Feeding the Nation

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

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

*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

New folk song co-produced with @PedlerRussell inspired by lives of migrant farm workers @SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford Listen here 🎧 essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/news…

👏 @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

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

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

Recruitment companies are recruiting from countries as far away as Nepal, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan thegrocer.co.uk/fruit-and-veg/…

Calls for changes to seasonal farm worker benefits in Jersey bbc.in/3O6h8RV

Chronic food industry worker shortfall could force prices even higher, MPs say #Echobox=1649232299" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/business/2022/…

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.

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

Ukrainians escape ‘slave conditions’ on UK farms – media Analysis massnews.com/ukrainians-esc…

Farming labour shortage could mean price rises, MPs warn bbc.in/3x7WLh1

"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/m0…

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.uk/resources/brie…