Food & Farming Security, Self-Sufficiency & Survival


There are without doubt ongoing problems facing us regarding food supply and farming in the UK, due to various processes playing out in the political and geo-political arenas. Here we look at solutions regarding the food, farming, fuel and housing crises, and how we can move forward with practical, workable ideas for a safer, happier and more sustainable future.



Resources

Rachel Mathews of Colchester Council Watch interviews Sandi Adams - Highlights


Campaign: End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately

Created by Dr Clare Craig
Closes on 
8 December 2026 


We call on the Government to stop the fortification of flour with synthetic folic acid. Folic acid is a medicine not a food. We believe it is unethical to mass medicate the entire population without their knowledge or consent in the hope that a minority group of people might see a benefit.

The NHS website lists sections of the population (including people with cancer, a stent or low vitamin B12 levels) who should avoid folic acid exposure because of possible detrimental health impacts. Even if these people are aware of the issue, it is becoming harder to avoid as wholemeal and gluten free products are voluntarily adding folic acid.


https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769589



Article: UK government is covertly medicating the public through this common food product
September 10th 2026

The UK government, under the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, is mandating the fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with, for example, folic acid. This is covertly medicating the public. Existing additives like inorganic iron, niacin and thiamine, along with the planned addition of synthetic folic acid starting in December 2026, pose …  read more


https://expose-news.com/2026/09/10/uk-gov-is-covertly-medicating-the-public



Michael Sheen gives evidence to MPs on 'DEADLY' soil contamination in Wales
September 10th 2026


Welsh Michael Sheen has claimed he was snubbed by the Welsh First Minister after asking for a meeting to discuss claims of chemical contamination in Wales. The actor appeared before the Welsh Affairs Committee on Thursday to talk to MPs about the findings of the BBC series,

Buried with Michael Sheen, which aired last month. Sheen told MPs on Thursday that he had contacted Rhun ap Iorwerth, the First Minister of Wales, ahead of the documentary being broadcast, but was turned down for a meeting.

The Hollywood actor appeared before the committee alongside investigative journalists Lucy Taylor and Dan Ashby, who co-presented the programme.

The programme hit close to home after Sheen encountered farming consultant and whistle blower Douglas Gowan nearly a decade ago, where he claimed that the people of Wales had been poisoned, not through a single criminal act, but through prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment.

The documentary explored Mr Gowan’s claims that thousands of tonnes of toxic industrial chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had been dumped in sites across Wales and north-west England. Sheen, who was raised in Port Talbot, met and interviewed Mr Gowan shortly before he died in 2018 aged 74.




As drought scorches England, one farm stays green
August 19th 2026

As 70% of England faces drought during its hottest summer on record, beef farmer Sam Squier's near 200-acre farm near Chelmsford stays lush thanks to regenerative farming techniques he has practiced for eight years.


Why the Amish Have Never Needed a Gas Station —

The Plant That Fuels Any Engine They Buried in 1937

US Admin moves to tackle microplastics
May 31st 2026
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins details the USDA's 'Great American Cotton Plan' to combat microplastics in clothing,
linking them to health issues. She also outlines efforts to alleviate rising costs for U.S. farmers.


Infinite Flour Without a Single Grain

Apr 23, 2026

This Forgotten Root Produces 16x More Flour Than Wheat

What if the most productive flour plant on Earth grew wild in every roadside ditch and backyard pond? A root that yields over six thousand pounds of flour per acre while wheat barely produces four hundred. Indigenous peoples across six continents ground this into bread for thirty thousand years. Modern agriculture chose to drain the wetlands and bury this knowledge. In this video, we explore the science, history, and practical methods behind cattail flour. You will learn why this plant outperforms every grain crop and how our ancestors discovered flour production twenty thousand years before the agricultural revolution even began.

