Nick Hughes
Manufacturers pledge to publish healthy sales data
Five leading food and drink manufacturers sought to get ahead of the regulatory curve this week by pledging to publish data on the healthiness of their product portfolios
What do farmers think about climate policy?
Charlie Taverner of the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission tells Nick why farmers in England have lost faith in climate policy, and how government and businesses can help rebuild that trust with the people who produce our food.
Will Burnham warm to food and climate agenda?
As the new prime minister spends his early days in office focusing on living standards, could it be that the most useful clues to his views on food policy are to be found in his past?
Is Defra really ready for food supply shocks?
Rich Sullivan-Jones of the National Audit Office shares the key findings from the government watchdog’s new report on Defra’s readiness to respond to food supply chain disruptions
Fears for Scottish Food Commission after integration
The eyes of food policy watchers were cast north of the border this week as the Scottish Government announced its programme for government for the next five years
The kitchen staple facing a horror harvest
Ben Collins of the British Onion Producers’ Association highlights the risk to yields from this summer’s extreme weather and calls for supply chain support to build long-term resilience
Ministers meet to discuss extreme weather
Ministers from Defra and the Department for Health and Social Care along with officials from the Environment Agency joined Burnham to discuss the immediate threat from wildfires and pressure on water supplies
Farming enters ‘climate doop loop’
The brown fields and dry rivers have told their own story, but the data crunchers at the Met Office have now confirmed what we can see with our own eyes
Is deforestation law finally ready to fly?
Under pressure from businesses and campaigners, UK ministers are at last set to crack down on illegal forest loss linked to key food commodities
Citizens demand food system change
As new Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues to set his agenda for government, public polling has shown overwhelming support to put a healthy, fair and more sustainable food system at the heart of his plans
