We are pleased to announce that this year’s summer gathering will be held at the London Permaculture Festival in Cecil Sharp House in Camden on July 6th. In addition to our seasonal meeting from 11am-1pm we will be hosting horticultural games in the afternoon and running a stall on the day. The gathering is a…
<Reproduced from http://landworkersalliance.org.uk/> Yesterday (April 17th) 100 farmers and growers from the Landworkers’ Alliance travelled to London from around the country to protest outside the head offices of DEFRA and the National Farmers Union. Under the leadership of Owen Patterson over the past two years DEFRA has strengthened its support of large-scale industrial agriculture and…
Today members of the Community Food Growers Network joined the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC) in delivering a hamper of “Illegal Foods” to the Polish Embassy in London. They protested to highlight the excessively harsh regulations imposed upon small Polish farmers which effectively prohibit them from selling traditional foods processed on the…
Members will be attending this two day event, Transforming our food system in London on 8th/9th July. Organised by the UK Food Sovereignty Platform this event will bring together farmers, community food growers, NGOs and food activists to talk and plan for building a movement for food sovereignty in the UK. The registration form is…