Amendagbill.uk Website Review

the landworkers’ alliance needs your help to push for amendments that will support agroecology and local food the new agriculture bill the proposed agriculture bill does not make reference to agroecological fa*ming or local food. the bill enforces uk policy post-brexit. it is currently being considered and then voted on over the next few months. the bill replaces existing eu direct payments with environmental land management payments. the eu system subsidises fa*mers based on how much area they own regardless of the system they use. the replacement will financially this groundbreaking bill is a move in the right direction, however we are concerned that it needs to go further and promote whole fa*m systems; affordable local food at the same time as improving the environment. it is very important that the bill makes a direct reference to whole fa*m management systems so that successive governments prioritise this approach as they implement our agricultural policy. we need to transform fa*ming systems beyond wildlife measures on the edges of. without incentives to fa*m, many landowners will simply stop producing food and turn their fa*ms over to nature management. the consequences. of which, will push our food security outside of our national border. almost everyone agrees that the purpose of an agriculture bill is to support the accessibility of healthy local food for everyone in the uk. many mp's have voiced that we need a bill, which strengthens sustainable food production, regenerates the environment, promotes. two amendments to the agriculture bill were proposed to the agriculture bill committee; one to support agroecology and the other. to support local food. they were tabled mps and on october 31st they were rejected due to party politics. never has there been a more. we propose that a focus on agroecology provides a win-win scenario. it combines the need for good food for all with the absolutely essential goals of restoring nature and mitigating climate change. agroecology links fa*ms to public health. by integrating fa*ms with local