Seasonal #migrantworkers & #foodsecurity during #COVID19. @ESRC @UKRI_news research by @roxanabarbulesc @bethrobertson55 @sspleeds & @CVar_Sil @COMPAS_oxford
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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:bit.ly/3U0O6pk @UoLStudents @Leeds_List @LeedsInspired @UniLeedsEngage
Feeding the Nation retweeted
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 👉 ow.ly/8xHA50K9EYe @NFUHortPots
Feeding the Nation retweeted
*NEW* song: "Feed the Nation" released, raising awareness of seasonal workers' lived experience in the UK. 🍓
🎵 youtu.be/z6yOm740Wv8
By @PedlerRussell
In collaboration with: @roxanabarbulesc
@CVar_Sil @BethRobertson55
@SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford @UniofOxford @FeedingNation
ALT A sketch drawing, a pair of black and white sketched hands hold red strawberries, Text reads: Feeding the Nation, Danny Pedler, Greg Russell
New folk song co-produced with @PedlerRussell inspired by lives of migrant farm workers @SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford Listen here 🎧 essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/n…
Feeding the Nation retweeted
👏 @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
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!
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/o…
ALT An illustration by Sarah Hannis of workers on a strawberry farm.
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
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!
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/o…
ALT An illustration by Sarah Hannis of workers on a strawberry farm.
Feeding the Nation retweeted
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
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!
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/o…
ALT An illustration by Sarah Hannis of workers on a strawberry farm.
Feeding the Nation retweeted
Recruitment companies are recruiting from countries as far away as Nepal, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
thegrocer.co.uk/fruit-and-ve…
Feeding the Nation retweeted
Calls for changes to seasonal farm worker benefits in Jersey bbc.in/3O6h8RV
Feeding the Nation retweeted
Chronic food industry worker shortfall could force prices even higher, MPs say theguardian.com/business/202…
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.
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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
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...
committees.parliament.uk/com…
...and find out more below
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ALT "Given labour shortages, the Government must use the powers it has – including immigration policy - to support the food & farming sector. Otherwise we will export our food production and import more of our food", Neil Parish MP, Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Ukrainians escape ‘slave conditions’ on UK farms – media Analysis
massnews.com/ukrainians-esca…
Feeding the Nation retweeted
Farming labour shortage could mean price rises, MPs warn bbc.in/3x7WLh1
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
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...
committees.parliament.uk/com…
...and find out more below
[1/10 thread 🔽]
ALT "Given labour shortages, the Government must use the powers it has – including immigration policy - to support the food & farming sector. Otherwise we will export our food production and import more of our food", Neil Parish MP, Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
"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." bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00161…
Feeding the Nation retweeted
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. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.u…