321_we_need_food_not_feed_foodwatch__002_.pdf<BR>https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-lawmakers-call-on-commission-to-end-meat-promotion-amid-ukraine-crisis/</SMALL></P>
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