Response to National Food Strategy Responding to the launch of the National Food Strategy, Liz Webster, Chair of Save British Farming (SBF) said: “As the Beeching Report laid the ground for the destruction of our public funded railways, Henry Dimbleby has been tasked with writing a report which builds justification for the end of […]
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Agriculture Bill Debrief: Debunking Arguments For Not Enshrining Our Standards In Law Obviously the 95 per cent of us who want to keep our high food standards; the 92 per cent of us who want animal welfare standards maintained in future trade negotiations; the 86 per cent of us who fear food banned here will […]
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Andrew Brown in the Mail on Sunday
The new Agriculture Bill could end 300 years of Browns farming their land The Brown family has tilled the soil in the Welland Valley for more than 300 years, but Walter’s grandson Andrew fears the new Agriculture Bill will mean he is the last. Mr Brown, 56, says the Bill fails to protect the UK’s […]
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No sunlit uplands for farmers
No sunlit uplands for farmers Rutland farmer Andrew Brown talks about his farm and what generations of his family have ensured for the community. The Browns have worked the land for over 300 years, but the new Agriculture Bill may ensure he will be the last. Farmers make our food. They look after our countryside. […]
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We neglect British Farming at our peril
“Recent polls show that between 80-90% of people in the UK are aligned against the lowering of food and animal welfare standards. For this Government to force through these changes against the values of the majority, is reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher’s obsession with the Poll Tax – which saw the worst riots in a century.” […]