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LWA Sessions at Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) 2025

17/12/2024

REFLECTIONS ON THE 2024 AUTUMN BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENTS

14/11/2024

LWA BUILDS SOLIDARITY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE WITH FARMERS IN THE NIGER DELTA

28/10/2024

OUR NEW SHORT FILM EXPLORES AGROECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES TO SOY-BASED ANIMAL FEED

21/10/2024

An Update on the Situation of Peasant Farmers and Landworkers in the West Bank of Palestine

08/10/2024

Landworkers’ Alliance and the Worker Support Centre Announce a New Partnership in the Fight Against Farm Worker Exploitation

04/10/2024

“This policy idea gives farmers hope”: JO POULTON & A BASIC INCOME FOR FARMERS

01/10/2024

HARM AND HEALING ON THE LAND – with cee-cee manrique of Hyphae Mushrooms

09/09/2024

Planning Reform and Agroecology: Government consults on National Planning Policy Framework

03/09/2024

Debt and Dismissal – the State of the Seasonal Worker Scheme in 2024

30/08/2024

“It’s a commission I’ve always dreamt of doing” – Meet our new calendar artist, Emma Reith

26/08/2024

LWA RALLY ON THE BANKS OF LOCH TAY TO CALL FOR RADICAL SCOTTISH LAND REFORM

30/07/2024

WE HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT, AND IT’S TIME TO MOBILISE: JOIN THE LANDWORKERS WHO LOBBY!

18/07/2024

Growing the Local Food Sector – World Localisation Day 2024

19/06/2024

From soil to soil: Weaving high-welfare textiles with shepherd and wool-spinner Bec Briar

09/06/2024

The Agroecology Learning Collective (TALC) is now LIVE!

05/06/2024

SMALL FARMS IN ENGLAND TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FARMING SUPPORT AFTER TEN YEARS OF CAMPAIGNING

28/05/2024

“Being out in fields of hemp is hopeful” – The problem and the promise of growing hemp with Sophia from Hempen Organic.

06/05/2024

GLOBALISE THE STRUGGLE; GLOBALISE HOPE! INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING IN THE STRUGGLE FOR PEASANT RIGHTS

17/04/2024

LWA CALLS ON UK GOVERNMENT TO DOUBLE THE AGRICULTURE BUDGET

11/04/2024

Reflections on 2 years as Wales Membership Co-ordinator – Amber Wheeler

25/03/2024

Trainees, Volunteers and the Law

19/03/2024

A GREEN TRANSITION NEED NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF FARMERS LIVELIHOODS. OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON BOTH.

05/03/2024

More Support for Small Farms and Crofts in the AG BIll! Demo Outside Scottish Parliament

20/02/2024

10 Years Of the LWA: Where are we with our racial justice work?

09/02/2024

A Sneaky Peak at the Winter Gathering & AGM Programme!

16/01/2024

UPDATE ON THE WELSH SUSTAINABLE FARMING SCHEME

12/01/2024

The Landworkers’ Radio: Behind the scenes with Georgie Styles

09/01/2024

NEW REPORT: Horticulture Across Four Nations

04/01/2024

LWA Sessions at Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC)

19/12/2023

Scotland Growers Training Network – Strengthening Agroecological Livelihoods Through Peer-to-Peer Training

18/12/2023

Cultivating Solidarity with Palestinian Landworkers: Guest Post by Hyphae Mushrooms

11/12/2023

Soil, Diversity and Resilience

29/11/2023

Empowering Farmers as Researchers: Next Phase of ‘Experts in Your Field’ Project

24/11/2023

What do we mean by ‘Resilient Local Food Systems’?

21/11/2023

How Farming Can Cool the Planet – Young people inspired to explore  sustainable food production

15/11/2023

LWA Responds to the House of Lords Horticulture Report

14/11/2023

‘The Smallest Giver of Life (huahtli, n. from Nauhatl)’ by Ione Maria Rojas

13/11/2023

LVC Solidarity Statement for Palestinian People and Food Sovereignty

31/10/2023

LWA at the WRFFC and Why the Conference Matters

25/10/2023

The Scottish Agriculture Bill is a key opportunity for transformation – but we still have a long road ahead

23/10/2023

Women and Diverse Genders in Forestry and Landwork First Annual Gathering!

