Tag: Policy

Scotland’s Flow Country secures World Heritage Site status

August 5, 2024

Government expected to make nutrient neutrality a pre-occupation condition

July 26, 2024

Farm Gate 103: The Wood from the Trees

July 25, 2024

AHDB updates potential benefits of SFI stacking options

July 24, 2024

Key Scottish sectors warned of doubling of drought events by 2050

July 24, 2024

Report shows farming budget cannot meet climate and nature targets

July 24, 2024

Legal challenge targets ‘over-grazing’ of Dartmoor SSSIs

July 23, 2024

Natural capital investment strategy approved by council

July 23, 2024

Logged forests can still have ecological value

July 23, 2024

Agrivoltaics: Integrating solar energy with agriculture

July 22, 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

NFU survey reveals connectivity issues still holding back farmers

July 19, 2024

Cabinet Secretary confirms support available for farmers in 2025

July 18, 2024

Scotland’s rainforest strategy aims to strengthen partnerships

July 18, 2024

Sunnica solar farm development given final consent

July 17, 2024

EA urges farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage

July 17, 2024

Oxford flood alleviation scheme gets the go ahead

July 17, 2024

Farm Gate 102: Can Labour build 1.5m homes in balance with nature?

July 16, 2024

Legal challenge aims to prevent nutrient overload in River Severn

July 16, 2024

First biodiversity net gain deal completed for Braintree District

July 16, 2024

Farming is ‘woven into fabric of Scottish Island communities’

July 16, 2024

Defra urged to continue momentum on small abattoirs

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

Sustainable Farming Scheme: response to consultation

July 12, 2024

Hutton seeks farmer views on return of bluetongue risk

July 12, 2024

First Milk urges science-led approach to grass-based agriculture

July 11, 2024

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

July 11, 2024

Climate Bonds sets out proposals for UK leadership in sustainable finance

July 10, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff podcast – What does Labour’s win mean for food, farming and nature?

July 9, 2024

Government aims to deliver more agricultural mutuals & co-operatives

July 9, 2024

TFA looks for full implementation of Rock Review recommendations

July 9, 2024

Environmental groups welcome end to on-shore wind ban

July 9, 2024

Lanpro welcomes change of approach to planning and development

July 9, 2024

Farmers organisations welcome a ‘reset moment for British agriculture’

July 8, 2024

Resource challenges must be addressed to meet housebuilding commitment

July 8, 2024

Survey reveals lowest arable planted area in more than 20 years

July 8, 2024

NSA says Labour must act to secure rural confidence

July 8, 2024

UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradation of soils

July 8, 2024

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

July 5, 2024

Groundswell visitors say regen farming should become new normal

July 5, 2024

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

July 4, 2024

Decision day for 46.5m electors in the UK

July 4, 2024

AHDB expands global horizons hosting international Nuffield Scholars

July 3, 2024

Local markets key to tackling global hunger crisis

July 3, 2024

Why Denmark’s cow carbon tax is deeply misguided

July 3, 2024

Wild boar found with five times more ‘forever chemicals’ than humans allowed to eat

July 2, 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

8.9 Newsweek – UK Election Interviews

June 28, 2024

Sustainable Farm Network begins work to boost farm knowledge exchange

June 28, 2024

EARA co-founder calls for direct payments coupled with agroecological outcomes

June 28, 2024

Farming industry feedback shapes further changes to TB testing in Wales

June 28, 2024

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

June 28, 2024

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill Must Deliver Balance Between Landlords and Tenants

June 27, 2024

Farmer knowledge at centre of new regen dairy training course

June 27, 2024

Double British fruit and veg to fix diets and tackle nature crisis

June 27, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff – UK Election Special: What’s on offer?

June 26, 2024

New book says we must cut trees down to solve climate crisis

June 26, 2024

Exclusive: Author, Paul Brannen, explains why he wrote Timber!

June 26, 2024

Fly-tipping as bad as ever as Channel 4 highlights shocking impact

June 25, 2024

High levels of woodland creation recorded in Scotland

June 25, 2024

8.9 Newsweek podcast – Peter Byck: “AMP grazing smells amazing, it sounds amazing”

June 21, 2024

Supreme Court judgment may end UK fossil fuel extraction

June 21, 2024

NHS Orkney roll out ‘Nature prescriptions’

June 21, 2024

Soil moisture study opens door for satellite remote sensing

June 21, 2024

New ISO will capture ‘overall GHG dynamics of wood-based products’

June 20, 2024

Fruit farmers can predict crop yields with AI

June 20, 2024

NSA excluded from Welsh SFS Roundtable

June 20, 2024

Scottish Agriculture Bill to become law

June 20, 2024

Soil fauna fundamentally alters carbon storage potential

June 20, 2024

Gender inequality, food and climate are interconnected

June 19, 2024

New NFU Cymru campaign seeks public support for the future of Welsh food

June 19, 2024

Report shares farmer perspectives on large carnivore reintroductions

June 19, 2024

Wales legislates to tackle Bovine Viral Diarrhoea

June 18, 2024

Final green light given to EU Nature Restoration Law

June 18, 2024

Moorland management has ‘key role’ to play in delivering for nature

June 17, 2024

FAO showcases down to earth solutions for regenerating desert

June 17, 2024

Four tenant farming priorities for the next Westminster government

June 14, 2024

‘To unblock development, parties must prioritise nature and climate’, say NGOs

June 13, 2024

Rainforest wildlife under threat as below-canopy temperatures rise

June 13, 2024

The Greens say, “Our food system is failing” and would triple funding for farmers

June 13, 2024

Soil essential to Canada’s economic, environmental, human and social health

June 12, 2024

Investing in nature could deliver 20 times return on investment

June 12, 2024

Conservatives will build on food, farming and nature achievements

June 12, 2024

Reducing forests to carbon sinks poses risks

June 11, 2024

NFU Cymru sets out Welsh agriculture’s asks of next UK Government

June 11, 2024

Lib Dems promise £1 billion extra for farmers

June 11, 2024