Tag: Food system

Hen Harrier numbers improve, but more to be done

April 8, 2024

Government must deliver promised flood support, says CLA

April 5, 2024

No food security without resilience

April 5, 2024

Wine Society launches Climate & Nature Programme

April 5, 2024

Urgent need for new approach to combat global grassland degradation

April 5, 2024

Changes in antibiotic classification are not “green light” for increased use

April 4, 2024

Scottish Government seeks views on banning the use of cages

April 4, 2024

Line-up announced for Farm and Food Lit Fest

April 4, 2024

Farmers demand Universal Basic Income

April 3, 2024

Neurosis about contamination is threatening local food

April 3, 2024

First Milk further rewards its regenerative dairy producers

April 3, 2024

In-field crop diversity could deliver ecological resilience

April 3, 2024

RCF champions mental health and sustainability

April 2, 2024

Research finds ten times more pests in insecticide-treated corn fields

April 2, 2024

NFFN unveils UK general election manifesto

March 28, 2024

Seven smart financial strategies we see from top farmers

March 28, 2024

“Slurry pollution as damaging as sewage”

March 28, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Wye chicken? Unlocking nature finance – And special guest: Rob Yorke

March 27, 2024

Farm data to help inform buying decisions by public bodies

March 27, 2024

Government rejects EAC call to prohibit products linked to deforestation

March 27, 2024

Grass-fed beef is healthier than beef from forage-based diets

March 27, 2024

Agroforestry Open Weekend 2024 coming soon

March 26, 2024

New book addresses aquatic food security

March 26, 2024

Government caps land area used for six key SFI payments

March 26, 2024

€30 million portfolio to accelerate and scale regenerative agriculture

March 26, 2024

Future Farming funding boost to sugar beet innovation

March 25, 2024

Government urged to deliver for UK food security

March 25, 2024

Incentivise farmers to tackle river pollution, report says

March 25, 2024

Bayer and Trinity Agtech join forces to drive regen practices

March 22, 2024

New Welsh First Minister offers opportunity for reset

March 22, 2024

Questions remain over England’s plan for improving soil health

March 22, 2024

Royal Forestry Society seeks 10 Agroforestry Woodland Officers

March 21, 2024

UK invests in monitoring of natural environment

March 20, 2024

First Milk aims to “make dairy a force for good”

March 20, 2024

RAU offers masters degree in agroecology

March 20, 2024

Class-action-style claim takes on chicken giant, Avara

March 20, 2024

Pasturebird founder asks, “Are vegans stupid?”

March 20, 2024

Industry-wide assurance review officially launched

March 19, 2024

Open Farm Sunday seeks more host farmers

March 19, 2024

“Drastic reduction” in UK cereal cropped areas

March 18, 2024

Scottish Government introduces Land Reform Bill

March 18, 2024

Thousands of species set to benefit from new government funding

March 18, 2024

Challenge to Environment Agency over axing of pledge to test sewage sludge

March 15, 2024

Nuffield report explores successful cattle health schemes

March 15, 2024

“Nimbyism is holding rural communities back”

March 14, 2024

Carbon footprints fall when nutritional value is considered

March 14, 2024

Research farm opens its gates for Climate Week

March 14, 2024

Adaptive grazing delivers optimal pathways for soil carbon sequestration

March 14, 2024

Inclusion as a key goal in the transformation of food systems

March 14, 2024

LENs secures investment into regenerative agriculture in Yorkshire

March 13, 2024

Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks

March 13, 2024

Defra launches proposals to make food labelling clearer and fairer

March 13, 2024

First Milk announces April milk price increase

March 12, 2024

Improving nutrient use and reducing nitrate and phosphate pollution in the Broads

March 12, 2024

New Lab calls for a transformation of the financial system to achieve just transition

March 12, 2024

The world’s most prolific carbon-fixing enzyme is slowly getting better

March 12, 2024

Tenant Farmers’ Association “bitterly disappointed” by inheritance tax decision

March 11, 2024

New widening participation programme launched to support future vets

March 11, 2024

Wales: Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation closes

March 11, 2024

Updated carbon offsetting principles aim to combat greenwashing

March 11, 2024

Land-based education can help tackle ecological crisis

March 11, 2024

No single stretch of river in England or NI in “good ecological health”

March 8, 2024

Farmers aim to cull Red Tractor’s Greener Farms Commitment

March 7, 2024

Effects of climate change vary with gender, wealth and age

March 7, 2024

New Foundation Farms reaches £1 million in equity funding

March 7, 2024

White paper connects regenerative agriculture with nutrient density

March 7, 2024

“Cities, like feedlots, need to import food and water from afar”

March 7, 2024

Morrisons launch Sustainable Farm Network to support farmers on net zero journey

March 6, 2024

Good soil management reduces the “high risk of conventional grazing”

March 6, 2024

EA warns poor crop-management could increase flooding and pollution

March 5, 2024

New paradigm in soil science shows vast potential for carbon storage

March 5, 2024

Farmers look to help rivers by cutting plough use in maize trials

March 4, 2024

Largest-ever Scottish seagrass planting programme

March 4, 2024

“Allow hedges as woodland and reward farmers for planting trees” says Holden

March 4, 2024

Hinkley Point C in “flagrant disregard for major fish kill potential”

March 4, 2024

Carbon capture could increase biomethane production by ~70%

March 1, 2024

Saving Scotland’s soft fruit with science

March 1, 2024

Chancellor urged to deliver stability for farmers

March 1, 2024

NFFN Cymru unveils five-point plan for Welsh Government

March 1, 2024

Government policy “inconsistent” and failing to deliver on farm antibiotic use

February 28, 2024

European citizens face exposure to pesticides through fruit and veg

February 28, 2024

LEAF calls for the agri-food sector to unite to address the climate crisis

February 28, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff – BNG, Organic markets, £1bn from the Lib Dems and special guest: Andy Heald

February 27, 2024

Cogent breeding now genetics partner of Gamechanger beef supply chain

February 27, 2024

Food and farming policies “fettered by neoliberal economics” says SDP

February 26, 2024

Outdated carbon accounting tools hold back environmental progress

February 26, 2024

NFFN launches practical guide to integrated pest management

February 26, 2024

African Development Bank policies “undermining biodiversity”

February 23, 2024

NFU elects new presidential team

February 23, 2024

Liberal Democrats promise £1bn extra for English farmers

February 23, 2024