Resources on food and farming

Contact Peter O'Driscoll, Corporate Accountability Project, Center of Concern, 1225 Otis Street NE, Washington DC 20017
Tel: 001 202 635 2757 ext. 125
Email: aai@coc.org.
www.agribusinessaccountability.org

AAI is a global network of activists, academics and NGO's who are working to respond to corporate power in the global food system. AAI aims to facilitate the sharing of information and analysis, to encourage new collaborations among groups with common interests, and to create opportunities for identifying new campaigns and advocacy strategies. The website has a very comprehensive searchable database of research papers and articles relevant to corporate power in the food system.

Rue de la Sablonnière 18 1000, Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 0032 2 217 31 12
Email: cpe@cpefarmers.org
www.cpefarmers.org

The European Farmer Co-ordination consists of 18 farmer and rural organisations from 11 European countries. CPE's priorities include: many sustainable family farms, economic recognition of farmers' work through the sale of their products, which must represent the major part of their income, sustainable modes of production respecting the quality and safety of the products and care of the environment, supply management, a fair distribution of public funds between farms, between sectors of production and between regions, balanced production among all the regions of Europe, a relation of solidarity with the farmers of Central Europe and other continents and the elimination of dumping in international trade. It is a founding member of Via Campesina.

Office 14, Unit 6, Wilmer Industrial Estate, Wilmer Place, London, N16 0LW.
Tel: 020 7923 7082
Email: mail@corporatewatch.org
www.corporatewatch.org.uk

The Corporate Watch food and agriculture project looks at the impact of corporate control on the food and farming system. The agriculture pages of the website have profiles on supermarkets, food processors and food and farming lobby groups. Corporate Watch also publishes 'What's wrong with supermarkets?, 'Checkout Chuckout: a DIY guide to stopping supermarket developments' and 'Corporate law and structures: exposing the roots of the problem'.

Contact Pippa Woods, Osborne Newton, Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4PE
Tel: 01548 852 792

Organisation representing family farmers which aims to lobby government and other influential bodies on the value of smaller family farms.

PO Box 26094, London, SW10 0XZ
Tel: 020 7352 7928
Email: info@farm.org.uk
www.farm.org.uk

A UK-wide campaigning and membership organisation fighting for a viable future for independent and family farms. Aims to protect and promote the interests of farmers, to get their voices heard by decision-makers, and to campaign for a positive future for farming, rural communities and the countryside

Contact David Handley, Old Llanishen Farm, Llangovan, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4BU
Tel:01291 690 224
Email: secretary@farmersforaction.org
www.farmersforaction.org/

Set up in May 2000 by a group of farmers who wished to safeguard the long term future of British agriculture and the British countryside. Aims to secure a sustainable level of income for farmers and growers while producing quality food for British people and safeguarding the environment. Uses a number of methods including lobbying both government and industry and direct action.

Llys Amaeth, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BT
Tel: 01970 820 820
Email: headoffice@fuw.org.uk
www.fuw.org.uk

An independent farming union which represents and promotes the best interests of traditional family farms in Wales.

94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF
Tel: 020 7837 2250
Email: enquiries@foodcomm.org.uk
www.foodcomm.org.uk

An independent non-profit organisation campaigning for the right to safe, wholesome food and exposing the tricks and and bad practices of the food industry. Publishes excellent quarterly, 'The Food Magazine'.

PO Box 1234, Bristol, BS99 2PG
Tel: 0845 458 9525
Email: mail@localfood.org.uk
www.localfood.org.uk

A not for profit organisation providing consultancy services to the local food sector. Aims to promote and support the growth of healthy local food economies, as a key part of sustainable development. The website acts as an information resource for the local food sector. The FLAIR project produces a monthly email newsletter, 'Local Food News'.

26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ
Tel: 0808 800 1111
Email: info@foe.co.uk
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/

FoE's Real Food campaign focuses on food safety including GM foods, trade issues, pesticide usage and the impact of supermarkets on farmers and consumers. Their website has lots of useful resources on food and farming issues.

16b Cherwell Street, Oxford, OX4 1BG
Tel: 01865 793 910
Email: mail@gaff.org.uk
www.gaff.org.uk

GAFF carries out research in collaboration with Corporate Watch and also campaigns to curb the increasing corporate control of agriculture and the food system. It is working to facilitate the creation of new networks and alliances between farmers, farmers' groups, environmentalists and the public both in the UK and globally, to oppose the increasing corporate control of the food system and the demise of the small and family farm.

