Save British FoodOur Tractors Return to Westminster! https://youtu.be/Uwbw3GEheq8 On October 12th Save British Farming organised our second Westminster Demo. As tractors and other farm vehicles mustered at New Covent Garden, MPs in the Commons began a debate on Amendment 16 – whether to include standards in the new Agriculture Bill. Our ‘tractorcade’ wended its way along the […]
Our latest Tractor Demo got heads turning in Swindon! Wiltshire farmers mustered at the Swindon County Ground ahead of a tractor demonstration around the Old Town. Local farmers are angry at the government’s failure to include standards in the Agriculture Bill. The ‘tractorcade’ circled the oldest part of the town several times, to the claps […]
Stokesley Demo a Great Success! https://youtu.be/VXwlngpNUp0 On October 9th, Save British Farming organised another tractor demo in the northeast, this time in Stokesley, North Yorkshire. We had great turnout, even bigger than Northallerton and far better than expected!🚜🚜🚜 Around 20 tractors, crop sprayers and pickups with trailers joined us. One of our campaign team, Richard […]
MP Letter and Rebuttal Liz Webster shares her MP’s response to our Save British Farming template letter on the Agriculture Bill, UK Farming and food standards. 🚜 Have you sent one to your MP? 🐄 Click here to use our customisable template. All you need is your postcode and our app will do the rest. […]
SBF Comes to Northallerton, Yorkshire On a bright Autumn day, tractors gathered outside the North Yorkshire market town of Northallerton. Decked in our red banners, the tractors rolled up the High Street where a crowd of supporters waving Yorkshire flags cheered and clapped as they went past. Afterwards a small rally listened to speeches from […]
Northallerton Tractor Demo Farmers are planning a demonstration in North Yorkshire against Government plans for post-Brexit trade deals with Donald Trump and others which could have devastating consequences for farmers and the people of North Yorkshire. Where: Northallerton, North YorkshireWhen: Friday 25th September from 12:30pm A convoy of tractors and farm vehicles will drive up […]
Tractor Demos and a Rally in Wales Save British Farming, in collaboration with Undod, held a series of tractor demos around in Wales in Builth Wells, Crymych and Cowbridge where a rally took place. The protest was to defend farming and food standards which are not protected by the new Agriculture Bill. One farmer explained […]
Liz Webster on ITV News On Back British Farming Day ITV West Country did a feature on Save British Farming highlighting the plight faced by farmers and consumers of a damaging Brexit. Farms are food factories and pushing them out of business to ensure food factories with poor standards feed us from half way across […]
Gemma talks to staff and students at Plumpton Agricultural College As the Government has u-turned on its manifesto pledge to uphold current food, animal welfare and environmental standards, we must come together with farmers, the food supply chain, restaurants and shops to demand our right to decent affordable food. Shipping from the other side of […]
Back British Farming Day September 9th was “Back British Farming” Day – which the NFU has been running for 5 years. We decided to ‘piggy-back’ on the day with our own campaign events around the country to highlight the issues we have with the Agriculture Bill. The video below is ITV News. The photo above […]