18/10/2023

Keeping the Embers Alive – Adam Payne

14/10/2023

The LWA Winter Gathering and AGM is back in person after 4 years

12/10/2023

Why The UK Needs a Market Garden Renaissance

10/10/2023

LWA PUBLISHES NEW MANIFESTO FOR FOOD, FARMING AND FORESTRY

09/10/2023

A Letter to Future Landworkers – Jyoti Fernandes

07/10/2023

JOIN THE LWA COORDINATING GROUP 2023-24

04/10/2023

LAND OF OUR FUTURE REPORT – ADRODDIAD GWLAD EIN DYFODOL

26/07/2023

NEW LWA REPORT DIGS INTO EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN UK HORTICULTURE

10/07/2023

‘With the Land’ 10 years of the LWA

05/07/2023

We are recruiting: Finance Manager (deadline extended)

22/06/2023

NEW LWA REPORT MODELS OPPORTUNITIES AND TRADE OFFS OF ELIMINATING SOY FROM PIG AND POULTRY FEED

20/06/2023

We are recruiting for two roles: Operations Coordinator and Governance Officer & HR Coordinator and Finance Administrator

19/06/2023

Cultivating Success: The Fruit and Vegetable Alliance’s Priorities for Horticulture

14/06/2023

New Campaign: Agrobiodiversity = Resilience

07/06/2023

We are recruiting: Finance Manager

25/05/2023

NEW REPORT SHOWCASES TWELVE EXAMPLES OF ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY IN THE UK

15/05/2023

10 years of the LWA

21/04/2023

Agroecology Research Collaboration publishes new guidance booklet for researchers

20/04/2023

We are recruiting: Communications Coordinator

20/04/2023

MARKING ANOTHER YEAR IN THE GLOBAL PEASANT STRUGGLE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

17/04/2023

An LWA statement on traineeships

13/04/2023

LWA Response to the Scottish Agriculture Bill Consultation

07/02/2023

LWA welcomes new ELMS commitments, but more support still needed

27/01/2023

Call to support migrant workers threatened with eviction in El Walili (Níjar, Spain)

25/01/2023

Jumping Fences: New Report Explores Experiences of BPOC Landworkers in Britain

10/01/2023

LWA’s Youth FLAME join forces with young farmers and students to explore sustainable food production

22/12/2022

Landworkers’ Alliance Sessions at ORFC 2023

19/12/2022

New: Pastured Poultry Group set up to explore resilient feed systems in Scotland

16/12/2022

Training Opportunity for New Entrant Farmers in Southwest England

28/11/2022

Small Farmers and Crofters hold Day of Action outside Scottish Parliament

01/11/2022

People’s Food Summit 2022: The start of a new chapter for the UK food sovereignty movement

31/10/2022

LWA Responds to the Scottish Land Reform Bill Consultation

20/10/2022

Landworkers’ Alliance and allies march in London for good food and farming

17/10/2022

What’s going on with ELMS?

30/09/2022

5 Reasons to join us for the People’s Food Summit

23/08/2022

New Report: The Attraction of Agroecology

19/08/2022

Building Better Food Systems Conference

12/08/2022

Solidarity Trade with the Kayapo

08/08/2022

Solidarity with Striking RMT Workers

27/07/2022

Vocal for Local: Joining the Dots

23/06/2022

Vocal for Local: Unicorn Grocery

20/06/2022

We are recruiting: Land Skills Fair Coordinator

17/06/2022

LWA Statement on the Gene-Editing Bill

15/06/2022

We belong to the land: April’s BPOC Growers’ Retreat

27/05/2022

Landworkers Stage Demo Outside Syngenta Factory

25/05/2022

Blog: Solidarity with Migrant Landworkers in Europe

16/05/2022

We are recruiting: Fundraising Coordinator and Membership Events Coordinator

29/04/2022

Food Sovereignty is about more than just food – Food In Our Hands

29/04/2022

Defra’s Lump Sum Exit Scheme: A Missed Opportunity to Support New Entrants

28/04/2022

Protect Farmers: Leave Agriculture out of India-UK Trade Deal

23/04/2022

New Campaign: Stop Exporting Banned Pesticides!

