Family Farmers United vs Agri-Business FC The ‘Food Sovereignty Football Match’ has been called by the Landworkers’ Alliance as part of World Food Day: Via Campesina’s global day of action. Across Europe 20% of farms get 80% of subsidies. In 2013 more than 900 UK based landowners and agri-businesses received more than £150,000 in payments,…
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…
See this report, published on the Land Worker’s Alliance blog, highlighting their experience of attending a protest in Brussels this January against the EU Plant Reproductive Material Law. http://landworkersalliance.org.uk/2014/01/reclaiming-farmers-rights-to-seeds/