Catalan farmers' organizations call for protest against regulatory neglect'
Protest intends to block traffic on main roads in Catalonia on February 5
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Fresh wave of farmers' protests begin in Catalonia against agrarian policies
Demonstrations planned this week at Mercabarna wholesale market, French border and Tarragona port
Farmers sound alarm on rising food prices: 'We are not reaping the benefits'
Consumers pay three to five times more for basic food products than what farmers get paid
Farmers not benefitting from increasing food prices
Rural women take leadership in male-dominated industry
Drought and climate crisis focus of first Women in the Rural World Congress
Farmers Union reports Mercadona, Lidl and Bonpreu for fixing milk prices
Dairy farmers cite supermarkets' "abuse of power" in complaint lodged with Spain's competition commission
Rabbit plague causes havoc for farmers in western Catalonia
Uncontrolled animals combined with drought and rising production costs causes land to go uncultivated
1,200 cows brought back home after spending summer in Pyrenees mountains
Around 30 farmers take animals back to valley after enjoying cooler weather during hottest season
Dairy farmers get paid below production costs — is it really worth it?
90% of milk producers have gone out of business over the last 20 years
With restaurants closed, food producers find 'salvation' in social media sales
Primary sector companies call themselves "greatly forgotten" industry of the pandemic
Farmers' markets begin to reopen with Covid-19 safety measures
Mercabarna food wholesalers to carry out 9,000 antibody tests
€11m to help farmers and fishermen affected by Storm Gloria
Government approves first aid and estimates 16,000 hectares of agricultural land were damaged by severe weather
Fruit crisis continues in Catalonia
The quota established by the European Commission to be withdrawn from the market is insufficient to take pressure off the sector
Catalan farmers explode as Russian fruit veto ‘ruins’ producers
Sector demands prompt action by Brussels as peach and nectarine perish-dates loom
Eco-villages in Catalonia: the rise of new green models in times of crisis
An increasing number of people are fed up with living in concrete jungles. Many think of the countryside as a solution to problems such as stress, a low-paying job and pollution. Due to the start of the economic crisis, this phenomenon boomed, with people beginning to look for an 'alternative way of life' or, at least, new opportunities. Catalonia and the whole of Spain are no exception to this. Here, moving (back) to the countryside nowadays looks like an attractive option to many, especially to young unemployed graduates. However, sustainable agriculture initiatives and the like are the 'junior division' compared to more complex social, cultural and ecological experiments: the eco-villages. Coming in different shapes and sizes, their members share resources and spaces, grow their own food and cover in a sustainable way the energy demand of the buildings they live in. With different missions and features, many eco-villages can be traced back to one or two decades ago and could teach a lot to newcomers.