REPORT LAUNCH Sowing the seeds of stability: The case for a basic income for farmers, farmworkers and food producers in the UK
Start: 2024-03-13 18:00:00 UTC Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00)
End: 2024-03-13 19:30:00 UTC Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00)
This is a virtual event
Join us for the launch of our new report Sowing the seeds of stability: The case for a basic income for farmers, farmworkers and food producers in the UK at 6pm - 7:30pm on Wednesday 13th March
When considering what a healthy economy looks like, few elements are as fundamental and indispensable as farming and food production. The people who do the work that feeds us all face challenges that are as diverse as the crops they nurture and livestock they raise. Some of these challenges are inherent to their work and some are due to dysfunctions in how the profits of their labour are distributed.
The UK finds itself with farmers who are overworked and underpaid. If we are to build food systems that are fit to weather the changing political landscape with Brexit, using farming practices that adequately respect the environment and that begin to truly address food insecurity we need to make farming a viable career.
In this new report Sowing the seeds of stability: The case for a basic income for farmers, farmworkers and food producers in the UK we argue there is a strong case to be made for exploring how a basic income could be applied to farming in the UK.
This discussion paper intends to inform and instigate an investigation into how a basic income for farmers could work for the UK and Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England individually. It summarises the work that has been done so far and, perhaps most importantly, lays out the key areas and big questions the work to date has highlighted.
Join us at this event to hear the story so far, what comes next and join this emerging and essential conversation about the future of farming in the UK.
