Tag: Food system

Waitrose vineyard and orchard first in UK to get Regenified certification

October 1, 2024

Grassland loss in the Great Plains persists

September 30, 2024

New soft-fruit genetics pre-breeding research programme

September 27, 2024

Farmers take on supermarket ‘farmwashing’

September 27, 2024

800 farmers apply for share of £20m slurry infrastructure schemes

September 26, 2024

New programme will target world’s least efficient producers

September 26, 2024

M&S and Waitrose lead the way on indoor-reared chicken standards

September 26, 2024

New data highlights challenges in the food and farming labour market

September 25, 2024

50 years of arable pest and disease data now available

September 25, 2024

Global agriculture companies unite to halve on-farm food losses

September 25, 2024

Mass destruction of nature reaches International Criminal Court

September 24, 2024

Three sites recognised as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

September 23, 2024

Global Investor Statement urges whole government approach to climate crisis

September 23, 2024

8.9 Newsweek podcast – Golden Hooves, bokashi, employee ownership and reparations from Bill Gates

September 20, 2024

EU considering nature credit market to avert ecosystem collapse

September 20, 2024

Pathway to sustainable UK farming revealed in landmark initiative

September 19, 2024

‘Untenable’ veterinary failures costing UK meat industry millions

September 18, 2024

RSPB says ‘Our iconic landscapes, and farmers, deserve better’

September 18, 2024

Cities receive more rain than surrounding countryside

September 18, 2024

Food Puzzle reveals most impactful actions for each country

September 17, 2024

Human-wildlife overlap to increase across more than half of land on Earth by 2070

September 16, 2024

HSBC UK launches sustainability farming pathway for businesses

September 13, 2024

Young Farming Innovators wanted for ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition

September 12, 2024

Back British Farmers by increasing agriculture budget

September 11, 2024

Major food businesses are driving change for a cage-free Europe

September 11, 2024

“Government must establish standards for seasonal farm workers”

September 11, 2024

Africa’s agricultural future ‘at a crossroads’

September 11, 2024

EU farmers and NGOs call for a fair and sustainable food system transition

September 10, 2024

Scottish payments for farmers and crofters brought forward

September 9, 2024

Joint venture solves retirement dilemma at Powys upland farm

September 9, 2024

African faith leaders call for reparations from ‘false prophets of food security’

September 9, 2024

European Commission has ‘failed to take decisive action’ toxic pesticides

September 6, 2024

EU Nature Restoration Law now in force

September 6, 2024

New Business School set to transform education and industry engagement

September 5, 2024

RAU academics to help battle antimicrobial resistance in the agrifood system

September 4, 2024

‘Urgent’ need to address financing for regenerative agriculture

September 4, 2024

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons fellowships for SRUC team

September 3, 2024

Hutton to develop ‘planet-friendly’ alternatives to animal proteins

September 3, 2024

UK acutely vulnerable to environmental breakdown says IPPR

September 3, 2024

Bluetongue virus restricted zone declared in Norfolk and Suffolk

September 3, 2024

Wild Justice challenges Dartmoor Commoners over deterioration of wildlife habitats

September 2, 2024

Vaccination and data central to plans to end badger cull and tackle bTB

September 2, 2024

Farm trial ditches ‘nightmare’ single-use plastics from hay bales

August 29, 2024

What are welfare outcome measures, and why are they important?

August 29, 2024

Solar can provide financial resilience for farmers

August 29, 2024

Peter Byck sets out the science behind ‘Roots So Deep’

August 27, 2024

New platform aims to improve fish catch welfare

August 9, 2024

Putting a price on groundwater means farmers use less

August 8, 2024

Informal and Indigenous food economies critical for carbon efficiency

August 7, 2024

New technology tests air for the DNA of plant diseases

August 6, 2024

Entocycle raises further $2.6m for Yorkshire insect rearing facility

August 6, 2024

Research confirms regen ag as a long-term carbon solution

August 6, 2024

CreditNature and ValueNature forge partnership to expand nature markets

August 5, 2024

Tree bark removes methane from the atmosphere

July 26, 2024

New network to battle AMR in the agrifood system

July 25, 2024

VCMI announces public consultation on beta Scope 3 Claim

July 24, 2024

Key Scottish sectors warned of doubling of drought events by 2050

July 24, 2024

UK growers urge government to double British fruit and veg production

July 22, 2024

8.9 Newsweek podcast: War for soil, regen tech, and reducing nutrient pollution

July 19, 2024

Footprint and Nestlé unveil 2024 Footprint Sustainability Index

July 19, 2024

EA urges farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage

July 17, 2024

Legal challenge aims to prevent nutrient overload in River Severn

July 16, 2024

Study uncovers untapped diversity in historic wheat collection

July 16, 2024

Co-op aims to boost sustainability on Britain’s farms

July 15, 2024

Defra urged to continue momentum on small abattoirs

July 15, 2024

Digging deep: value of the soil microbiome unearthed

July 15, 2024

Glasgow City Council to evict pioneering community food business

July 15, 2024

Waging a war for land and soil

July 15, 2024

Government announces first steps to reform water sector

July 12, 2024

First legal move in River Wye chicken pollution claim

July 11, 2024

Action needed to fully implement UK’s nature-based markets

July 11, 2024

Research reveals entrepreneurial spirit of UK farmers

July 10, 2024

Climate Bonds sets out proposals for UK leadership in sustainable finance

July 10, 2024

Aldi’s poultry stocking density pledge important, but breed matters too

July 9, 2024

Landslide victory allows Labour to ‘begin the work of national renewal’

July 5, 2024

‘There’s no conflict between food production and solar energy’

July 4, 2024

Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems essential to human security

July 4, 2024

Local markets key to tackling global hunger crisis

July 3, 2024

Cash management becomes the priority as market pressures mount

July 2, 2024

Scottish Government must ‘work positively with land managers to address climate change’

July 2, 2024

Arla: Danish cow tax shouldn’t apply to ‘farmers working to reduce emissions’

July 2, 2024

Sustainable Farm Network begins work to boost farm knowledge exchange

June 28, 2024

Farming industry feedback shapes further changes to TB testing in Wales

June 28, 2024

Sheep genetics programme hill flock finishing lambs two weeks earlier

June 28, 2024

Regen farmers push back at Denmark’s ‘demonising’ tax on cattle

June 28, 2024

Soil carbon of Irish farms is very high compared to EU soils

June 26, 2024

Food and drink supply chain aims to secure future of British food

June 25, 2024

Have your say on the future of food

June 21, 2024

Soil moisture study opens door for satellite remote sensing

June 21, 2024

Farm slurry and fertilisers drive continuing rise in nitrous oxide emissions

June 21, 2024