“This was the biggest win for us,” Bates tells Plant Based News ( PBN). One of these areas had planning permission for a farm housing 20,000 chickens, which the movement then halted.
It has so far removed four plots of land from dairy farming in Somerset, totaling 25 acres. It was started up by Gina Bates, Sara Eloquin, and Kevin Greenhill. Vegan Land Movement VLM’s Gina Bates (right) and Sarah Eloquin (left) with author of book Livestock’s Longer Shadow, Tim Bailey Campaigners have warned that a move away from animal agriculture, as well as rewilding of that land, is essential to avoid climate breakdown. The country used to be made up of vast forests, rather than empty green fields, but now 71 percent of the land is used for agriculture.Ī study published in 2020 said that the UK has “ led the world” in destroying the natural environment. The problem is particularly pronounced in the UK, which has lost half of its biodiversity since the 1970s. At least 26 percent of the world’s ice-free land is used for livestock farming, while 33 percent of croplands grow grain to feed them.Īs a result of this, animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Land use in animal farming is arguably one of the most pressing environmental issues we face. The group then rewilds the land, allowing plants and nature to flourish there once more. The UK-based movement sees funds raised from donors used to buy up agricultural land used for livestock. They called it the Vegan Land Movement (VLM), and it could well prove part of the answer to solving the environmental and ethical catastrophe that is animal farming. Back in 2020, a group of vegans embarked on an unprecedented approach to activism.
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