Brexit: opportunities and threats for food, farming and fishing
Tell your MP you want a say in future trade deals
Discussions on post Brexit trade deals have already started and we are concerned that British people and our MPs won’t have a say.
The result of the EU Referendum in June 2016 has vast implications for our food, fishing and farming.
We stand at a cross-roads. When the UK leaves the European Union, will our leaders uphold good standards for our food, farming, fishing and trade deals? And will they agree a sensible deal with the EU? We need to make sure that they do!
Work on post-EU food and farming policy will require very considerable efforts by Sustain and other organisations over the coming years. We are organising our work around three main themes:
- Protecting existing high standards for food, fishing and farming
- Building a new framework for standards in food, fishing and farming that are fit for the future
- Ensuring that voices are heard - especially those of concerned citizens, smaller farmers, fishers and food producers; food, farming and fishery specialists; and those experiencing disadvantage
Sustain is responding to the result of the EU Referendum by coordinating organisations who work on the environment, health, trade, animal welfare, farming, fishing, workers’ rights, food safety, and economy to cultivate a shared voice for better food, fishing and farming. Key elements of our work are reported in the menu on this page.
Please read our proposals to the UK Government for what should be covered in any new Farming policy and Fisheries policy in the wake of Brexit.
If you want to be involved in, or find out more about Sustain’s work on Brexit related food and farming policy please contact Sustain chief executive, Kath Dalmeny Kath@sustainweb.org.
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