LWA Screening with Zac Goldsmith MP
It was the APPG’s pleasure to co-host a screening of the film ‘In Our Hands’, produced by the Land Workers Alliance, with Zac Goldsmith MP in Parliament this week. The film was eye-opening and and…
APPG hosts Roundtable on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper
On the 21st March 2018, the APPG on Agroecology hosted a roundtable with key advisors and Parliamentarians, to inform and bring together the key themes for our submission to the consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command…
APPG Briefings on the Precautionary Principle (Climate Change and Animal Welfare)
The APPG on Agreocology for Sustainable Food and Farming is pleased to have provided an additional two briefings, written in collaboration with Dr Rupert Read of the University of East Anglia, on the importance of maintaining the Precautionary…
APPG Officers support Environmental Principles in Debates on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
It has been a busy time in Parliament recently, not least due to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill being debated in both the House of Commons and House of Lords. APPG Officers in both Houses have spoken…
APPG Briefing on the Precautionary Principle: Lords and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
The APPG on Agreocology for Sustainable Food and Farming is pleased to have provided a briefing, written in collaboration with Dr Rupert Read of the University of East Anglia, on the importance of maintaining the Precautionary Principle after…
Initial Response to the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper
The APPG for Agroecology’s initial response to the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper The long-awaited Command Paper from Defra was published on Tuesday, and will be followed by the publication of an Agricultural Bill before the…
APPG summary on inquiry into impact of new trade on food and farming post brexit
The APPG on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming conducted an inquiry in March 2017 into the ways Brexit trade negotiations could impact UK agriculture and food production, with special emphasis on areas of practice…
EFRA Committee BREXIT – Trade in Food 2nd evidence session – cereals and horticulture
EFRA Committee Announcement: Brexit – Trade in Food second evidence session, 15 November 2017 (cereals and horticulture) Date: 9 November 2017 at 16:08:31 GMT House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee …
Agrifood Atlas 2017
A new report published October 2017 highlights the rapid growth in the monopolisation of the global food system and sets out the risks to food production, the consumers, jobs (inc working conditions) and the environment.…
APPG Agroecology for Sustainable Food & Farming and the General Election
Following the announcement of the General Election for 8th June, Parliament will be dissolved on 3rd May. This means there will no longer be any Members of Parliament from dissolution on the 3rd…