What Was Pottage? The Medieval Stew Peasants Lived On for Generations


12 UK Towns Where You Can Live Off Grid For Practically Free


Another UK Farming Shambles: No Fertiliser, No Planning, No Preparation🛑

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See the latest newsletter from Farms Not Factories here:
https://mailchi.mp/tracyworcester/newsletter-5937515?e=5fcff9cc15


May 2026


The purpose of our newsletter is to give you important information that is censored in the mainstream media. Though the chapters interrelate, they are divided into six sections and have a common realisation that a
cabal of corporate elites  have captured global trade, global and national governance, mainstream and online media, and ultimately many of our minds. Please click on the section you are interested in on the link above, or read the newsletter in full on the Farms not Factories website.






UK government regulations for GMOs fail to protect the public and the environment

May 30th 2026
https://expose-news.com/2026/05/30/uk-gov-regulations-for-gmos-fail-to-protect




Would you support a new food system?

What’s going on around the world with our existing food system is a staged collapse
What comes next depends on us and I believe the answer is Food hubs, Farm Shops, Farmers Markets, Community Stores Box Schemes
Grow your own food
Grow community shared food
Help farmers make the transition from big AG to smaller scale operations with local level sales
We have strategic partnerships already in place making massive strives towards a better way forward in the Uk food stability

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Compassion in World Farming

What do we campaign for?

We believe every farm animal deserves a life worth living, free from cages, confinement, and suffering: free to roam and express their natural behaviours. The welfare and wellbeing of these intelligent, sensitive creatures is at the heart of all we do. 

https://www.ciwf.org.uk/our-campaigns
https://www.ciwf.org.uk


Soil Saviors

Cancer used to be 1 in 15, now it's 1 in 2. Here's why, and what you can do about it.
Dr. Richard Olree explains how decades of monocropping, Roundup use, and industrial farming have stripped the soil of critical minerals
like selenium and boron, and what that means for your DNA, your immune system, and your cancer risk.


https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/cancer-was-1-in-15-people-now-its-1-in-2-heres-why/id1857448497


Hartshead Meats, Ashton-under-Lyne
A recent animal rights protest at Hartshead Meats near Oldham followed an exposure of the abattoir's Halal and Kosher practices, by an activist who infiltrated the business over several weeks, and witnessed and filmed animals being butchered, cut up and dismembered whilst still alive, in extreme fear and distress, with blood flowing down the road. This barbaric practice goes against all our animal protections, welfare and rights, fought for over centuries in the UK.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hartshead-meats-youtube-tameside-plant-33946096
https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/26105791.investigation-launched-hartshead-meats-animal-cruelty-claims
https://www.facebook.com/Jonathanreynoldsmp/photos/d41d8cd9/1344342757513660/



The Great Rising Supermarket and Local Farming Revolution
With British farming in crisis, we believe a few wise and workable ideas could turn the situation around for the benefit of farmers, supermarkets, local shops and consumers.
As with the organic and vegan movements of the past, we suggest every supermarket should have a section dedicated to produce grown as locally as possible. So much of the food sold these days is lacking in nutrition, and is mass produced, disguising ingredients and sacrificing quality for quantity. A mass movement could help return us to more traditional methods, with many in the community taking part in things such as growing food, bee keeping, assisting on farms etc. Farmers markets could return in more numbers to our under-used attractive market squares, and could have a more widely accessible presence in our big towns and cities, with vans selling produce, and more independent businesses selling produce door to door.


Small local shops could participate by advertising local produce too, under a government-backed scheme. This would improve the fortunes of farmers, local suppliers and also the health and nutrition of those buying the produce, with long term benefits, and also reducing pressure on the National Health Service.



The Great Rising Community and Local Politics Revolution
Likewise, with the advance of AI, we see an opportunity to counteract the predicted loss of jobs, due to robot and AI replacements. We believe this could kickstart a wave of community engagement, be it getting involved with local politics, helping with growing local food and planting orchards, helping to care for children and the elderly, teaching young people useful skills, and many other ways we could all help at ground level. It could also spark the growing move towards spirituality and help us as we all learn about our real purpose here, where everyone is deemed vital and necessary, with a part to play. This could assist with reviving our high streets, as well as tackling social isolation and mental health problems.


Local governance could return to the Witan style of old, where wise people are elected by the people to decision-making positions, steering away from the centralised, unaccountable and chaotic politics which we are currently experiencing.


More soon on both of these projects.




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