Yesterday, farmers and activists gathered in London to protest the real prospect of sub-standard imports from the US that would threaten the nation’s health and the survival of family farms countrywide unless politicians add amendments to the Agriculture Bill that would prevent the import of food produced to lower standards of food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare than those required of UK farmers. Tractors, vans and some loud horns marked the beginnings of the #SaveBritishFarming campaign.
Last May, these Ag Bill amendments were shot down by a tory majority. As the UN is SPECIFICALLY supporting agricultural practices, please write to your MP to urge them to vote in favour of this amendment to protect British farmers from cheap and nasty imported food.
#SaveBritishFarming: Edwin – Farmer
#SaveBritishFarming: Liz Webster – Event Organiser
#SaveBritishFarming: Polly – Community Farmer
#SaveBritishFarming. The beginnings of an exciting campaign. Get involved! Let’s turn this Ag Bill around into something that focusses on #highstandards #highwelfare #agroecology #foodsoverignity pic.twitter.com/Yq54BL791n
— Farms Not Factories (@farmsnotfactory) July 8, 2020
Jyoti from the @LandworkersUK at the #SaveBritishFarming march today. We don’t trust @trussliz either, let’s enshrine high welfare and high standards into law for British Farmers. Don’t trade away our values or our standards. @BBCBreaking @guardian pic.twitter.com/HPus2sXjdA
— Farms Not Factories (@farmsnotfactory) July 8, 2020
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