with a new flyer made for mornings today must be the thing interest help with who do we believe the future lies in growth? we have 9 or 10000 pigs today in my father's day so that it was just 15 and then we're gonna need to we can't keep doing things the way we do now when we have to be sustainable as possible. many. in other words, the green revolution is desperate need is obsolete. notice when the cost of a fundamental disruption, how we produce food, we really do expect the cow will be obsolete by $25.00. it's hard not to see kind of people really embedded in traditional agriculture being the loses. it doesn't matter where in your you are the only people that can manage the land properly at the funds. ah ah, europe's farmers produce our food day in and day out, adept, and so from many centuries, ah, every country region and climate has its own culinary tradition. ah, farmer shape our landscapes, they reflect our history as well as our identity. ah, but at a farming is in crisis, industrial agriculture, striving for higher yields at a lower cost, has become an environmental disaster. it's time for a radical rethink. but what would that look like? some 700000000 people live in europe. how can they all be fed sustainably? today most european farms are still run by families in come on. come yeah. they're happy here in the meadow. they're not interested in me. ah . dominic with them and oliver shadow matching shadow iconoclasm. you'll shadow many big. i love raising my animals, i love my work and i love being surrounded by animals and i love my freedom of death. i'm a farmer. someone local who to land knows it. well. i think that i do my job well feeding people as a quarterback when we run into problems. we deal with them one at a time connie port, i'm proud to be in this field much. i'm proud to be helping feed man coyote. i just you and i raised dairy cows use, i have about $65.00 dairy cows per year, which produce about 600000 liters of mill o performance. very even power. even if my father used to sell mill directly to customers who had come with pails. but hardly anyone does that anymore. it's a shame. for the less she gone, he's, you've increased my, grew up here and i watched my father build up this bomb. that history connects me to this place. these are my roots and it's something i want to preserve it. amandola layer like you did during the mill crisis. some people really struggled. shackleford, the price of milk was so low that they couldn't and profit can a farmer on their own if they had family issues or health struggles or anything. it went quickly downhill on ocean ma'am, will is all non we feed people leisure. we do our family than we given her all and yet for some in the only way out seems to be suicide. so that's awful to her. the number of farmers taking their own lives is astronomical. it's tragic and kinda namath for ca, socratic style benighted farms aren't being abandoned. farmers are giving up in france a farmer. commit suicide every 2 days. more than anywhere else in europe. abandoned farms are everywhere, but why global competition is at least partly to blame. consumers demand low prices and every kind of fruit and vegetable. what ever the season? agriculture has become a ruthless global business. not all that long ago, most of our food was produced locally. but today in europe, half of all food is imported according to data collected by euro stat over the past 20 years. ah, this map displace milk exports among european countries. the thicker the line, the larger the export. fresh tomatoes travel even further. european consumers want fresh vegetables and the global market reacts moon. europe has become a world champion in exports of port, primarily to china and asia, but also to the rest of the world. and for farmers, the choice is simple, expand and increase productivity or get squeezed out to be impact is clear. in 10 years, europe has lost nearly 4000000 farms. and yet every year the european union doles out 60000000000 euros in agricultural subsidies . where does all that money go? the answer lies in history, and the origins of europeans subsidy policy. ah, at the end of world war 2, much of europe lay in ruins. hunger was rampant agricultural production had to be revived as quickly as possible. mm. mm. the solution was financial aid and rapid modernization. the strategy worked soon, the shops were filled and bread, butter and meat were plentiful. again. the strategy is still alive to day. agricultural productivity has risen steadily since the 1950s, the average weight yield per hector has doubled and dairy cow supplied $2.00 times as much milk. many experts say that europe's massive subsidy system is outdated. europe could easily feed itself without it, but it endures. many have grown to depend on it. part of the blame lies in the criteria that govern e. u. agricultural policies. 3 quarters of the funds are distributed according to the size of the farm. the larger the farm, the larger the subsidy with often outlandish result. nestled on romania is great. brian island is europe's largest farm. 55000 hector's of land, and 10000000 euros in agricultural subsidies every year. the money goes to al dora a company based in the united arab emirates, sharon must madeline, most airflow, no comb. or if i departed in that, in re loan air for tyria, just to the fields behind me belong to one company. osh, it's a thorn in the side romanian family farmers fact because the company practices, very intensive agriculture full assessed. i just looked at n o x 30. now they're 50 la dental products here. there that at alamo. muslim thingee bol. the satellite coil here is used mainly to grow grains. and the grain doesn't stay here. it's exported directly after the harvest, probably to the united arab emirates a minute to laura bay when he did. she and the pianist as was the last with her on the dylan address and the company needed all the criteria needed to receive subsidies. while the small farmers here are not eligible for those subsidies, eligible been through and out of the funder. the romanian government has interpreted the european rules to mean that farm smaller than 3 hector's are not eligible for each subsidies. that effectively excludes most agricultural operations in romania, where small family farms are the norm, cliff, or serious as busying my what's in the, on the last with a dinner. j. chiropractic, i think was dora and theme to tell us that how can you offer support to less than one percent of farmers while the remaining 99 percent left out on getting food over there in terms of their social impact. e. u. agriculture