Cymraeg Welcome to the new LWA news summary, intended to provide a brief overview of LWA news. You can sign up for the full LWA newsletter HERE.
LWA news:
- We are recruiting: Scotland Membership Outreach Coordinator
- Free farming resilience advice for farmers transitioning from the Single Payment Scheme.
- New staff joining the events and merchandise teams and the Future Farming Resilience project
- The online shop is back online
- New video introduction to the LandWikiAlliance
- Join the Agroecology Research Collaboration mailing list – please sign up here.
- LWA album Stand Up Now available as CD or digital download here.
- Meet Our Members: Celine McCutcheon, Grown and Made
- Two book reviews – No Till Intensive Vegetable Culture and Toxic Legacy
- Join the BPOC working group by emailing amaya.agdomar@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk
- Join the LGBTQIA+ working group by emailing lgbtqia@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk
- Got an idea for an ORFC session? Email events@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk
- Deadline extension for International Seed Exchanges Programme – more info here.
- Land In Our Names are offering grants to BPOC people to get into growing or expand their operations.
Upcoming events:
- LWA Film Club: September 3rd – Landless
- LWA Film Club: October 1st – The Ants and the Grasshopper
- The Seed Process: Following the Journey from Harvest to Packet webinar – 29th September
- How can agroforestry contribute towards biodiversity conservation webinar – 20th October
- LWA North meeting up at Living Potential Care Farm last weekend in September. Email northlandworkersalliance@gmail.com for more info.
- An LWA South East Regional Gathering. Lunch, afternoon meeting and evening Pizza, 18th – 19th September.
- Regenerative Women on the Land returns in September
- London Growers Gathering – 19th September
Campaigns updates:
- LWA response to the National Food Strategy
- Fill in this survey to help work on developing resilient local food systems
Solidarity and activism:
- African Social Movements demanding Western Governments and private foundations stop funding industrial agriculture.
- International Day of Action against FTOs and FTAs.
- Seeds: Call for Global Week of Action against UPOV
Got any feedback on this new format? Email communications@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk with your comments!
