Event Invite: ‘TTIP – Trading away our food and farmers?’

Photo: Ruben Neugebauer/Campact

Photo: Ruben Neugebauer/Campact

Since the early days of the WTO, farming has been one of the hottest potatoes in trade talks. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could have major impacts on farming and food production in the European Union, increasing risks of harmful effects to public health.

Corporate lobby groups on both sides of the Atlantic are pushing for more market access. This could have challenging effects on our food and farmers, as European and American food is produced to different standards of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection. Civil society groups and farming organisations have expressed concern that the TTIP will lead to the further intensification and corporate concentration of agriculture on both sides of the Atlantic, threatening family farms’ survival and citizen’s health. 

Event Date:

Wednesday,  June 15th, 8h30-9h30 

Event Location:

Press Club – Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels

Follow the discussion on twitter by using the #TTIPFarming hashtag! 

Registration and contact: marion@eurovia.org

For full details of the event – click here

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