Farmers concerned about cheaper imports to protest outside parliament
Farmers concerned about cheaper food imports are set to stage a new protest outside the Houses of Parliament later this month.
Campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness For Farmers said they wanted to “bring the countryside to the lawmakers in parliament”.
The protest surrounds three key demands: A ban on substandard food imports, a ban on ‘dishonest’ labelling and more measures to boost British food security.
The protest will start from 6pm on Monday 25 March, both groups confirmed, with farmers able to register their interest online.
It comes after hundreds of farmers staged a go-slow tractor protest in Canterbury earlier this month as concerns over cheaper food imports and government policy grows.
Save British Farming, which organised the Canterbury protest with Fairness for Farmers, said their mission was to ensure that British farming was ‘at the forefront of UK industries of the future’.
“British food producers [need] to benefit from the opportunities and returns afforded by collaborative working and the fourth-industrial revolution.
“Thereby to enable British producers, in rising to global challenges to continue providing the foundations of active, healthy lives by making sure people have access to a wide choice of affordable, ethically produced, high-quality food.”
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