Save British FoodPie town Melton Mowbray gets our tractor treatment! Tractor route around Melton Mowbray, meeting at the cattle market at 10:30am Melton Mowbray, the Leicestershire market town famous for its pork pies and Stilton cheese is set to be the latest location of a SBF tractor demo. We continue to protest the failure of the government […]
Our 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 […]
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 […]
On an overcast day in early July, drivers in central London found themselves in a situation that’s familiar to anyone used to rural living: getting stuck behind a slow-moving tractor.
Farmers Weekly Article “British farmers are planning to drive tractors to Westminster to protest against concerns the UK government’s Agriculture Bill will “sell them down the river”. “The campaign group Save British Farming is calling on farmers to drive tractors to Parliament Square for a “socially-distanced demo” from 1pm on Wednesday 8 July.” Read more […]
Join us for our Westminster demo on July 8th. We must protect and promote our high standards of food safety and sustainability and ensure it’s written into law.