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  • Why Farming Matters

    …to the nation’s economy, environment and our health.   In contradiction to the idea that food production is one of the major scourges on the environment, the NFU firmly believes that agriculture is actually part of the solution to climate…

  • Cutting The Crop

    In her first interview as Environment Secretary,Caroline Spelman, who has a background in biotech lobbying, has indicated the new coalition government’s unprecedented pro-GM stance, backing wider selling and growing of so called ‘Frankenfood’ and bringing this highly contentious issue once…

  • What Price on the Future?

    There is also good evidence to show that environmental initiatives are producing business efficiencies that are enabling firms to gain a competitive edge and, subsequently, creating greater value for shareholders.

  • Meat of the Matter

    With increasing demand for protein from those parts of the world where a vegetable-based diet has been the historical norm, questions are being raised as to the environmental impact of the burgeoning livestock industry.   You name it, whether we…

  • Why the Status Quo is Unsustainable

    Businesses are keen to find a solution to a more sustainable industry without actually understanding why the status quo is ultimately unsustainable.   What is sustainability? What does this overused word, synonymous with all environmental issues, actually mean? The most…

  • Parallel Lines: Could there be a relationship between Obesity and Food Waste?

                  I hope I’m not overstepping my mandate here, but I cannot help but feel that the strong correlation between obesity and food waste just has to be faced.   According to the World…

  • Caring for the environment can mean very different things to different people.

    At one of the recent, gloriously over the top, industry awards ceremonies, I was confronted by a somewhat inebriated man, who turned out to be a journalist on a recognised trade magazine. Amongst other prejudices, he asked what I possibly…

  • A Major Vision

    A global food crisis could mean a future in which ‘local’ is focal, says Nick Fenwicke-Clennell “Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers…

  • Can restaurants support UK sustainability efforts?

    Sustainability is all about sourcing locally. Sourcing good quality local produce is hard work as you have to go out and find it – it doesn’t always come to you. It is a long process, but one which over the…

  • Man – The Mystery Animal

    James Samson, UK Brand Manager of Champagne Louis Roederer, dips into the ancient past and demonstrates that thoughts about sustainability are not exclusively contemporary.   Man is at heart a dreamer. However close to the gods he may sit in…