1 / 06 / 2023
Take the new questionnaire on the impact of the Optional Quality Term “mountain product”!
As part of the Horizon 2020 MOVING project, the Association of European Region for Products of Origin (AREPO) in close collaboration with Euromontana and Highclere Consulting, launches a survey on the Optional Quality Term “mountain product”. […]
Read more...15 / 05 / 2023
The EU to label craft and industrial geographical indications
The European Union institutions have reached an agreement in early May on non-agricultural geographical indications. The protection of European craft and industrial products has been discussed for several years, with reports and studies published from […]
Read more...14 / 02 / 2023
“Good for biodiversity, good for the climate: hay milk, simply good”: promoting the environmental sustainability of mountain foods
Mountain products are generally considered by consumers to be very tasty, but the general public is not necessarily aware of their sustainability. Yet mountain farming provides many ecosystem services, including for protection of biodiversity. Austrian […]
Read more...2 / 02 / 2023
2023 calls for agri-products promotion campaigns: funding opportunities for mountain products
The calls for proposals for the EU 2023 agricultural products promotion programme are launched! These calls are an opportunity for farming organisations to promote mountain products through ambitious and creative communication campaigns. Through these campaigns, […]
Read more...17 / 02 / 2022
2022 calls for agri-products promotion campaigns: funding opportunities for mountain products
On 1st and 2nd February 2022, the European Research Executive Agency held the Info Day on the Call for Proposals for the 2022 EU Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products. The promotion policy calls are an […]
Read more...4 / 11 / 2021
Cultural heritage can drive development and innovation in mountain areas says Euromontana
Mountains cover nearly 30% of the EU territory. Together with rural and remote areas they are home to 57% of the population and account for 46% of the gross added value produced in the EU […]
Read more...23 / 06 / 2021
Euromontana advocates for mountain products’ sustainability for the future Promotion Policy
Announced in the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, the review of the EU Agricultural Promotion Policy is currently being undertaken by the European Commission. The Promotion Policy provides funding to producers’ organisations to […]
Read more...21 / 05 / 2021
Euromontana presents initiatives for a better management of grasslands
On 11th May 2021, Euromontana participated to the online forum of the Mixed Technological Unit for “Resources and transformations of Mediterranean pastoral livestock” (UMT Pasto) – a cooperation structure that gathers since 2014 research organisations, […]
Read more...27 / 04 / 2021
Revision of the Promotion Policy for Agricultural products: get involved to maintain the opportunity for mountain products!
The EU Promotion Policy, that promotes agricultural products within and outside the European Union, is being revised with the objective to make it more sustainable. The Promotion Policy is an opportunity to publicise the unique […]
Read more...12 / 02 / 2021
2021 calls for agri-products promotion campaigns: new opportunities for mountain products
On January 28 and 29, 2021, the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency of the EU (CHAFEA) held an Info Day on the Call for Proposals for the 2021 EU Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products. […]
Read more...27 / 01 / 2021
‘Cuisinons notre région’: from farm to fork in mass catering services
More than 6 million meals are taken in schools, institutions and companies’ canteens every year in the Canton of Valais (according to the latest study by the Federal Statistical Office in 2009). Mass catering therefore […]
Read more...10 / 12 / 2020
The revision of Geographical Indication schemes: what will change for agricultural and non-agricultural products?
In May 2020, the European Commission published its Farm to Fork Strategy, aiming at designing a fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system. Among the measures announced in this Strategy is the Commission’s intention to […]
Read more...10 / 11 / 2020
Get involved in the revision process of Geographical Indications schemes
As announced in the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, the European Commission wants to enhance the visibility of Geographical Indications (GIs) by empowering producer groups, reviewing ways to promote and protect the EUs’ […]
Read more...8 / 10 / 2020
Quality must not be neglected on the packaging of food products
Nutrition labelling, an overview of the European situation The nutriscore is a front-of-package label for food products that assigns them a score from A to E based on the nutritional value of their ingredients. Applied […]
Read more...2 / 10 / 2020
Mon Lait: quality, sustainability and fair income in the same glass of milk
In the Massif Central, agriculture is dominated by livestock farming. Cow’s milk accounts for 20% of the farm production in the region and 94% of this comes from mountains. Therefore, being the largest dairy production […]
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