2010

Muswell Hill and Hornsey fix the Food Chain
21 October 2010

Muswell Hill and Hornsey Friends of the Earth recently met with local MP Lynne Featherstone to call on her to fix the Food Chain.

They've been gathering support for the target=_self>Food Chain campaign by collecting the signatures of over 200 local people with a petition and postcards.

Day of action

The group joined others all around the country on 9 October by meeting with their MP to call for planet-friendly farming.

They wore cow masks to highlight the destruction British factory farms are causing in the rainforests of South America.

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A new meat and dairy law is set to be debated in called Parliament on 12 November. The group called on Ms Featherstone to attend the debate and help get get British farmers to feed their animals on locally grown food.

Currently vast amounts of soya are imported from South America to feed our livestock. Large areas of rainforest are being cleared to grow this soya - adding to climate change and decimating wildlife.

Ms Featherstone later blogged about the meeting saying how much she liked the cow masks.