Tag: land rights

CFGN Summer Events Calender 2014

A. ‘Community Food Now!’ Workshop Tuesday 17th June, 7pm The Spark Space – – – With nearly 80% of the UK population living in an urban environment the Food Sovereignty Movement UK and the Community Food Growers Network will explore how we can build community-controlled land and food systems in the UK, and if this…

Tillington Farm Community Land Trust

Reproduced from Tillington Farm Crowdfunder Due to some mismanagement of their banking arm, the Co-op are selling Tillington farm to cover debt. To ensure it remains part of a co-operative we are putting together a bid proposal to purchase the farm. First we have to show we are a serious buyer for Tillington as a…

Rise up against TTIP: Stop the corporate power grab / 12th of July

In March CFGN highlighted the threat of the EU plant reproductive material debates being drawn into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free-trade talks between the US and the EU.  Read below for more info and a call-out to stop the decisions of TTIP on how we swap seeds and the corporate power grab…