policies with their financial subsidies and other measures have been a dismal failure. oh, their regulations are harmful to our society. hello anti so charlie ramona to many tune you is determined to fight back another together with other small farmers. she's fighting for their rights today. her organization has some 14000 members. i am new to j. so so know that our political leaders have never lived in a rural area. she, that's why they don't know what could help us anything to look into. if they would at least visit our community. maybe they'd have some sense of how small farmers live that infinity, she little daughter. oh, who's sitting in their offices and they don't see any of that little de alotted monet, delay theory and practice goodies are 2 different thing. article practica small farms are often less productive, but the coven pandemic is served as a reminder of their importance. during lockdown, local farms rose to meet the demand, and without them many local crops which help maintained, biodiversity would be long gone. she made a jump when a little marvellous will fight until we get our rights back of the farmers deserve that. on that, on the e u agricultural subsidies system has proved problematic in practice. how can that be remedied? and industrial agriculture is given rise to a host of problems and not for small farmers, but for us all in europe, it's responsible for some 11 percent of carbon emissions. ah. with our appetite for meat is part of the problem with to satisfy that craving, the number of livestock has sort according to the un statistics, especially in italy, been alex western france. and ireland, that's especially true when it comes to pork. and in some regions there are more pigs. then people, spain this now the world's top pork exporter. ah . and the same thing with sinus as if that were theming espana in the last few years. the pig farming sector in spain has grown exponentially on even it's become a major player worldwide, he went about 40 or 50 per cent of spain's production is explored in espanol, california alberto munoz ran several family owned farms with 10000 livestock. his pick farming business is one of the largest in spain. lay still. yeah. i think it was. i see the simpler, the thing in the that, that i think one thing my, let's get our history at canterbury has always been about growth. we have 9 or 10000 pigs. in my father's time, it was 50 elect valley. that is. so there's there. proud of that up. our family is proud of our business. there are. will you the fashion as well? it's our passion. okay. we've dedicated our lives to n o e and we don't intend to give it outside your organization can run a provider, he goes, oh my god, only put it when i started out, we raised cattle. my father always had cattle. the slaughterhouse used to be right here. this is where we was slaughtered, the famous avila calves, avila calves are famous around the world, really unfair soon was with lucy, gets almost off on the will you like it would have had an idea the and again, well, if you're not, he was able to can or less with here, agriculture and livestock farming have to keep up with population growth. video meant that population density is much higher than it used to be of interest. and so angry, cultural production and livestock farming also need to become more concentrated. the moon, the, the world population keeps growing as every time there's millions of people they might or might not like me, told me that they'll eat whatever they have from it. and but we have to keep producing flu in the element no than him or similar. we're planning to new project, noah to livestock operations, years for them. we hope these aren't the last new projects we can take on growth as our future interests. you can't just stand still, no willis, by the endless growth. is that really the solution? or will we have to set the limits for our own good and for the animals we depend on industrial farming practices are not the only problem. livestock requires more high protein feet, such as corn grains and soy. half of europe's farm land is devoted to animal feed. the war in ukraine has made the bread we eat more expensive, and the same is true for animal feed. much of it is exported like so from south america. the stakes in our plates come at the cost of clear cutting, vast tracts of reinforced the po valley and northern italy is $1.00 of europe's most fertile regions. ideal for livestock farming and large scale feed cultivation, the damage caused by intensive farming is very apparent here and not just in the air we breathe. we are melinda monique was the most k dot civic. we're letting darnell with a dillard attic on my so if you look around, you can see that a lot of corn is growing in these fields. i'm the, i'm on. this is industrial agriculture, very intensive, mainly devoted a cone underneath the fountain. isn't that gram? i think when both. okay, so it's early in the morning. professor manuela lasagna and her students are studying the impact of the chemicals used on crops. robin alarm, but i've had enough. all right, so i'll take the 1st measurement, then we'll take samples, juanita, roger, the luckless of that uninterested zona, that she'll cook windage. we've been monitoring the ground water in this area about 15 years in the main for like we found there are some areas where the nitrate concentration is always above the legal limit. yet it was that's due to the use of synthetic and organic fertilizers containing nitrogen compounds. and agriculture plants and these nitrogen compounds to grow. when the plans don't use tall because too much, fertilizer was applied or it was applied in correctly. the nitrogen containing substances that are washed into the soil when it rained the over lockwood, the but it should be that's an a pending categories thus, and from the soil, it ends up in our ground water. one of the so that can increase the nitrate concentration in our ground and turn it in either out on that and off request of the like that him to have to i fill it to the brim. seen yes. we'll measure the nitrate levels now and re sample it later you handled in it. i don't have that he callers on the learn nitrate, resin. you and groundwater is dangerous, because groundwater is used for many things, a little above or for drinking water, healing, drinking water with high nitrate levels, you can make you sick of thought, a dilemma. light blue baby syndrome yamma, which is a heart effect, found mainly in children, is beautiful. it causes problems with the oxygen supply teacher and recent studies have also shown how consuming high levels