Slow Food Goes Brussels: Farmers protests: what are they really about?

In the past months, farmers have been protesting all over Europe. They're marching and driving tractors through city streets. But sadly, what's happening follows a pattern we see often. A serious protest, born out of real struggles, is being made to seem less important. It's being turned into a fight between farmers and environmentalists, or farmers and the European Union. And some people are using it for their own gain, like trying to win votes or protect their own interests. 

Today, we'll talk about why farmers are protesting and with a focus on common grounds and on solving the root problems in our food system.

Host & production: Valentina Gritti
Guests: Natasha Foote (Freelance agri-food journalist), Jereon Candel (Professor of food and agricultural policy at Wageningen University), Sebastian Mira (Farmer from Slow Food Pays Catalan).

Farmers' protest audio's source: the Telegraph video

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