Farmers
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?
Intensive chicken production risks breaking welfare laws
Animal welfare campaigners have warned chicken farmers they could be breaking the law by rearing fast-growing breeds. The Humane League UK (THL UK) has sent letters to 1,600 chicken farmers across the UK along with the four largest poultry producers…
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…
