Submitted by Kelly York on Sunday 31st August 2025
Published on Tuesday 9th December 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 9th June 2026
Current Signatures: 59
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
Asset ~ Compensation ~ Convention ~ ECHR ~ Ensure ~ Essential ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ FARMS ~ food security ~ Global ~ Human Rights ~ Internationals ~ Law ~ National Security ~ Protecting ~ Safeguarding ~ security ~ Sovereignty ~ Stewardship ~ Tax ~ UK law ~ UNESCO
Align to Intl. Law to Protect Farming as Cultural Heritage & Nat’l SecurityAsset
To formally recognise farming/ farm stewardship as a protected element of the UK’s national cultural heritage, essential to national security, food sovereignty, environmental stewardship. Ensure its protection in UK law under existing international human rights and cultural heritage obligations
We call on the UK Government to recognise farming/farmland stewardship as UK intangible cultural heritage under the UNESCO Convention, and within obligations under ICESCR & ECHR. Acknowledge farming as a strategic national security asset. Enshrine in law protections from CPOs, punitive tax, or non-farm use without overriding need, due process & fair compensation, safeguarding food security & heritage.
In times of global instability the UK must prioritise food security and our farming heritage.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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