Briefing:Building Resilience: the case for co-operative agriculture From: fwelsh For attention of: All Party Officers Published: 7th May 2026 Last updated: 7th May 2026 Printed: 19th May 2026 Other formats: Print Work to build awareness of the Report Hopefully you have seen our new report, Building Resilience: the case for co-operative agriculture. We emailed all members on 5th May about this report , but we want to ask Party Councils to help us build awareness of this campaign and influence policymakers. While food security is an issue that affects us all, we know the detail of this report will be of particularly interest to more rural areas within Party Councils, or areas with a high number of farming and agricultural communities. Therefore, we would be grateful if you could spend a few moments on the following actions: Forward the email from Fraser Welsh (sent on 5/5) on to relevant branches in your Party Council area. Let us know if there is someone within your Party Council who will be able to lead on future actions relating to this campaign; this could be one of yourselves, a relevant branch officer, or anyone else with a particular interest in this area. Use the model text below to raise awareness in local Facebook groups or other social media (please feel free to amend and localise it as you see fit). If you have any questions on this campaign, or suggestions for other actions we could be taking, please let us know. Kind regards, Fraser Model text for social media Saw this today and thought it was worth sharing. The Co-operative Party has just published a report on co-operative agriculture and food security, which was in the Guardian. It says that farmer-owned co-ops could help with rising food prices, support for farmers, and resilience against the kind of supply chain shocks we’ve seen in recent years. Worth a read if you’re interested in where our food comes from in [AREA] and who benefits from the system. Guardian piece: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/03/farming-co-operatives-could-unleash-growth-food OR Full report: https://party.coop/publication/building-resilience-the-case-for-co-operative-agriculture/ Action Points Building Resilence reportForward email to all members in your Party Council Identify a lead officer Someone who can lead on promoting this and any future related work Model TextUse model text to raise awareness in local social media groups Resources Building Resilience: the case for co-operative agriculture