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EU Green Deal Falls Short of Food System Breakthrough
- The EU's Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies aimed to revolutionize agricultural and food systems, aligning with climate, biodiversity, and health goals of the Green Deal.
- However, political realities suggest the EU's agenda may not signify a significant shift in agri-food governance.
- Scholarship by Candel and Daugbjerg questions whether the EU's sustainability agenda truly breaks from traditional exceptionalism.
- The strategies sought to enhance sustainability, animal welfare, food safety, and biodiversity, signaling a move towards holistic food system transformation.
- While there was discourse broadening, institutional and interest-based obstacles hindered substantial policy reform.
- Existing power structures, including agricultural lobbies, limit institutional transformation despite nominal stakeholder inclusivity.
- Agricultural interests and member states with farming sectors often oppose Green Deal objectives, impeding policy implementation.
- Reforms like pesticide reduction and land-use regulations face resistance, leading to modest policy outcomes compared to initial ambitions.
- EU's agri-food governance challenges exemplify the struggle between sustainability and entrenched economic paradigms.
- The EU's journey towards post-exceptionalism highlights the need for substantial reforms and inclusive dialogue for genuine transformation.
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