[soilhack-announce] Fwd: Good Food March, Sunday 14th October 2018

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*Dear all Landworkers' Alliance members, supporters and allies. On Sunday
October 14th we will be organising a Good Food March in London. Join us!*

*GOOD FOOD MARCH 2018 London, Sunday 14th October, 2018 11.30am*

*✊WHY WE ARE MARCHING ✊  *
We all have a right to good food – it’s a basic human right!
As the UK prepares to leave the European Union and the Agriculture Bill is
being finalised we need to ensure farmers are able to produce nutritious
ecological, healthy food and everybody has guaranteed access to it.

On Sunday 14th October 2018 there will be a march in London calling for a
post-Brexit agriculture policy that guarantees good food and good farming
in the UK!

Anyone who grows, distributes, prepares or eats food – together all of us
have a stake in the food system. Whether you are worker in the food system,
parents wanting affordable, nutritious food for your children, or you want
to support farming that produces good food and works in harmony with the
earth, this is a critical time for us all to come together. It’s our
biggest opportunity to make our voices hear as the future of our food
system in the UK is decided.

*✊THE GOOD FOOD MARCH ✊  *
Is being organised at this critical time in response to the first draft of
the Agriculture Bill.
Throughout October the Agriculture Bill will be debated in Westminster and
will be finalised at the end of 2018. The final Agriculture Bill will
impact what happens to our food and farming system in the UK for the next
50 years. It is crucial that our calls for a better food system are heard
by to those negotiating our future.

*“As we leave the European Common Agricultural Policy, the UK agriculture
bill will determine the future of our food system for the next 50 years or
more. If you want that food system to support farmers to produce healthy,
affordable food for everyone, please join us.”* Jyoti Fernandes, The
Landworkers Alliance

Join us to demand a better, healthier food system and support for
ecological farming, ahead of World Food Day on the 16th October and
negotiation of the UK’s Agriculture Bill.

*✊WE ARE CALLING FOR ✊*
- Communities to have access to local, affordable, healthy food -
- Support for ecological farming -
- High animal welfare standards -
- Protection of the biodiversity of our countryside -
- Ending the use of agro-toxins -

*✊MARCH ROUTE ✊*
Meet at 11.30 am Parliament Square Westminster, London SW1P 3JX.
The march will proceed along a direct route to the Bargehouse Gallery in
South Bank (Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, London SE1 9PH).

*✊EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ✊*
The march will end at the Bargehouse where the international ‘We Feed the
World’ exhibition is running. The exhibition is a global photography
initiative capturing the triumphs and tribulations of 50 farming
communities across six continents, including the stories of UK based
farmers. At the venue there will be an afternoon of workshops and talks
about how we can all organize for a better food system. There will also be
a ‘disco soup’ lunch so bring ingredients to contribute to the pot!

*✊WHAT TO BRING ✊*
Bring pots and wooden spoons to make some noise on the march!

*✊ GET INVOLVED ✊*
We need to bring people from all walks of life to demonstrate support for
good food and good farming. This march is designed for everyone communities
and farmers.

*We need volunteers to help with the following tasks*:
- organise coaches of people to come to the march from each region
- call other organisations to get support for the march and our list of
demands
- collect photos and small video clips of people saying what they want from
a better food system
- design banners and art work for the march
- bring a mobile sound system
- create costumes of healthy food
- drive tractors into London
- help with cooking a huge “disco” soup on the day of the march
- talk to any local groups interested in food to learn about the
agriculture bill, sign onto our demands for a policies that support a
better food system to be written into the UK's new Agriculture Bill.

*✊CONTACT US ✊*
If you have any questions or would like to help us organise get in touch
with Jyoti at *jyoti at landworkersalliance.org.uk
<jyoti at landworkersalliance.org.uk>* There’s lots to do and many ways you
can contribute!

The march will also be connected to the Good Food marches
being held across Europe throughout October.

See this link: https://www.goodfoodgoodfarming.eu/
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