Defra needs to encourage agroforestry to boost farmers’ incomes post-Brexit (Farmers Guardian)
This article was originally published by Farmers Guardian, and can be read here. __ Farmers can boost food production and their incomes by planting more trees, but Defra’s policy consultation largely overlooked the opportunities…
APPG co-hosts panel on agroforestry with the Soil Association and Woodland Trust
On Tuesday 12th June, the APPG on Agroecology co-hosted a panel in Parliament on ‘Agroforestry: Improving Productivity and Delivering Public Goods’, with the Soil Association and the Woodland Trust. The panel, Chaired by Baroness Young…
10 elements of agroecology that can guide us toward sustainable food systems (FAO)
This article was originally published by the FAO here. More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be many more of us in the years to come.…
APPG submits evidence to Defra’s consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper
Following two consultation events in Parliament, and with input from several MPs, Lords and representatives from NGOs, industry and farming, the APPG has submitted evidence to Defra’s ‘Health and Harmony’ consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s…
APPG Submission to the Consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper
Attached below is the APPG on Agroecology’s submission to Defra’s ‘Health and Harmony’ consultation on the Agriculture Bill’s Command Paper. APPG on Agroecology Submission to Health and Harmony
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 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…
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: Farmers in Parliament – ‘Opportunity for Change’
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…