The Landworkers' Alliance

The Landworkers' Alliance are a UK-based union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers founded in 2015[1] who work together to campaign for better food and land-use systems.

Landworkers' Alliance demonstrators at a 2021 COP26 protest in Glasgow, Scotland

They also work internationally on topics such as food sovereignty through membership of Via Campesina, the International Peasant’s Movement, which represents over 200 million peasants, farmers and land-based workers through 182 member organisations.[2]

They launched a manifesto for tacking rural inequality at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in 2016,[3] and are twinned to US based Farm Hack to bring their model of supporting new farmers to the UK.[4][5]

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References

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  1. ^ "THE LANDWORKERS' ALLIANCE - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Europe". Via Campesina. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ Lawrence, Felicity (7 January 2016). "Organic and small-scale: An alternative vision for the future of farming". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Profit from your plot: 10 ways to make money from your garden". The Telegraph. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. ^ "FarmHack Comes to the UK". Permaculture Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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