Europe's $65-billion-a-year farm program needs to change radically if it is to protect the environment and support small farmers, a group of European scientists say.
The vow follows a New York Times investigation showing how one of the world’s largest subsidy programs enriches far-right leaders, bankrolls oligarchs and underwrites Mafia tactics.
This month, European leaders set ambitious goals to fight climate change and save species from extinction. Yet one of the biggest impediments is the bloc's $65-billion-a-year agricultural subsidy program that is intended to support farmers.
Last year was the wettest on record for the United States and flooded towns got much attention in the spring, but farm statistics show longer-lasting effects.
