Families in England are paying more than £700 million each year to fund a factory farming system that is wiping out rainforests and making climate change worse, according to new research released by Friends of the Earth.
The report outlines how this funding is urgently needed to save small farms and develop home-grown high protein feed to replace imports and calls on Ministers to overhaul the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Friends of the Earth is launching the report as part of its new Food Chain Campaign which is calling for urgent action to fix the food chain and reverse the long-term decline in small farms and loss of 4,000 jobs from farming every year. The campaign group is also calling for Ministers to tackle the role of corporations - particularly supermarkets - in driving intensive farming through low prices paid to farmers.
4. 164 MPs have signed Early Day Motion 845 which raises awareness of the environmental and social damage being driven by the global meat and dairy industry and calls for action.