of nitrates might cause many more serious diseases. buffalo broke out a molecule into garbage. the e, you had succeeded in significantly reducing nitrate levels on farmland. but recently these levels have once again begun to increase researchers at stockholm university of discovered an interesting correlation. the more agricultural subsidies origin receives from the you, the greater it's nitrate contamination? like here in northern italy? i presume of in all degree. i thought it was to come gentlemen though. but why did we come here to take our sample with africa? because much of the ground water from the po valley flows into this river when the ground water converges yet and mixes with a water in the po river left with it to my phone. the nitrate contaminated waters of the po, flow into the adriatic sea water nose, no borders. nitrates can be found in nearly all lakes and oceans. these nitrates lead to a harmful accumulation of nutrients that causes algae overgrowth. green carpets then are even visible from outer space. like here in the baltic, sea algae blooms block, the sun's rays, suffocating organisms that live deep under water. when algae decomposes, it reduces the level of oxygen in the water. large areas of the baltic sea have become dead zones. the country is bordering. it have already reduced the influx of nitrate, but it will take many years before the baltic recovers problems like this have helped organic food rise in popularity. consumers have become more environmentally aware, and more health conscious. but organic farming is nothing new. it was established in germany a century ago. more more consumers to day are looking to avoid pesticide and chemical fertilizers and promote biodiversity. organic food has become big business . over the last 20 years, organic farmland has grown from 3.5 to 8 percent of europe's cultivated land. the e u is now hoping that its green new deal will increase this to 25 percent by 2030 . organic farmers are fighting to preserve bio diversity and the fertility of our soil in the western balkans. industrial agriculture has not yet taken over. most farms or small biodiversity is flourishing, and the soil is still rich and fruit. i'll without the over use of chemicals. conditions here are ideal for organic farming and for producing products that are especially valuable on the european market. in a village in kosovo, hover sherburne yonkers organic business is barry proof l. s chemical that need to spread it all over this table ne business. see another thing on using our business is called 99 lula or 99 flowers skeleton we collect, medicinal and aromatic plants that grow wild in nature low. yet we also cultivate some varieties in open field, given that we also process plant to make teas, oils creams, vinegar and spices. freshman organic products have not yet caught. on locally 99, lou them mainly supplies the e u market. i your career thought air auster, colby mutual to could cool and honestly what matters to us is a high demand for our plants in the international market. tattletale! we know that exports can help you grow a business, and that helps assure greater sustainability and safety. and you attend, which mary matt need or the mark siegel see glue would. oh bang is that women face many obstacles to founding a business pop off in 1st of all, really you need funding leafy. but it's hard for women in kosovo to obtain a bank loan on, but with no property as collateral bunker, if you're unemployed and have no collateral issues, banks won't give you a loan for finance. but every said back met you thought that just increases your determination whether any e 40 to the number of either been good, eat a voucher boon yoko remained undeterred, she fought to launch business and help the women in her village. no, let me tell you, melissa, do i think this effect today? she has 60 employees from various ethnic backgrounds. are you on promotional, but i dedicated myself to the business and to my children, my, maybe i neglected my children from time to time, but i had to work been up before the war. i worked in education, but after the war i was unemployed. every i needed an income before, so i worked very hard. my business is my baby charlie county to the actual peck me, partly lumps other radical changes in europe could shape the farming of to morrow. the netherlands may be small, but it's at the forefront of an agricultural revolution. it's now one of the world's leading vegetable producers. until recently, little attention was paid to the ecological impact of high intensity farming. but that's changing. rather campbell, on accident is not for o'con kesha. oh, nice enough master black energy congress shouldn't be to dogmatic low temperature. it's easy to say we should all make the switch to organic farming, or go back to traditional methods as long as it, but that's boxing ourselves into a corner. 5 by 2050 will have to provide food for tenant 1000000000 people. that isn't. that's a tremendous challenge. at the same time, we have to say the plant, which means being a sustainable as possible is do is alimony into. and we desperately need a green revolution. and that's where smart farming comes in. i have a smartphone. there isn't a rover, took a look and spend an end. it is an agricultural and plant scientist at vacuuming in university. his lab is one of the leading research groups of its kind in europe. smart farming heath vader predicted out. it may style him in a thought over sort precision. agriculture. smart farming is smart farming is quite multifaceted, aka, for much of it is about precision agriculture pain. but smart farming also means that we're using all the innovations we see around us. whether they come from organic or mainstream farming open halo smart, we want to bring an altogether in a smart way to create sustainable systems. she stay my little take levin and azalea, obscene about smart farming that these ethnic commis. nancy's mart farming is a combination of high tech innovation and intelligent ideas that come from organic farming. michel septa, and she stay miss davis shows or, oh, got to be local lumber. all big and smart technologies form the basis for smart farming, like energy saving, eli d's sensors, robots and a variety of digital tools. with the goal is a fully automated greenhouse soon of pepper plant like this will be monitored 247 from seed to harvest. yeah, like i believe of elfin of those fisher, you can theoretically control everything from here with like these 2 compartments and the unit back there. fi, no smart farmingville, a sales acre or venue. hopa said if is, if the c