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Policy

Less meat, more trees: UK climate advisors urge overhaul of 'unsustainable' farmland management

Committee on Climate Change tells ministers radical change in how land is managed across UK required reach net zero emissions

clock 23 January 2020 • 4 min read
Agriculture Bill: Government targets 'balance between food production and environment'

Legislation

Agriculture Bill: Government targets 'balance between food production and environment'

Defra to table updated Agriculture Bill in Parliament today, promising radical overhaul of 'bureaucratic' EU farming subsidies

clock 16 January 2020 • 7 min read

Policy

Government to 'stand firm' on green standards as it rules out US chlorinated chicken imports

Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers issues firm promise UK will not chicken-out of EU food and environmental standards in US trade deal talks

clock 10 January 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Greener diets: The defining story of the new decade?

A huge number of food retailers are offering meatless menus, marking the start of a decade of disruption for British food and agriculture

clock 02 January 2020 • 6 min read
Currying favour: Concerns rise over threat to UK food standards from US trade deal

Policy

Currying favour: Concerns rise over threat to UK food standards from US trade deal

As XR activists block roads into Westminster, Defra fears the UK may also be blocking chances of an EU trade deal by compromising with the US on environmental standards

clock 07 October 2019 •

Technology

Green farm funding: Government offers £20m pot for net zero farming innovations

Transforming Food Production Challenge aimed at technologies and innovations which seek to cut emissions and boost food production

clock 27 September 2019 • 2 min read
Green New Deal: Government urged to introduce UK Restoration and Rewilding Plan

Biodiversity

Green New Deal: Government urged to introduce UK Restoration and Rewilding Plan

Latest report from Commonwealth think tank argues subsidy reforms and carbon taxes could see a quarter of UK land returned to nature

clock 15 September 2019 • 5 min read

Policy

National Farmers' Union unveils vision for net zero emissions by 2040

Farming trade body sets out aims for habitat restoration, energy crops, meat productivity and government policy support

clock 10 September 2019 • 4 min read
Are UK green standards becoming a bargaining chip in post-Brexit trade negotiations?

Policy

Are UK green standards becoming a bargaining chip in post-Brexit trade negotiations?

Malaysia's offer to UK of preferential trading terms if it breaks with EU palm oil standards after Brexit raises alarm bells for environmental experts

clock 20 August 2019 •

Policy

Have a butchers at this: Suffolk butchers to sell vegan meat alternatives

Thurston Butchers in Bury St Edmonds believes it will be first in the UK to stock plant-based chicken and bacon alternatives from vegan supplier THIS

clock 11 August 2019 • 4 min read
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