Malta’s disappearing farms

Victor, Nadi and their son Jean Paul have been farming their land for about 40 years. With a farmhouse, greenhouses, and trees, they grow a little bit of everything – fennel, spinach, kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, celery, tomatoes, potatoes and parsley. However, Victor, Nadia and Jean Paul’s farm is threatened by the construction of a bypass. …

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Young beekeepers in Malta

Jorge is an architect by profession but has found his passion in beekeeping seven years ago. He is a small scale beekeeper that focuses primarily on keeping healthy populations of the endemic Maltese honey bee and works with a community of other breeders that are part of the Breeds of Origin Conservancy. “Since Malta is …

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What do young farmers want?

Cane has been farming for just over a year, and despite discouraging comments, he has taken the plunge and left his job to dedicate himself to farming full-time. Together with Cassandra, they have been on a journey to explore new possibilities in the world of agriculture in Malta. “I’m Cane from Biome Munch, a new …

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Why we say no to EU-MERCOSUR

European supermarkets including Casino, Carrefour and Albert Heijn are selling meat products linked to deforestation and human rights violations to unwitting consumers, and the EU plans to increase the number of destructive products on supermarket shelves with the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, reveals a report released today by Repórter Brasil and our parent organisation: Friends of …

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2nd Project Partners’ meeting

Mariza, Young FoE Cyprus On the 23rd-24th of February, 2021 we had our second Project Partners’ Meeting for System:Reset project.  Noting here that the first one was the kick-off meeting of the project in February 2020 and this one was supposed to be held in Ireland. Despite the virtual nature of the meeting, the overall …

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Guardians of the Water: communities against mining industry

On 20th of November 2020, we had the opportunity to participate to this special online event highlighting community struggles against the global gold-mining industry. The event was brought together by Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland, Social Change Initiative, Irish Research Council, NUI Galway and Young Friends of the Earth Europe. We had the chance …

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Join YFoEE’s 1st Volunteers Program!

You have always dreamed of getting active and fighting for climate justice at the European level? Then, read this article, this is for you! Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) launches the first edition of its Volunteers Program! All young activists of the network (or willing to join us!) are invited to apply for joining this …

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