agriculture

  • Egg challenge not quite cracked

    Egg challenge not quite cracked

    UK food businesses continue to lead the way in sourcing cage-free eggs from laying hens, however reaching 100% compliance remains a step too far for many

  • Rockets and feathers

    Rockets and feathers

    What goes up must come down. Although in the case of food prices, the descent is likely to be far slower than the journey to the summit

  • A risky business

    A risky business

    Large food businesses should be required to show how they are planning for climate risk, according to a major new report on climate adaptation

  • Minette Batters: Who pays for change? Farming, foodservice and the fight for a viable future

    Minette Batters: Who pays for change? Farming, foodservice and the fight for a viable future

    Minette Batters — farmer, broadcaster, former NFU President and now crossbench peer — has spent her career making the case that farming and food policy are inseparable. She’s done it in the media, in parliament and on the land

  • A plan for the land

    A plan for the land

    England’s first ever land use framework aims to maintain domestic food production while freeing land for nature, development and energy. Can it carry off such a delicate balancing act?

  • Farmers get desperate as ministers primed to step in

    FARMING LEADERS have gone hoarse in recent days calling for “seismic change” in the way food is sold.                           Now they have published an action plan to avoid…

  • 60 billion Euros are lost in food supply chain

    A NEW REPORT from Dutch multinational bank Rabobank has revealed that the waste in the European Food and Agriculture (F&A) supply chain is as much as 60 billion euros a year.                  …

  • UK faces agriculture crisis

    THE NATIONAL FARMERS Union (NFU) will announce that the UK is set to face a crisis in its agriculture production outputs if more is not done to invest in farming.                    …

  • EGGS CAN BE EATEN PAST BEST BEFORE

    THE FOOD Standards Agency has given a huge endorsement to the safety of British eggs by relaxing its advice on using eggs after their best before date. The Agency, which had previously stated that all eggs must be used within…

  • Footprint Forum at Fruit Towers: Report, Videos, Presentations

    Full report, video and presentations now available for registered users:  Click here .  To register for FREE Click here   The Footprint Forum went to Fruit Towers on 23 November.  A report, the presentations and video featuring speakers and delegate insights into…