The UK Food Group (UKFG) is the principal UK network for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on global food and agriculture issues. Our vision is a world with a more just, sustainable and fairer food system in which hunger has been eradicated, equity realised and the environment restored.
To this end our work seeks to promote sustainable and equitable food policies and practices; to challenge corporate power by providing a public interest perspective on issues affecting the global food system; and to strengthen the capacity of civil society to contribute effectively to international processes and consultations on food issues.
We represent more than 30 development, farming, consumer and environment organisations, drawn together by a common concern to secure future food.
In Europe we represent BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development) on global food and farming issues, including representation in CONCORD’s European Food Security Group.
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News and updates
The UK Food Group has issued an open letter on negotiations for the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests. Land is central to the lives and livelihoods of poor people everywhere and this is a pivotal opportunity to tackle some of the systemic issues that have led to a broken global food system.
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CFS Civil Society Mechanism regional meeting
On 30 Sept 2011 the Western European sub-regional group of the CFS Civil Society Mechanism met in Brussels in the offices of CONCORD.
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Nyeleni Europe 
The Nyeleni 2011 European Food Sovereignty Forum was held in August 2011, in Krems, Austria.
Events
Policy Opportunities for Agroecology
6 Jan 2012, Oxford
A strategy session to discuss policy opportunities to promote ecological
and equitable models of sustainable food production and consumption was held in the
Old Law Library, Magdalen College, Oxford
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The Food Producers
27 Sept 2011, London
Most food in the world is grown, raised and harvested by small-scale food producers. The UK Food Group's 2011 autumn conference looked at the real questions of how small-scale production can respond to the challenges of providing food in ways that eradicate hunger, improve equity and restore the environment.
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Securing future food
24 Sept 2010, London
Speakers included Caroline Lucas MP and Prof. Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
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Publications
Securing Future Food: towards ecological food provision
A radical shift towards ecological food provision is needed, as found necessary by the landmark International Scientific Assessment (IAASTD), in order to secure future food for the world’s predicted 9 billion people. This briefing focuses especially on strengthening local food webs.
An
analysis of intellectual property rights in the trade negotiations for
the EU-ACP EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements), unveiling the hidden
threats to securing food supplies and conserving agricultural
biodiversity.
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