19/04/2022

Weeds: What can they tell us about our soils?

18/04/2022

Reflecting on time spent with Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (International Day of Peasant Struggles 2022)

17/04/2022

The Landworkers’ Alliance supports trans landworkers

04/04/2022

LWA Statement on UK Food Security in Light of War in Ukraine

21/03/2022

Introducing the Food Data Collaboration

18/03/2022

The Land Skills Fair is back

14/03/2022

International Women’s Day 2022

08/03/2022

LWA urges Defra to include Payments for Public Engagement in ELMS

21/02/2022

LWA Responds to Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Restoration Schemes

07/01/2022

We are recruiting: Calendar Project Coordinator – Sales and Merchandise Team

06/01/2022

LWA Monthly Update January 2022

06/01/2022

Review: On Gallows Down

05/01/2022

Globalise the struggle, globalise the hope! Reflecting on COP26

24/12/2021

LWA Responds to the Soil Association’s ‘AgroEco-Tech’ Report

22/12/2021

Response to Defra’s SFI announcement

17/12/2021

2022 Calendar

08/12/2021

LWA Monthly Update December 2021

08/12/2021

COP26: Our hope is still burning

02/12/2021

Senedd supports a new Food Bill for Wales

02/12/2021

GLOBAL LANDWORKERS PROTEST AGAINST AGRIBUSINESS CONTROL OF FOOD SYSTEMS AND LAND

09/11/2021

SLASH TIMBER IMPORTS – NOT TROPICAL FORESTS

07/11/2021

Youth FLAME: on Climate Justice, Action and Hope

04/11/2021

We are recruiting for two new roles / Rydym yn recriwtio ar gyfer dwy rôl newydd!

04/11/2021

LWA Monthly Update November 2021

04/11/2021

LWA reflects on Farmers Day at COP26

04/11/2021

Organisers Assembly 2021

03/11/2021

NFU Canada: Why we’re heading to Glasgow for COP26

28/10/2021

“Share the land, Spare the climate”: Comment on the government’s new Net- zero land use commitments

25/10/2021

How the Solidarity Pot helps our members

15/10/2021

Voices from FLAME: The Diggers

12/10/2021

Defra Reveals Gene Editing Deregulation Plans Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition

06/10/2021

LWA Monthly Update October 2021

30/09/2021

New Report: The Promise of Agroforestry

29/09/2021

Agroecology in the field

28/09/2021

LAUNCH OF RESILIENT GREEN SPACES – NEW £1.27M PROJECT FOR WELSH COMMUNITIES

17/09/2021

LWA Responds to the launch of Scotland’s new Agriculture Reform Board

14/09/2021

LWA Monthly Update September 2021

02/09/2021

Review: Toxic Legacy

01/09/2021

We are recruiting: Scotland Membership Outreach Coordinator

31/08/2021

Meet Our Members: Celine McCutcheon, Grown and Made

24/08/2021

LWA Responds to the National Food Strategy

24/08/2021

Review: No-till Intensive Vegetable Culture

23/08/2021

LWA Monthly Update August 2021

04/08/2021

Review: In Search of Mycotopia

02/08/2021

Building Seed Sovereignty in the UK: International Seed Network exchanges

20/07/2021

Meet Our Members: Abbi Mason, Big Meadow CSA

13/07/2021

Rydym yn recriwtio! We are recruiting!

