The NFU’s Back British Farming Day is an annual event celebrating the food and farming sector.
Launched back in 2015, the day provides an opportunity for politicians and the public to show their support for our farmers and growers, and the work they do 365 days a year to feed the nation and care for our iconic countryside.
Now in its tenth year, activity over the day will highlight to the government the importance of agriculture to communities and the economy.
This year, Back British Farming Day will be celebrated on Wednesday 10 September. The NFU will hold its annual reception in the House of Commons where MPs and Peers will be able to drop in for a reminder on key NFU asks, and show their support.
As in previous years, we'll be asking supportive MPs to wear our iconic wheatsheaf pin badge during Prime Minister Questions.
Back British Farming Day toolkit
- Find out how to get involved
- Download our printable signs
- Follow us on social media
- Best of British farming facts
- Read about our achievements over the past decade
3 ways you can get involved
In the run up to, and on Back British Farming Day, we'll be using social media to share positive messages about British farming. Here are three ways to get involved:
1 Share our content on social media – remember to use the hashtag #BackBritishFarmingDay. Here's a list of where to find us on social media.
2 Print our signs to use in your own video, telling us why you love being a farmer or love British food. You can nominate others to get involved, too.
3 Create your own content, showcasing British farming and use #BackBritishFarmingDay. Don't forget to tag us @BackBritishFarmingNFU. Check out these Best of British farming facts for inspiration.
Download our signs
Best of British farming facts
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More than 700 different types of cheese are produced in the UK. |
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On average, we eat 192 eggs per person, per year. That's enough to make 1,152 fairy cakes! |
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Famers manage 71% of the nation's landscapes. |
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In 2024, farmers invested £20.9 billion to produce our food. |
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In 2023, British farmers produced enough milling wheat to make 6.5 billion loaves of bread. |
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The UK produces 2 billion portions of frozen peas each year. and, most make it through to the factory and through the freezing process in under 2.5 hours. |
10 years of achievements
Since the first Back British Farming Day in 2015, the British public and politicians have shown their support on a range of significant issues that have helped farmers and growers and brought about positive change for the industry. These include:
2025: More than 277,000 people backed our campaign to stop the devastating family tax that threatens the future of British farming by signing our petition calling on the government to reverse its planned changes to inheritance tax.
2025: More than 42,000 people have so far signed our petition calling for an updated school national curriculum that represents British food, farming, and our food security fairly across the education system.
2024: Major retailers added ‘buy British’ buttons to their websites to make it easier for people to buy British food online.
2023: After three years of campaigning by the NFU, the Prime Minister held the first Farm to Fork Summit on food security at No.10 in May, which delivered arrange of positive outcomes, including:
- Reviews into the horticulture and egg supply chains;
- A pot of £1m to help dairy businesses export; and
- 16 additional agri-food attachés to help drive exports of British food abroad and remove trade market barriers.
2022: More than 185 councils banned sky lanterns following our petition, which was signed by more than 110,000 people, and our work with the fire service to highlight the potential dangers of their use.
2021: More than 50,000 people signed an open letter to their newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners urging them to tackle the rise in fly-tipping.
2020: More than one million people signed our petition calling on the government to safeguard our food standards in any future trade deals.
2019: The NFU unveiled its ‘Achieving net zero: farming’s 2040 goal’ document, outlining our ambitious goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions across agriculture in England and Wales by 2040.
2018: The NFU joined forces with Crimestoppers to launch a new service for farmers and the public to give information anonymously about rural crime. The Rural Crime Reporting Line was backed by the police and received hundreds of tips.
2017: The NFU spearheaded the movement to combat rural crime, engaging with key police figures and decision makers, culminating in the launch of the Combatting Rural Crime report at the House of Commons.
2016: Retailers backed the NFU Fruit and Veg Pledge, which called for retailers to commit to selling British fruit and veg when in season, as well as improving long-term relationships with British growers to help improve the profitability of the sector.
2015: The NFU joined forces with The Kennel Club to make countryside dog walks safer and more stress free for both pet dogs and farm animals by creating and distributing thousands of new footpath signs encouraging responsible dog ownership.
Our social handles
Comment, share and retweet our content or create your own using the hashtag #BackBritishFarmingDay and tag our social media platforms.
