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15/11/2018

How to Stay Updated

One of the main goals of our project is to get in touch with the actual trends of the field of pork production in Europe, while also raising awareness on its problematic issues and the general worsening of its work conditions. In this section, we will comment and disseminate important […]
25/05/2020

Meat-up ffire. Dentro le relazioni industriali: il caso della filiera della carne in Europa

Si chiama Meat Up Ffire e rappresenta l’acronimo di «Fairness, Freedom and Industrial Relations across Europe: Up and Down the Meat Value Chain»: è un progetto di ricerca – finanziato dalla Commissione Europea, DG Employment and Social Affairs (VS/2018/0014) – che ha coinvolto sociologi, economisti, giuristi, sindacati provenienti da Belgio […]
23/04/2020

New volume – Fairness, freedom and industrial relations across Europe: up and down the meat value chain

This volume gathers the results of the research carried out as part of Meat-up Ffire, a project financed by the European Commission (G.A. 2018/0014) with the aim of investigating the contribution of industrial relations structures, including social dialogue, in an important sector of the EU economy, such as the meat […]
20/01/2020

Comunicato stampa: Meat-Up Ffire Final Conference a Bologna

Urbino 20 gennaio 2020 – Ultimo step per il Progetto Meat-Up Ffire che, dopo gli Open Workshop di Erlangen, Copenaghen, Hasselt, Lodz, Varsavia, Urbino, arriva a Bologna il prossimo giovedì 23 gennaio per la Final Conference di progetto: un’intera giornata di riflessione e dibattito tra relatori provenienti dall’Italia e da […]
11/01/2020

Meat-Up Ffire Final Conference in Bologna

Bologna will host Meat-Up Ffire Final Conference on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from 9.30am to 6.00pm. The conference will be in English and simultaneous language translation services will be provided (Italian to English and English to Italian). The event will take place at Giorgio Prodi Room, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, […]
01/01/2020

The Stink and Injustice of Life Next to an Industrial Hog Farm

Will the world’s leading pork producer be held responsible for making life unbearable in rural Southern communities? In a federal courtroom in Raleigh, North Carolina, a 14-year-old honor student named Alexandria McKoy swore to tell the truth. Then she settled in to testify against the world’s largest pork producer. McKoy […]
01/01/2020

EU pork exports grow in September

The EU experienced a record month for pork exports, bolstered by Chinese demand. Source: globalmeatnews
01/01/2020

Flexitarianism may save the planet — but it’s killed the traditional European diet

The food industry needs to adapt to a paradigm shift among consumers away from traditional diets, according to speakers at the recent FiE show in Paris. Source: foodnavigator.com
01/01/2020

Beef industry welcomes Real MEAT act introduction to US Senate

The US red meat industry has welcomed the introduction of a bill that seeks to clarify labelling of meat products. Source: globalmeatnews.com
19/12/2019

‘Now we need to create healthier meat analogues’: scientist

After mastering meat analogues, scientists now the face the next challenge of making them healthier, says a pioneer in the field. Source: foodnavigator
19/12/2019

Danish Crown to modernise slaughtering facilities

Red meat processor Danish Crown is to invest DKK1.6bn (€214.1m) in modernising its slaughterhouses and processing facilities. Source: globalmeatnews