Over 10,000 Back Protection Of Farming Standards In US Trade Deal
- veganssupportthefa
- May 15
- 2 min read
Over 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to reject any trade deal that lets in food produced to lower standards than British law. [1]
The petition was started by Vegans Support the Farmers, a project that promotes solidarity and collaboration between farmers and vegans in order to build bridges between the two communities and make progress on shared issues. [2]
After being live for just two weeks, a petition asking the British Government to maintain food and drink standards in the US-UK trade deal has surpassed 10,000 signatures. This month two new ‘trade deals’ have been announced, one with India and one with the US, that have implications for farmers. [3,4] Full details have not yet been released for the US deal, and neither deal comes into effect immediately as they require further negotiations and planning.
Vegans Support the Farmers are calling for sustained pressure to ensure British farming standards are not undercut by the final implementations of these deals.
Sarah Foy, 25, Vegans Support the Farmers spokesperson and co-founder, said:
“Farmers are facing a wide variety of challenges at the moment with little support from the government. At a minimum, Labour should be keeping their promise that farming standards are a red-line that won’t be crossed in trade deals. Breaking this promise not only treats farmers unfairly, but potentially exposes the public to lower food standards and poorer animal welfare practices. We have been blown away by the support shown by the general public for wanting imports to meet the same standards as our farmers.”
Vegans Support the Farmers back farmer-led demands to help address key issues as part of the work towards a safe, just and kind food system. The project hopes to break down barriers between vegans and farmers to come to a place of understanding and collaboration.
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