Food & Farming

Caroline Lucas has worked hard to ensure that farmers and consumers can enjoy a better agricultural system. She has presented proposals on how to radically reform the Common Agricultural Policy, promoted a ban on GM food and crops and supported environmentally friendly and organic farming. As a member of the European Parliament’s Environment and Consumer Protection Committee, Caroline has worked for local food economies, fair prices for farmers and strong controls on supermarkets.

Image: Caroline launching a report about food, Reading International Solidarity Centre 2003

Press Releases

Tory Plan For ‘Supermarket Ombudsman’ Short On Substance, Says Green Euro-MP - 6.1.2010

Green Euro-MP Scoops ‘Ethical Politician Of The Year’ Award - 3.6.2009

Environment Ministers Defy Euro-Commission To Keep Bans On GM Crops - 2.3.2009

Green Euro-MP Welcomes EU Fruit And Veg Scheme For Schools - 18.11.2008

Green MEP Welcomes Step Forward For Human Health As EU Environment Committee Votes For Better Protection From Pesticides - 5.11.2008

‘Right Diagnosis, But No Remedy’, Says Green Euro-MP As Parliament Caves In To Agro-Industry Lobby On Common Agriculture Policy ‘Health Check’ - 8.10.2008

Green MEP Says No To Clones As Euro-Parliament Votes Against Cloning Animals For Food - 3.9.2008

‘Globalised Food System Stifles, Threatens And Harms’, Says Green MEP - 25.6.2008

Euro Commission Shies Away From Crucial Decisions On GMOs - 7.5.2008

Green Euro-MP Urges Commission To Say No To GMO On Eve Of Crucial Vote - 6.5.2008

UK Green MEP Awards ‘Good Eggs’ At Ceremony In European Parliament - 16.4.2008

Green MEP Calls For Immediate Suspension Of ‘False Solution’ Biofuel Target Ahead Of RTFO Launch - 14.4.2008

South East MEP Warns Supermarkets To Prepare For EU Investigation As European Parliament Endorses Need For Action - 31.1.2008

As New Film Launches ‘Jamie Oliver’-Style Food Campaign At Sussex University, Green Party MEP Calls On Uni Management To Buy Local - 24.1.2008

Last Call For MEPs To Back Green Bid For Supermarket Investigation - 19.1.2008

Sussex Cull ‘Counterproductive And Cruel’ - Culling Badgers May Increase Spread Of Bovine TB, Warns Lucas - 6.11.2007

No To Call For More Supermarkets, Says Green MEP - 31.10.2007

MEP Bids For EU Investigation Of Supermarkets - Lucas Demands EU Protection for Farmers, Jobs And The Environment - 11.10.2007

70% Of EU Citizens Are Opposed To GM Crops, MEP Tells Conference - 13.6.2007

Green Euro-MP To Visit Farm Project In New Forest - 12.4.2007

Peak Oil Is Fuelling A Food Crisis, Warns Transition Town’s MEP On Visit to Lewes - 11.4.2007

Euro-MP Leads Debates On Nuclear Weapons And Food Security At Green Party Spring Conference - 20.3.2007

EU To Probe UK Handling Of Bird Flu Outbreak - 19.2.2007

Green MEP Demands Changes To EU Trade Rules To Prevent Bird Flu - 12.2.2007

EU Must Clarify Farming Rules To Stop Spread Of Bird Flu - 10.2.2007

MEP Attacks ‘Ignorance’ Of DEFRA Over Bird Flu Link - 5.2.2007

‘Supermarkets Inherently Unsustainable’ Says MEP, After Competition Commission Inquiry Misses Key Issues - 23.1.2007

Food Shortages Loom Unless We Make Organic Shift, Says MEP Ahead Of Conference - 23.1.2007

Dwindling Oil Supplies Threaten Global Food Crisis, Says Euro-MP - 19.12.2006

Green Euro-MP Visits Hampshire Organic Farm - 15.11.2006

Euro-MP Will Blame Bird ‘Flu On Factory Farming At LSE Meeting - 3.11.2006

Buying Fairtrade Saves Lives, Green Euro-MP Will Tell Gosport Meeting - 2.11.2006

Factory Farming And International Trade To Blame For Bird ‘Flu - 3.7.2006

Green Euro-MP Backs ‘Food Miles’ Campaign - 26.6.2006

EU-Morocco Fishing Partnership Breaches International Law, Warns MEP - 17.5.2006

EU Documents Reveal GM Safety Fears - 18.4.2006

Proposed EU-Morocco Partnership Legitimises Invasion Of Western Sahara And Breaches International Law, Warns Lucas - 12.4.2006

MEP Joins Southampton Fair Trade Discussion Day - 20.2.2006

MEP: Inhumane Bird Slaughter Heightens ‘Flu Risk’ - 24.1.2006

Cameron’s Organic Overtures ‘Meaningless’ – Green Euro-MP - 5.1.2006

Greens Welcome EU Ban On Live Export Subsides As Lucas Co-Sponsored Written Declaration Becomes Law - 4.1.2006

Typical Christmas Dinner Travels 30,000 Miles, Reveals Euro-MP - 14.12.2005

MEPs Reject Calls To Ban ‘Toxic’ Sweetener - 27.10.2005

Letters and Replies

Correspondence about Live Exports - 8.12.2009

Correspondence about Health Food Supplements - 3.12.2009

Correspondence about GM Crops and Food - 23.7.2009

Correspondence about the Welfare of Egg Laying Hens - 8.6.2009

Correspondence about Farming Policy - 31.3.2009

Correspondence about Pig Welfare - 17.12.2008

Correspondence about Local Food - 18.1.2008

Correspondence about Avian Flu - 18.4.2007

Correspondence about Agrofuels - 8.1.2007

In the Parliament

Written Questions - Pigs - 27.11.2009

Written Questions - Live Exports and Animal Transportation - 27.10.2009

Written Questions - Animal Welfare And Trade - 27.10.2009

Written Questions - Poultry - 7.1.2009

Written Questions - Animal Diseases - 9.7.2008

Resolution - Rising Food Prices - 14.5.2008

Written Questions - EU Food Policy - 12.2.2008

Written Questions - Livestock Emissions - 18.12.2007

Written Declaration - Supermarkets - 27.10.2007

Written Questions - GMOs - 18.1.2007

Written Declaration - GM Food - 24.3.2006

Resolution - Biological Diversity and Biosafety - 13.3.2006

Written Questions - Chemicals - 2.3.2006

Written Questions - Agrofuels and Biodiesel - 30.1.2006

Reports

Fuelling A Food Crisis - 8.12.2006

Avian Flu - Time To Shut The Intensive Poultry Flu Factories? - 5.7.2006

Articles

The Ecologist: Toothless Tory ‘Ombudsman’ Won’t Solve Supermarket Problem - 08 December 2010 - 10.1.2010

Comment is free - Guardian: Swine flu: is intensive pig farming to blame? 28 April 2009 - 28.4.2009

Speeches

Friends of the Earth - Food Chain Speaker Tour - 9.10.2009

Plenary - GMOs - 23.4.2008

(Listen & Watch) Caroline on Biofuels - 8.2.2008

Poverty, Patents, Poultry: The Global Politics of Avian Flu - 3.11.2006

Plenary - Avian Flu Pandemic - 25.10.2005