05/07/2021

International Day of Co-operatives: Lessons from Rojava

02/07/2021

LWA Monthly Update July 2021

02/07/2021

Direct and short supply chain marketing for growers

01/07/2021

UK-AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL: REORIENTING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

24/06/2021

LWA host ‘People’s Food Summit’

22/06/2021

Why we need a UK Food Sovereignty movement

16/06/2021

Meet Our Members: Feldon Forest Farm

15/06/2021

The LWA Response to the English Woodland Creation Offer

14/06/2021

Review: Bringing back the beaver

14/06/2021

Twelve reasons why industrial scale supply chains are driving environmental destruction

04/06/2021

DEFRA’s proposed Farmer exit schemes offer zero environmental protection and play into the hands of large landowners, says farmer’s union

19/05/2021

Landworkers’ Alliance Album launch party

18/05/2021

Spinning straw into gold

05/05/2021

We are recruiting: Sales and Merch Coordinator, Event Coordinator

29/04/2021

The Lammas Ecovillage: Deep Roots and Stormy Skies by Tao Paul Wimbush

29/04/2021

International Workers Day: The Fight For Land and Dignity in Southern Spain

28/04/2021

CONCERNS WITH UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT

27/04/2021

Meet the Members: Thorabella Farm

19/04/2021

International Day of Peasant Struggle 2021

15/04/2021

We are recruiting: Campaigns Communications Coordinator

05/04/2021

The Police Bill and History of the Harvest

01/04/2021

We need your help enhancing the Sustainable Farming Incentive

22/03/2021

Ecological Farming as an appropriate crisis response

19/03/2021

We are recruiting: Youth Land Justice Mobiliser based in Gloucestershire

17/03/2021

A new approach to agroecological training

17/03/2021

Delinking and Lump Sum schemes

17/03/2021

Realising the Vision for Agroecology: Organising Beyond Field Boundaries

16/03/2021

Review: Earthed by Rebecca Schiller

09/03/2021

International Women’s Day 2021

07/03/2021

BOND project

25/02/2021

Stock answers to gene editing consultation

15/02/2021

Background briefing on DEFRA GMO consultation

02/02/2021

Safeguards of Standards and Scrutiny: the crucial check and balance for our food systems and parliamentary democracy

29/01/2021

DEFRA’s proposals to deregulate gene-editing and GMOs will have major adverse impacts on agroecological and organic farmers

29/01/2021

The Indian farmer protests through the lens of the UK supermarket system

28/01/2021

Reflections on the India farmers movement from a UK horticulture farmer.

25/01/2021

Omar Moreno – a statement from The Landworkers’ Alliance and the ORFC

14/01/2021

Letter to support Indian Farmers through UK Development Policy

14/01/2021

The Indian Farmer Protests and the UK dairy industry

14/01/2021

Landworkers’ Alliance sessions at the ORFC Global 2021

06/01/2021

What are the farmers demonstrations in India all about?

06/01/2021

Food, Land Agriculture: a Movement for Equality

04/01/2021

Farmers stand in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

01/12/2020

Landworkers’ Alliance Annual General Meeting 2020

17/11/2020

“If You Find Yourself on the Last Day with a Seed in Your Hand, You Should Sow It”: The Quiet Resilience of Willowbrook Farm

16/11/2020

Reflections on the journey to the Agriculture Act

13/11/2020

Pumpkin action and the Trade and Agriculture Commission

03/11/2020

Pumpkins to Save Our Standards

28/10/2020

Myth-busting the Trade Amendment

28/10/2020

We are recruiting – come and work with us

15/10/2020

High Standards for Trade Help, rather than Hurt, Developing Countries

12/10/2020

Report by the Future British Standards Coalition

12/10/2020

Contact you MP to defend Trade amendments in the Agriculture Bill

07/10/2020

National Beef Association report: Cockup or conspiracy?

07/10/2020

The LWA response to the Tree Strategy Consultation

23/09/2020

Review: A Small Farm Future by Chris Smaje

23/09/2020

Last chance to Amend the Ag Bill to stop the import of low standard food products!

