Feeding the Nation

Seasonal #migrantworkers & #foodsecurity during #COVID19. @ESRC @UKRI_news research by @roxanabarbulesc @bethrobertson55 @sspleeds & @CVar_Sil @COMPAS_oxford

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

We host free live music for all @Opensourceleeds from folk duo @PedlerRussell for #ESRCFestival based on voices of migrant farm workers & farmers. Book free tickets:https://t.co/4zzi5mCQC2 @UoLStudents @Leeds_List @LeedsInspired @UniLeedsEngage

[National Farmers' Union @NFUtweets]

Defra has published the results of a review exploring how innovative technologies can help pick and pack British horticultural produce. The review highlights the need for a long-term seasonal worker scheme to stabilise workforce pressures 👉 https://t.co/KPiTQCdMZP @NFUHortPots

[COMPAS @COMPAS_oxford]

*NEW* song: "Feed the Nation" released, raising awareness of seasonal workers' lived experience in the UK. 🍓

🎵 https://t.co/hwAF4EPO0B
By @PedlerRussell

In collaboration with: @roxanabarbulesc
@CVar_Sil @BethRobertson55
@SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford @UniofOxford @FeedingNation

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

New folk song co-produced with @PedlerRussell inspired by lives of migrant farm workers @SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/gNITor0qyD

[Charles Autheman @CharlesAutheman]

👏 @TheMERL & @FeedingNation, using arts to raise awareness on the situation of MWs in agriculture.

It would be great to see similar exhibitions in other countries relying massively on MWs in the fields.

@stea_ari @aboubakar_soum @GurvanKris @NikoCastellano @vaniamaiapress

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

Visit our online exhibition about the lives of seasonal migrant workers on strawberry farms.

Thank to the illustrator @sarah_hannis and @TheMERL for hosting
#immigration #farming

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

In the spring we shared the first of a series of online exhibitions about the lives and work of migrant agricultural labourers in the UK.

Today we've launched the second of these exhibitions, exploring summertime on a strawberry farm. Take a look!

https://t.co/I2fuEXSgVR

[Dr Bethany Robertson @BethRobertson55]

Proud to see our 2nd exhibition come to fruition based on @FeedingNation research @CVar_Sil @roxanabarbulesc @sarah_hannis!! A pleasure to work w/ @OllieDouglas to bring alive #UKHorticulture and the seasonal migrant workers behind it #Wimbledon

[The Grocer @TheGrocer]

Recruitment companies are recruiting from countries as far away as Nepal, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

https://t.co/oGroMiJt44

[BBC Jersey @BBCJersey]

Calls for changes to seasonal farm worker benefits in Jersey https://t.co/l42B5Qqw2K

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Chronic food industry worker shortfall could force prices even higher, MPs say https://t.co/Zoqd0f0w21

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

Fantastic research going on across @UniversityLeeds to improve food systems! The latest @GlobalFoodLeeds newsletter features our online exhibition @TheMERL about seasonal agricultural workers in the UK.

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

The @FeedingNation research @COMPAS_oxford @SSPLeeds which spoke to seasonal migrant workers and growers in UK horticulture informed the @CommonsEFRA Enquiry and Report which calls for revised immigration measures

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

Ukrainians escape ‘slave conditions’ on UK farms – media Analysis

https://t.co/dsGCaGwqz4

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Farming labour shortage could mean price rises, MPs warn https://t.co/b12syXYZqO

[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

The @FeedingNation research @COMPAS_oxford @SSPLeeds which spoke to seasonal migrant workers and growers in UK horticulture informed the @CommonsEFRA Enquiry and Report which calls for revised immigration measures

[EFRA Committee @CommonsEFRA]

Today we've published our Labour Shortages in the Food & Farming Sector Report

@GovUK must take action now to stop
❌food price rises
❌businesses moving overseas
❌more food imports

See our press release...
https://t.co/7OaojxxVSw

...and find out more below

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[Feeding the Nation @FeedingNation]

"Last year two-thirds of seasonal worker visa-holders were Ukrainian. A salad-growing company in Shropshire has 37 Ukrainian workers, working side by side with Russian colleagues in the fields." https://t.co/RtVnH1Seui

[Migration Observatory @MigObs]

We have put together a briefing dealing with Ukrainian migration to the UK in the context of the Russian invasion and the subsequent forced migration of millions. https://t.co/EA6YwKwaxG