Tax ‘unhealthy and inhumane’ food to support quality farmers | Farmers Guardian
This article first appeared on the Farmers Guardian following our Turning the Food System Round session with Compassion in World Farming, you can view the original here. Unhealthy food produced in an ‘inhumane’ way should…
Leon restaurants co-founder to lead review of UK food system | The Guardian
This article first appeared on The Guardian, you can view the original here. Henry Dimbleby, a co-founder of the restaurant chain Leon, has been appointed by the government to lead a landmark review of Britain’s…
Radical ambition needed for UK food and farming | Horticulture Week
This article first appeared on Horticulture Week after the APPG’s Green Brexit session, you can view the original post here. Britain can only deliver a “Green Brexit” and become the “environmental superpower” government has promised…
Intensive agriculture is damaging English soil health | The Scottish Farmer
The article was first published on The Scottish Farmer, you can view the original here. Four million hectares of soil are at risk of compaction due to intensive agricultural practices in England and Wales –…
Organic campaigner – how profit and sustainability can work | Farmers Weekly
This article was first published by the Farmers Weekly, you can view the original here. Achieving more sustainable food production in the UK will require a “carrot and stick” approach, but with more emphasis on…
It’s clear the UK’s farming model is not sustainable, we need an alternative | Caroline Lucas MP
This opinion piece by APPG officer Caroline Lucas MP first appeared on Politics Home, you can view the original here. One of the privileges of representing Brighton Pavilion is that the constituency includes part of…
Councils should be banned from selling off county farms | Farmers Guardian
This article was published in the Farmers Guardian following our session on the future of county farms, you can access the original here. Labour’s Shadow Farming Minister David Drew has said councils should be banned…
County farms must improve opportunity for tenant progression | Farmers Weekly
This article in the Farmers Weekly followed our session on the future of county farms, you can access the original here. County councils need to create more opportunities for tenants to progress to larger units…
‘It’s a groundswell’: the farmers fighting to save the Earth’s soil | Guardian
This article was first published on the Guardian, you can access the original here. John Cherry bends down and takes a handful of soil in his hands, brings it up to his face and breathes…
Environment groups resign from government’s pesticides forum | Farmers Weekly
This article was originally published on the Farmers Weekly, it can be accessed here. The RSPB and a number of other environmental groups have resigned from the government’s pesticides forum, claiming voluntary efforts to reduce…