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…
EFRA Select Committee Inquiry: Feeding the Nation post Brexit
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry into the challenges to the food supply chain from shortages of workers. Inquiry: Feeding the nation: labour constraints Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee…
Farming Post Brexit
The future of Britain’s post-Brexit food and farming system was addressed in a Parliamentary event hosted by Jeremy Lefroy MP, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming. The…
APPG Annual Report 2015-2016
The APPG on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming combined its 2016 AGM with co-hosting an event in the House of Commons to celebrate the United Nations International Year of the Pulses. The event on…
Environmental Audit Committee Report into Soil Health published 2nd June 2016
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/news-parliament-2015/soil-health-report-published-16-17/
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Special Report on Farmgate prices
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Announcement PUBLICATION OF SPECIAL REPORT For Immediate Release: Tuesday 17 May 2016 Special Report on Farmgate prices (HC 561) The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has agreed its…
Environment Audit Committee publishes Soil Inquiry
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/news-parliament-2015/soil-health-report-published-16-17/
Presentation on the French Agroecology Action Plan
Eric Giry, Agricultural Counsellor to the United Kingdom and Ireland from the French Embassy outlined how the French Agroecology Action Plan and 2015 Act came into being Nic Lampkin, Executive Director, of the Organic Research Centre presented a review of agroecology…
EFRA Committee – Report on farm gate prices
Report on Farmgate prices (HC 474) The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has agreed its Third Report of Session 2015–16. Report on Farmgate prices will be published on Wednesday 2 March 2016 at 00.01 am. Advance…