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…
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…
APPG Agroecology Soil Inquiry
The Group conducted an inquiry into soil health and protection in 2015/16, with particular focus on agriculture. The reports raise serious concerns about the state of UK soil, concluding with policy recommendations in the following…
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/
Environmental Audit Committee Report on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report on the environmental impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
New Economics Foundation Report – Urgent Recall
New Economics Foundation report on our food system,
EFRA Committee take evidence on Food Supply Networks
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee will question Professor Chris Elliott about his final review of the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks which was published in September 2014. The Elliott Review was…
Rounding Up Glyphosate: Is it really safe?
Date: June 18th 2014 Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm Room: Committee Room 10 Chair: Countess of Mar Meeting Outline: Glyphosate is the most widely used weed-killer in the world. In addition to its use in agriculture…
APPG Meeting (June 18th, 1pm) – Rounding Up Glyphosate – Is it really safe?
Glyphosate is the most widely used weed-killer in the world. In addition to its use in agriculture and horticulture it is also used for weed control in many other circumstances, e.g. on paved surfaces.
Two uses of glyphosate greatly increase the chances that it will be ingested by humans and farm animals – to desiccate cereal, pulse and oilseed crops prior to harvest and when used on Roundup Ready GM soya, maize and cotton crops. Glyphosate is being routinely detected in the blood and urine. It has also recently been found in human breast milk
Is it really safe?