21/09/2020

LWA response to the National Food Strategy

04/09/2020

Why we need racial justice in farming

03/09/2020

The needs of new entrants

03/09/2020

Launch of the 2021 Mentoring Programme

02/09/2020

Co- design participants needed ASAP for an ELMS Trial for the the Horticulture Sector

23/07/2020

Farmers’ Union declares Trade and Agriculture Commission to be a smokescreen

10/07/2020

Say no to GMO and other Agriculture Bill updates

07/07/2020

Email George Eustice expressing opposition to Ag Bill amendment on GMO regulation

09/06/2020

An update on the Ag Bill

05/06/2020

Statement of solidarity with George Floyd and all those who have lost their lives in the struggle for racial justice

05/06/2020

Pilot project to build community resilience

20/05/2020

Building resilient local food systems: Developing farmer-led innovation and skills for direct sales

18/05/2020

The time to transition is now

13/05/2020

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall calls on MPs to support Ag Bill amendments

11/05/2020

Farmers’ Union calls for urgent amendments to Agriculture Bill

11/05/2020

Amend the Ag Bill

08/05/2020

What can we learn about the pathways of new entrants into sustainable agriculture?

28/04/2020

Local food is for life, not just for Covid

23/04/2020

Why we won’t stay silent on International Day of Peasant Struggles

16/04/2020

Are you a new entrant farmer or developing your farm business? Fill in our survey!

15/04/2020

Why now, more than ever, we need a food system based on food sovereignty

14/04/2020

Six ways you can support farmers during Covid-19

07/04/2020

Launch of LWA Solidarity Pot

06/04/2020

How the Landworkers’ Alliance is working to support our members during the coronavirus crisis

27/03/2020

Landworkers’ Alliance calls for emergency “Land Army” package to protect our Local Food Supply

25/03/2020

Landworkers’ Alliance calls for measures to increase UK food resilience in light of Coronavirus outbreak

20/03/2020

Story ends for the campaign to buy Trecadwgan Farm but the fight continues

13/03/2020

A beginners guide to COP

13/03/2020

How can we apply the French incubator farm model in the UK?

09/03/2020

Celebrating female landworkers on International Women’s Day 2020

06/03/2020

Ten steps towards net zero: food, farming and land-use

06/03/2020

LWA Cymru stand in support with Cymdeithas Trecadwgan

28/02/2020

Urgent: Trecadwgan Farm to be sold by Public Auction on March 4th 2020

28/02/2020

Learnings from agroecology in Cuba

24/02/2020

Lump sum payments in the Ag Bill: A Golden Parachute for Retiring Farmers or Unjust Reinforcement of Current Land-holding Patterns?

24/02/2020

Lessons in Listening – ULEX training for LWA members

13/02/2020

The Landworkers’ Alliance AGM and Winter Shindig 2019

13/02/2020

Reflections on the post-ORFC caucus for People of Colour

13/02/2020

Agroecology in the New Agriculture Bill

12/02/2020

Reflections on COP25

05/02/2020

Necessary policy changes emerging from the battle for Trecadwgan Farm

05/02/2020

Farm Hack 2020

20/01/2020

Ben Hartman – growing more with less work

17/12/2019

The LWA are recruiting a Communications and Membership Recruitment Coordinator

28/11/2019

Landworkers’ Alliance Winter Shindig and AGM (22 – 25 Nov)

23/10/2019

The Landworkers’ Alliance are Recruiting a Traineeship Network Coordinator!

04/10/2019

Stakeholder consultation on Environmental Land Management Schemes and Policy for Agroecology

26/08/2019

Agroecology in Action: Parliamentary Meeting (10/09/19)

26/08/2019

Farming, Food and Climate Justice March (5/10/19) London

16/08/2019

Launch of ‘Supporting the Next Generation of Farmers’

16/08/2019

Save Trecadwgan Farm – Oppose the sell-off!

16/08/2019

Launch of Food, Farming and Climate Change

16/08/2019

LWA response to Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme consultationge

16/08/2019

Supporting the Next Generation of Farmers: Developing an Agroecology Training Network

16/08/2019

Work with Us! We are Recruiting

15/03/2019

Our Plan to Boost Post-Brexit Farm Production

23/03/2018

New Entrants Policy Position Paper

01/08/2017

Now Published! A Matter of Scale Report

11/07/2017

LWA Welcomes Secretary of State’s Support for GMO Labelling

04/07/2017

LWA Comment on Newly Appointed Environment Secretary

13/06/2017

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