Reflections on workers’ rights in the agroecological sector, and an update on changes to employment law under the Employment Rights Act 2025 - Landworkers Alliance We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

Workers' rights in the agroecological sector - where are we now? Chloe Broadfield, the LWA’s New Entrants Training Coordinator, reflects on this and provides an update on changes to employment law:

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Grassroots hope in face of watered-down Scottish Land Reform Act Tara Wight, Scotland Policy and Campaigns Coordinator for the Land Worker’s Alliance, shares her perspective on the Scottish Land Reform Act.

“We can walk on the land, but we cannot shape what happens to it.”

@landworkersuk.bsky.social’s campaigns coordinator Tara Wright on the inadequacies of Scottish land reform.

Read our policy brief here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Last week we hosted DEFRA Minister Dame Angela Eagle at Dagenham Farm 🥬

Together with our UK Fruit and Vegetable Coalition partners we made the case for a 'Market Garden Support Fund' for England.

Photo credit: DEFRA

Landworkers' Alliance - About Us We are the Landworkers' Alliance. Filmmakers: Black Bark Films With footage from: Black Bark Films, Alfie Warren-Knight, Marley Kazimba, Reel News, Has San,…

🎬 To celebrate the launch of ur 5-Year Strategy we have worked with Black Bark Films to produce a new 'About Us' film which explores our 4 Strategic Aims...

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You need more than a 'can-do' attitude to be a farmer💰

🥦 In #FoodTakes 🥦 Ep 20, cee-cee manrique of @landworkersuk.bsky.social calls for more wealth transparency as we tell farming stories; too often work ethic is centred w/o talking about privilege & wealth.

🎥 Produced by @rebelwrit.bsky.social

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

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The warnings are clear, especially this year, but the government "has no plans" other than to increase poultry which is already destroying our rivers and #nature. #Biodiversity #FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty @landworkersuk.bsky.social @nfudc.bsky.social

We've just launched our new 5-Year Strategy 🎉

Writing this strategy has been a process of deep engagement with our membership throughout 2025, and lays out a bold vision for what we want to achieve from.

You can read it (or listen to it!) here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/5-year-strat...

SFI 2026 Update: It’s time to mobilise for below 3ha farms - Landworkers Alliance We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

We are disappointment and disheartened at the Government’s recent announcement that the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will exclude farmers and growers operating on fewer than 3 hectares of land.

Read our full response here:
landworkersalliance.org.uk/sfi-2026-upd...

Why we need a Defence Strategy which is rooted in Agroecology and Food Sovereignty - Landworkers Alliance We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

When it comes to government investment in our food and lan use system, farming and environment organisations constantly find themselves scrambling for crumbs from a shrinking pie.
It’s tempting to think that the Government is short of money. It is not.

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The Landworkers’ Alliance stands in firm solidarity with the people of Rojava and condemns the actions of the Syrian regime whose attacks threaten not only the Kurdish resistance but the existence of the Kurdish people themselves.

Full statement: landworkersalliance.org.uk/lwa-stands-i...

📣ECVC reaction on the EU-Mercosur FTA vote following farmers protests in Liège, Brussels, France, Greece and other European countires this week! #StopEUMercosur #CAP #Farmersprotests #Brussels

Harnessing horticulture to solve the health crisis #ORFC26 Bee Laughton Landworkers' Alliance Anna Taylor The Food Foundation Lily Farmer #Mazi, Joanna Poulton (Sims Hill Shared Harvest)

Viva La Via Campesina! by Emma Reith. Originally created for the Landworkers' Alliance Calendar 2025. www.emmareith.com

Francesca Price tells the story of the Oxford Real Farming Conference #ORFC and how it grew into a movement for #change — creating spaces for conversations about #RegenerativeFarming and founded in a belief that #AnotherWorldIsPossible > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...

@orfc.bsky.social #Farming

Join our webinar to explore how trees can boost productivity, improve welfare & provide valuable fodder. 🌳 

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroforestry-and-its-b...

In partnership with Coed Cadw/The Woodland Trust

Solidarity is not a crime: LWA AND CETIM SUCCESSFULLY CALL FOR UN INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF HUNGER STRIKERS - Landworkers Alliance We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

Solidarity is not a crime ✊

LWA AND CETIM SUCCESSFULLY CALL FOR UN INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF HUNGER STRIKERS 🇵🇸

Read our full update here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/soliarity-is...

@cetim-cetim.bsky.social

Come and see us at ORFC! Jan 8th -9th in Oxford 🌾

This year we will have a table in the Exhibition Hall, as well as another exciting programme of sessions ...including our collaborations with La Via Campesina.

Full in-person programme here: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in...

@orfc.bsky.social

Attacks on La Via Campesina Palestine: Israel severs one of the few remaining lifelines to Palestinian Farmers - Landworkers Alliance We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "When I visited farmers I witnessed how settler violence works in tandem with the occupation against the fundamental rights of Palestinian farmers." – @landworkersuk.bsky.social
landworkersalliance.org.uk/attacks-on-l...

🚜 To coincide with @landmatchengland.bsky.social's new website launch, we've published a new policy brief making the case for a publicly funded National Land Matching Service for England.

Read it here: landworkersalliance.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🍿LWA FILM CLUB IS BACK WITH A BELTER🍿

This month you can screen the wonderful 'Gaucho Gaucho' from the comfort of your home.

Click the link below to find out more about the film and watch the *brilliant* trailer.

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Join SAP outside #TheScottishParliament on Wed 3 Sept for:

👨‍🌾Farmers & crofters speaking out for change
🌱Clear demands & proposals for a just transition for Scottish agriculture
🍲Delicious hot food
🤝Solidarity for a fairer food & farming system

All welcome! 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/thesc...

LWA response to the 'Good Food Cycle' National Food Strategy 🍅

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We make this statement as a member of the Seasonal Worker Interest Group, alongside our colleagues at @focusonlabour.bsky.social @workersupportc.bsky.social
@landworkersuk.bsky.social
@fairsq.bsky.social @antislavery.org
and ATLEU

A message to all members of the Landworkers' Alliance from @freedomflotilla.bsky.social vessel ‘Handala’:

​“We as landworkers, we as La Via Campesina, we have always been in solidarity with Palestine.

Stop the genocide, stop the killings, stop using starvation and famine as a weapon of war.”

Here's a little peak into the Land Skills Fair, put together by folk who were there last time out 👀

Just one more week until we gather again 🎪 🪕🎙️🪓💃🏽🕺🏼

🎫 you can get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/42nuxb8r

Footage: @eoghanmcd @nononanadeg
Edit: @alfievideocreator
Poem: Sonny the Sunshine Bard

Sign the petition here:

tinyurl.com/3x8s35wp

Write to your MP here:

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Looking forward to our first time performing at @landworkersuk.bsky.social Land Skills Fair, which we've heard so many good things about.

Find out more via landworkersalliance.org.uk/events/land-...

Only 10 more days until we are together in Glastonbury for this year’s Land Skills Fair. There are still a few tickets remaining including:

- a small number of solidarity tickets at a much reduced rate
- a small number of BPOC solidarity tickets

www.tickettailor.com/events/lwa/1...

Beyond GM has sent a pre-action letter to Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed, putting the government on notice that we intend to pursue a judicial review of the Genetic Technology Regulations 2025. Read more and DONATE to our
@CrowdJusticeUK funder NOW. crowdjustice.com/case/stop-hi...

"As landworkers, we understand where monoculture gets us, and we know the importance of diversity; in our seeds, in our crops, in the fields and on the farmlands and including those who work them. "