2105 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
Tel: 001 612 870 0453
Email: iatp@iatp.org
www.iatp.org/

Promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy. IATP hosts extensive resource centres carrying news and analysis on: food and agriculture www.agobservatory.org, trade issues: www.wtowatch.org and agribusiness www.agribusinesscenter.org.

ISEC UK, Foxhole, Dartington, Devon, TQ9 6EB
Tel: 01803 868 650
Email: info@isec.org.uk
www.isec.org.uk

A not for profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity. ISEC's Local Food Programme promotes locally based alternatives to the global consumer culture and aims to raise public awareness of the impact of the globalisation of the food economy, in order to lay the foundations for community action and political change.

110 Maryland Ave., N.E. Suite 307. Washington, DC 20002, USA
Tel: 001 202 543 5675
Email: nffc@nffc.net
www.nffc.net

Founded in 1986 to serve as a national link for grassroots organisations working on family farm issues in the US. NFFC represents 34 grassroots groups working on credit, trade, farming and food policy issues in 32 states. The NFFC brings together farmers and others to organise national projects focused on preserving and strengthening family farms.

These include; farmer-owned co-operatives, advocacy for farm and trade policy based on cost of production plus profit pricing at the farm level, environmental stewardship, an affordable food supply and educational campaigns about biotechnology and corporate control of food production.

2717 Wentz Avenue, Saskatoon, SK S7K 4B6
Tel: 001 306 652 9465
Email:nfu@nfu.ca
www.nfu.ca

A membership organisation for farm families sharing common goals and working together to benefit their farms and communities. NFU Canada works towards the development of economic and social policies that will maintain the family farm as the primary food-producing unit in Canada. It is concerned about the decimation of rural communities, growing environmental problems, declining farm numbers, and the sustainability of the current high-input, export-oriented, expansionist model. NFU Canada has taken a lead in advancing and implementing affordable, effective alternatives to current agricultural policies. It is working for agriculture that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.

Contact: Michael Hart
Tel: 01726 843 3647
Email: michael@mhart.fsbusiness.co.uk

Alliance formed in 1999 to give voice to the concerns of small and family farmers in the UK. It also works in Europe through the Coordination Paysanne Europeenne and globally with farmer organisations around the world including Via Campesina. It also works with NGOs and environmental groups to help promote a better understanding of farming among non-farmers.

Contact Philip Hosking, Ley Coombe Farm, Modbury, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 OTU
Tel: 01548 830 302
Email: philip@small-farms-association.co.uk
www.small-farms-association.co.uk

Formed in October 1997, as a direct result of the reluctance of major farming unions to support the needs of small farms. The Association welcomes all who are interested in the conservation of the countryside, particularly farmers who farm less than 250 acres, and also practise less intensive traditional methods of farming that are sympathetic to the needs of the environment and its wildlife.

Bristol House, 40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BY
Tel: 0117 929 0661
Email: info@soilassociation.org
www.soilassociation.org

Works to raise awareness about the positive health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming, supports organic farmers and those planning to go organic and promotes organic agriculture as a sustainable alternative to industrial methods of food production. Also certifies organic food and farms.

94 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PF
Tel: 0207 837 1228
www.sustainweb.org

Membership organisation with over 100 member organisations who have an interest in food and farming issues in the UK. It advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.

7 Brewery Court, Theale, Reading, Berkshire RG7 5AJ
Tel: 0118 9306130
Email: tfa@tenant-farmers.org.uk
www.tenant-farmers.org.uk

The Tenant Farmers Association was formed in 1981 by a group of farmers who felt that their interests were not being forcefully represented by existing bodies. It gives help and advice to its members on all matters related to agricultural tenancies and lobbies the government on behalf of the tenanted sector.

Secretaría Operativa, Tegucigalpa, Apdo. Postal 3628MDC. Honduras, C.A.
Tel: 00 504 239 4679
Email : viacam@gbm.hn
www.viacampesina.org

An international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. The principal objectives of Via Campesina are to develop solidarity and unity in diversity among small farmer organizations, in order to promote economic relations of equality and social justice; the preservation of land; food sovereignty; sustainable agricultural production; and an equality based on small and medium-sized producers.