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A Manifesto for Food, Farming and Forestry
By staff - Land Workers Alliance, October 9, 2023
In the face of multiple but intersecting crises – from global warming and biodiversity loss, to public health and inequality – the urgency to build a more equitable and resilient food, farming and land-use system that works for both people and planet has never been greater.
The manifesto, launched today to coincide with the 2024 Labour Party Conference, urges political parties to adopt policies and legislation which will help the UK build a food and land-use system rooted in food sovereignty and agroecology.
We believe that there is a golden opportunity, and a responsibility, for a new UK government to reboot the UK’s food, farming and land-use system, and implement policies that will support farmers and landworkers, regenerate nature, and provide affordable, nutritious food for all.
Throughout 2024 we will be working to build relationships with MPs to promote the manifesto and gather support for our key policy asks for a new government:
- Dynamic Public Procurement
- Horticulture Strategy for England
- A Comprehensive New Entrants to Farming Support Scheme
- Local Food Infrastructure Fund
- Continued Development of ELMS in England
- Trade Rules That Protect Farmer Livelihoods
- Investing in the Ecological Forestry Sector
- Climate Finance for Agroecology
- Land-use Strategy
- A Legally Enshrined Right to Food
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