food security

UK start-up Phytoform is developing 'browning-resistant' potatoes and ultra productive tomatoes - could lab-developed, precision breeding hold the key to a more climate resilient food system?

UK consumers face higher chocolate prices this Easter as a result of climate change-driven extreme weather, research warns

Open letter from farmers and politicians also calls for SFI budget to be reopened and expanded in order to provide certainty and support for nature-friendly farming

New UK National Action Plan on Pesticides includes UK-wide goal to reduce environmental risk from pesticides by 10 per cent by 2030

New report from Food, Farming, and Countryside Commission urges government to act now to fix food system as costs to nature and health are 'piling up'

Major consultation exercise aims to shape new strategy to ensure UK delivers on food security, clean energy, nature, and housing goals, but government promises it 'will not tell people what to do'

The Wildlife Trusts new briefing calls on the government to show urgent leadership to protect farming, food security, and nature in England

The government's Food Security Report points to a worsening outlook that suggests a major overhaul of domestic and global food systems is urgently needed

Two new studies reveal how genes from wild plants could be used to breed new climate-resilient crops

Inflation may have fallen, but a new report highlights how the UK's high dependency on fossil fuel and food imports leaves it at major risk of climate-related price shocks