Author: CFGN

UK Food Sovereignty: Land & Affordable food for All! – 11th October

UK Food Sovereignty: Land & Affordable food for All! Where: The Great Seed Festival Garden Museum, 5, Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB When: 11th October, 2014 2pm (1 hour) – – – – – What does ‘food sovereignty’ mean? Where did the movement come from? The UK Food Sovereignty Movement and the Community Food Growers…

Food Sovereignty Football – 16th October

Family Farmers United vs Agri-Business FC The ‘Food Sovereignty Football Match’ has been called by the Landworkers’ Alliance as part of  World Food Day: Via Campesina’s global day of action. Across Europe 20% of farms get 80% of subsidies. In 2013 more than 900 UK based landowners and agri-businesses received more than £150,000 in payments,…

Food for all, not for profit: the quest for food sovereignty

by Fanny Malinen This article has been published first on contributoria.com Most of us buy our food in supermarkets: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASDA and Morrisons control 75% of the grocery market in the UK. Spanish tomatoes and peppers come wrapped in plastic, so do green beans and fresh herbs from Kenya. Whether we want lemongrass, sushi…

‘Concrete Heart Land’ film screening- Papa’s Cafe, Brixton

Community Food Growers Network presents ‘Concrete Heart Land’ Papa’s Cafe, 10-17, Pulross Road, Brixton, SW9 8AF Thursday the 18th of September, 2014 7pm Dinner 7.45pm Film screening – – – Concrete Heart Land trailer from Myths of Social Capitalism on Vimeo. Concrete Heart Land exposes the social cleansing of the Heygate Estate in Elephant and…