It’s time for an Agricultural Revolution
“Global food production threatens climate stability and ecosystem resilience. It constitutes the single largest driver of environmental degradation and transgression of planetary boundaries.“ At the same time, “Unhealthy diets are the leading cause of ill health worldwide, 800 million people are currently hungry, 2 billion malnourished and a further 2 billion people overweight or obese”.....Taken together the outcome is dire. A radical transformation of the global food system is urgently needed. Without action, the world risks failing to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.“
-Lancet Commission Report, 2019.

How can we achieve this in Ireland and Europe?
We need to end subsidies for Animal Agriculture and use EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Payments for Plant Based Agriculture and Ecosystem/Biodiversity Restoration. We need to use Public Funds for Public Goods. We should not use public funds to support a Food System that is the leading cause of biodiversity loss, climate change, violence to animals, and human ill health.

Who Are We?
Nature Rising is a non-political sustainability advocacy group. We are bringing together individuals, experts, and organisations across Ireland concerned about the environment, health, and animal rights to put pressure on the government to stop the multi-billion euro subsidies that go to animal agriculture.
We all recognize the catastrophic, irreversible damage animal agriculture is already having on the planet and its inhabitants, but it’s unlikely that any one of us can force the government to stop funding it on our own. This is why Nature Rising exists – to unite us all in a single realistic acheivable goal that has the potential for a major positive impact for people, animals and nature. To change everything we need everyone involved.

Farmers and Land Owners are key to a Sustainable Future
We are not trying to destroy farmers, but rather create a better world for all. That’s why we are proposing that subsidies are moved from Animal Agriculture to either Plant Based Agriculture or Payments for Ecosystems/Biodiversity Restoration. Average incomes for over 70% of farmers would increase, and incomes for tillage farmers would stay the same. However, incomes for most dairy farmers would decrease by an average of 34% (2018). For more information see the Economics of Nature Rising. We also outline a range of successful plant based farming models that can be implemented in Ireland.
For further information on this campaign visit our website naturerising.ie