Food Ethics - Autumn '07: EU farm policy

Brussels is bracing itself for more wrangling over the Common Agricultural Policy. Should we scrap the CAP? What reforms should we want? Confused? Let the latest edition of our magazine be your guide: contributions from commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel, Hilary Benn, Jack Thurston, David Baldock, Don Curry, Barbara Young, Jonathon Porritt, Hannes Lorenzen, Michael Jack and many more.

The CAP is said to cost families an average €950 a year - more than we spend on fruit and vegetables. Despite reforms in 2003, it stands accused of harming the planet, poorer countries and even public health. For decades, it has been public enemy number 1 for environment, poverty and consumer campaigners.

In the autumn, the European Commission will set out its stall for further reforms. This edition of Food Ethics asks what a progressive agenda would look like. Should we phase out this troubled policy or could a changed CAP even be an asset in the struggle against climate change, poverty and obesity?

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