EU Food & Farming 56d ago

In a previous life, Uyen was a legal advisor specializing in anti-discrimination issues, first, and later in regulations related to biodiversity and nature conservation in Brussels. After 10 years in the profession, she realized that drafting laws to protect nature was of little use, and that tangible results were too uncertain and distant. So she wanted to get back to the land. To escape a system. To do something. To be reborn. To change in her own way. In this interview she talks about topics that are close to her heart: We need more organic farming and sustainable practices and also dig into more resilience for the future. In the context of climate change, We really can perceive on the farm a loss of biodiversity. Also the fact that we have a lot of residuals and pesticides, too many and too much use in conventional farming So how we create a more sustainable and more robust farming system in Europe? Also one of the biggest challenges is how we reconnect with women, like female farmers, that are transparent or invisible in the farming sector or rural areas So I would really love to see more women in farming. It's possible. I'm a small farmer with a small farm on a family run farm, and I find it now meaningful because. With what I'm doing by doing organic farming, by implementing a resilience system on the farm, I have the feeling that I'm less powerless in the context of climate change.