A new documentary film profiling the story behind small food producers and farmers who grow outside the industrial mainstream farming system will be released this month.
The Landworkers’ Alliance, a campaign group which represents small-scale farmers, will be hosting the premier for its feature documentary In Our Hands at on Friday 17th November 2017 at The Cube cinema in Bristol.
The film profiles the story behind the "blood, sweat and tears" of the farmers who are "outgrowing" the industrial food system and a vision for post-Brexit food production that is hoped will redefine the UK's relationship with food.
As the UK is set to engage with its most significant change to food and farming for a generation, In Our Hands is set to offer viewers a unique perspective on a new agricultural landscape.
In a statement, the Landworkers' Alliance said the film "will bring back life to the soil, a fair wage to the farmer and a flavour to our tomatoes."
With interviews from beef, dairy, cereal and horticultural farmers, academics and activists across the UK, In Our Hands builds a narrative to describe what the Alliance calls a "revolution" that is transforming the way food is produced and distributed.
In April this year, Landworkers’ Alliance launched their post-Brexit policy recommendations outside Defra’s offices in London.
The launch features the release of a report outlining their key policy proposals for re-orientating agricultural support to deliver "high quality food" to UK consumers while building an "environmentally, socially and economically resilient" farming industry.
The campaigning group called for government policy to cater to a plurality of food producers, arguing that Defra policy has historically favoured large farms and big business approaches to food production.
