Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 21/04/2021
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TwitterProviding a forum for parliamentarians, leading academics, farmers and NGOs to discuss the economic, social and environmental benefits of agroecological approaches to food and farming.
1. Written Evidence: The Landworkers Alliance (AB18) (PDF)
24/10/2018 - Bill Documents
Found: the bill:
National Food Strategy
Agroecology Amendment
Local Food Amendment
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2. Written Evidence: Landworkers’ Alliance (AB42)
25/02/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: amendments:
National Food Strategy
Powers Should be Duties
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Agroecology Amendment
Below
3. Written Evidence: Sustainable Food Trust (AB06)
12/02/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: by the Sustainable Food Trust (AB06)
Agriculture Bill
Introduction
1.
The Sustainable Food Trust
4. Written Evidence: Academics and farmers from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and the Land Workers’ Alliance (AB70) (PDF)
21/11/2018 - Bill Documents
Found: The need for and potentials to support ecological food production in England
This submission is based
5. Soil Association - written evidence
17/10/2018 - Inquiry: Agriculture Bill - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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Found: environmental protection goes hand in hand with sustainable, healthy food production and a thriving rural economy
1. Agriculture Bill (Fifth sitting)
25/02/2020 - Public Bill Committees
1: framework system for agriculture that does not see food production as a key part of its role. I quite understand - Speech Link
2: see in our agricultural systems towards producing food in a way that is less destructive to the environment - Speech Link
3: forward in planning the next stages of food production, farming and other systems that we want to implement - Speech Link
2. Agriculture Bill
14/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: excellent speeches on nature-friendly farming and agroecology, and I will comment on the amendments in - Speech Link
3. Agriculture Bill
09/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: knowledge and skills relating to the environment, farming, food production, and the impact of climate change - Speech Link
2: knowledge and skills relating to the environment, farming, food production, and the impact of climate change - Speech Link
3: countryside, the value of farming, the value of the environment and the importance of food and their diet, particularly - Speech Link
4. Agriculture Bill
03/02/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: [Relevant document: Tenth Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of Session 2017-19, - Speech Link
2: contribution that farmers make to our society by putting food on our plates and conserving the natural landscapes - Speech Link
3: will maintain our high standards of animal welfare, food safety and environmental protection. It is there - Speech Link
5. Agriculture Bill
15/09/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: Bill, so it is fundamentally about agriculture, farming and farmers. It cannot avoid being about many other - Speech Link
2: wildfire and overrun by Covid, exacerbated by a food production system that maximises profit and productivity - Speech Link
3: town residents, visitors, and those who eat the food that comes from them. That is, as the noble Earl’s - Speech Link
asked by: Daniel Zeichner
01/03/2021
... what progress he has made on ensuring that organic farming standards are recognised and included in the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme. 2. Sustainable Farming Incentive
asked by: Baroness Rock
26/04/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government why questions about land occupation were not asked of farmers submitting an expression of interest to take part in the pilot Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme; and whether they will now consider asking those farmers to provide information about their land occupation status. 3. Food: Sustainable Development
asked by: Neil Parish
10/03/2021
... and (b) increase the alignment of financial flows with net-zero and the Paris Agreement objectives. 4. Food: Sustainable Development
asked by: Stephen Twigg
27/06/2019
... what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the international alliance on Sustainable Development Goal 2 proposed by Germany at the World Bank Spring Meeting. 5. Dairy Farming
asked by: Lord Jones
17/03/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the size of the UK dairy herd.
13 Current APPG Officers
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Axial Spondyloarthritis , Belize , Climate Change , Dog Advisory Welfare , Electric Aviation , Finland , International Conservation , Jordan , Music , National Food Strategy , Nature , Net Zero , Ocean Conservation , Performers' Alliance , Russia , School Food , Small Island Developing States , Snooker , Somaliland , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Theatre , Tibet , Ticket Abuse , Vegetarianism and Veganism , Young People's Health
Canada , Denmark , Electric Vehicles , Financial Markets and Services , Internet, Communications and Technology , Net Zero , Norway , Sustainable Resource
Beer , Celtic Sea , Choice at the End of Life , Cleaning and Hygiene , Compassionate Politics , Energy Security , Fair Business Banking , Farming , Forestry and Tree Planting , France , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Geographically Protected Foods , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Marine Energy , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Netherlands , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Resource , Thalidomide , University , Uplands and Hill Farming , Wales in the World , Western Sahara , Wood Panel Industry , Youth Employment
Antibiotics , Electoral Reform , Gardening and Horticulture , Hong Kong , Human Microbiome , Immigration Detention , Legal Aid , Small and Micro Business , Universal Credit , Working at Height , Youth Employment
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fairtrade , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Nature , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Reuniting Britain Post-Brexit , Sixth Form Education , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Acquired Brain Injury , Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Alternative Dispute Resolution , Archives and History , Autism , Cancer , Coalfield Communities , Critical Minerals , Environment , Flood Prevention , Fusion Energy , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Law and Policy , Industrial Heritage , Motor Neurone Disease , Multiple Sclerosis , Music , Mutuals , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Ovarian Cancer , Rail in Wales , River Thames , Sepsis , Sport , UK Shared Prosperity Fund , Vegetarianism and Veganism , Wales in the World , Western Rail Link to Heathrow
Adult Social Care , Armed Forces , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Brain Tumours , Celtic Sea , Diabetes , Dying Well , Healthy Homes and Buildings , Ocean Conservation , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Post Offices , Radiotherapy , UK Islands
Forestry and Tree Planting , Game and Wildlife Conservation , National Food Strategy , Trade Justice
Contact Details
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Kerry McCarthy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4510.
Email: kerry.mccarthy.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Ruth West, Real Farming Trust
Email: agroecology.appg@gmail.com
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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World Animal Protection
Inaugural Meeting and Reception
£1,501
Financial Benefits Received
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Real Farming Trust
£20,000
12 Dec 2016
Lady Stratford
£5,161
16 Feb 2016
Sustainable Food Trust
£3,600
1 Feb 2016
Real Farming Trust
£5,000
15 Jun 2015
Soil Association
£2,500
12 Jun 2015
Sustainable Food Trust
£3,600
Former APPG Officers
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Zac Goldsmith
Vice Chair
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Commercial Radio , Dark Skies , Hajj and Umrah , Malawi , Morocco , Norway , Rugby League , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Veterans , Zoos and Aquariums
Jeremy Lefroy
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Countess of Mar
Officer
Crossbench - Retired on 1 May 2020
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion , Food and Health , Obesity , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Women in Parliament
Baroness Boycott
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Officer
Green Party - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Air Pollution , Coronavirus , Eritrea , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Rule of Law
Ruth George
Officer
Labour - Former Member for High Peak
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 14th March 2018
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 14th March 2018
Arts and Heritage , Bullying , Chalk Streams , Climate Change , Cycling and Walking , Data Analytics , Design and Innovation , East of England , Electoral Reform , Future Generations , Homelessness , Innovation Corridor , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences , Medical Research , Short Lets Sector , Social Science and Policy , Taxis , University , Video Games and Esports
Countess of Mar
Officer
Crossbench - Retired on 1 May 2020
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017