agriculture

Supply chain

Monsanto's Climate Corporation to expand smart farming platform

Agriculture giant's high-tech farming subsidiary touts digital data tool as the 'Amazon.com of agriculture'

clock 19 August 2016 • 2 min read

Policy

Campaign to Protect Rural England adds to calls for green farming subsidy overhaul

Campaign group publishes new report arguing post-Brexit reform of farm subsidies could lead to healthier countryside and reduced climate impact

clock 18 August 2016 • 2 min read

Marketing

We need to talk about meat

Trewin Restorick wonders if it is possible to make the case for less meat-intensive diets without sparking howls of outrage from meat-lovers?

clock 17 August 2016 • 3 min read

Legislation

Budget cuts threaten to weaken powers of England's nature watchdog

Leaked documents and sources show Natural England will use its legal powers less and seek funding from the private companies it is meant to keep in check

clock 16 August 2016 • 5 min read

Politics

Green economy relief? Government safeguards EU science and agricultural funding post-Brexit

Treasury promises to underwrite Horizon 2020 research funding and match subsidies from Common Agricultural Policy for UK farmers to 2020

clock 15 August 2016 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Are farmers in England taking climate change seriously enough?

More than half of 2,000 farms in England surveyed by Defra do not consider greenhouse gas emissions in their decisions on crops, land and livestock

clock 11 August 2016 • 7 min read

Policy

National Trust calls for complete reform of British farm subsidies

Proposals would see the basic income support system of subsidies scrapped and farmers being paid out of public funds for environmental services

clock 04 August 2016 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Impossible Foods' plant-based burger goes on sale in New York

Hailed as the most realistic plant-based burger ever developed, the laboratory creation is now on sale at cult New York restaurant chain Momofuku

clock 29 July 2016 • 2 min read

Technology

From GMOs to robots, the fight over the future of food is here

Labour shortages, bioengineering and the ill-effects of climate change are just the beginning when it comes to feeding a surging global population

clock 22 July 2016 • 5 min read

Legislation

Leadsom faces post-Brexit anger from both farmers and environmentalists

Emily Lydgate of the University of Sussex argues leaving the Common Agricultural Policy presents a big opportunity, but also comes with daunting challenges

clock 21 July 2016 • 4 min read