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…
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…
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/
A group of cfgn members attended the ‘Take The Flour Back‘ March on 27th May. Below is a photo and the official statement from the action. European activists link up to draw the line against GM More than 400 growers, bakers and families from across England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Belgium marched against the…