Category: Newsletter
UK vs US Food Standards
This week, many in the Lords backed Amendment 271 in yet another attempt to enshrine UK agriculture import standards into… Read More
Tory MPs Vote Against Their Own Access to Secret US Trade Talks
In the House of Commons debate on Monday 20th of July, the Tory majority marched on with their free-trade agenda… Read More
New Trade and Agriculture Commission is ‘a Trojan Horse’ That Will Not Protect UK Farmers
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, has promised that the Trade and Agriculture Commission will protect UK farmers from imports of… Read More
New UN Report Primes Factory Farming as a Major Cause of Zoonotic Diseases
A UN report published 6 July 2020, shines a light on factory pig farming as a crucible for the mutation… Read More
Factory Pig Farms Create New Strain of Swine Flu, Scientists Warn
A new strain of the swine flu virus, H1N1 G4, has been detected both in pigs and humans in China…. Read More
COVID-19 Outbreaks Close Packing Plants Across The UK
A meat processing site owned by Asda in West Yorkshire became the third food plant in 48 hours to have… Read More
Will Politicians Betray our Farmers?
On Wednesday 10 June, the House of Lords debated the second reading of the Agriculture Bill. Here are the transcripts… Read More
Stop America’s Farming Failures Reaching Our Shores
This week saw a whistleblower expose a shocking example of how American factory farmers are euthanising thousands of their pigs… Read More
MPs Trade Away Our Values
Last week we reported the devastating news that, despite the pleas of many cross-party MPs, a Tory majority rejected amendments… Read More
The Agri Bill Needs to Protect our Farmers from Substandard Imports
We are presently inundating you with information because COVID-19 has coincided with the new Agriculture Bill and we need you… Read More
Government Ignores the Lessons of COVID-19 to Value Local Food
Last week we wrote about the horrors facing the US meat industry where pigs continue to be euthanised due to… Read More
Local Food Producers And Processors Ensures Resilience During Pandemics And Beyond
In our most recent article, we report that 20 giant US meat slaughterhouse/ packing plants have been forced to close… Read More