12 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2223(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Notes that the Draft Opinion includes in its title, resource efficiency, reducing food waste, and improving food safety; believes that the current model of industrial agriculture: is neither resource efficient, in that current agricultural practices are consuming the earth's natural resources at an unsustainable rate leading to environmental degradation; does not contribute to reducing food waste, in that current agricultural policy promotes mass production of products often below the cost of production, to be sold on again at discounted prices which encourages over consumption and waste; neither does it improve food safety, as within a globalized food chain there is a lack of transparency in the origin of food stuffs and increased difficulty in regulating the products within it;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that farmers’ livelihoods depend on getting produce to the market and realizing a return for their produce and that loss of produce at farm level equates to loss of investment and income;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that around 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU every year, with associated costs estimated at 143 billion euros; stresses that reducing food waste is one of the key strategies to combat hunger in the world;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that food wastage has huge environmental consequences, contributes to climate change and represents a waste of limited resources such as land, energy and water;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of cooperation, for example via Producer Organisations, for increased access to finance for innovation and investment in treatment technologies such as composting and anaerobic digestion or further processing of products which could allow farmers to access new market and customers; believes that it is essential that this is done at local or regional level to respect the proximity principle and also so that local populations can retain control of and benefit from new income streams that might be generated;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the benefits of access to data and forecasts and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them to better match supply to demand and minimise wastage; believes that short supply chains can play a vital role in reducing food waste, reducing food miles, providing higher quality food, transparent food chains and in doing so underpin the economic viability of rural communities;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for a tailor-made approach in the EU agricultural production, so that production is adjusted to the demand in order to avoid over-supply and food wastage, with positive effects also on the environment;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Encourages Member States and the Commission to promote local and organic food and short food supply chains which can contribute to the reduction of the food waste;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on all stakeholders in the food production, supply and consumption chains, from consumers and retailers to the food processors and producers, including farmers, to use various best practices from the EU Member States to combat food losses and prevent food waste generation on different levels along the food production, supply and consumption chains;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that farmer-led initiatives that tailor production to demand can offer viable economic solutions and provide valuereduce production for products which might otherwise go to waste, and highlights the potential of farmer-led social innovation projects such as gleaning and donation of excess foodstuffs to food banks;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that some wastage at farm level is also due to the role played by retailers in relation to retailer standards regarding product specifications, cancelled orders owing to changes in consumer demand, and over-production as a result of requirements to meet seasonal demands.; further believes that the practice of retailers in using staple food items as "loss leaders" to increase market share is damaging across the entire food chain in that firstly, it encourages purchases that are not necessary and secondly it implants in consumers mind the illusion that food is cheap to produce and plentiful in supply;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the EU Commission and Member States to launch a campaign to raise awareness among the EU citizens on the serious economic, social and environmental implications of food wastage;