UK Food Group Priorities
Global Food Trade
The UKFG is working to raise awareness of the environmental and social problems caused by trade liberalisation under the World Trade Organisation's Uruguay Round on Agriculture and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights; and the problems caused by exports of subsidised agricultural goods by the EU and US.
International Food Supply Chain
The food industry is a powerful force in shaping food production, trade patterns and food consumption. Globalisation has led to a greater concentration of trade and investment in the hands of transnational corporations.
Sustainable Agriculture
The UK Food Group is working to raise awareness of the importance of food sovereignty. One dimension of this is the need for localised food systems that use sustainable agroecology practices based on locally-developed agricultural biodiversity.