52. #SIA2025: A new vision for European agriculture: what does the future hold?
At the end of February, 'Food for Europe' was live at the International Agricultural Fair in Paris, with a special broadcast on the new Vision for Agriculture and Food that the European Commission had recently published, and a consideration of what future this new vision points to. This episode is a summary of the debate. The cornerstones of the new vision are to make agriculture attractive again as a profession, to promote the competitiveness of European agriculture, to further expand the protection of natural resources and to re-establish the connection between regional products and consumers. Our guests in Paris were Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food; Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Director of Strategy and Policy Analysis at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture & Rural Development; Dominique Chargé, President of La Coopération agricole, an association of rural cooperatives in France; Quentin Le Guillous, the Secretary General of Jeunes Agriculteurs, a professional association of young farmers; and, from the French Agricultural Academy, Jean-Marie Séronie. This 52nd episode of 'Food for Europe' shows the highlights of the debate, which was broadcast live on Facebook and X, and which you can watch in full on our Youtube page.