Food Security
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…
Voluntary agreements won’t deliver food security
FOOD BUSINESSES want more regulation to help them tackle issues linked to sustainability, including food security. In their research for a new report, published today, WWF and the Food Ethics Council…
The year 2015?
THE GENERAL election will undoubtedly eat up much of the media and rhetorical space in the next few months. There will be much puff and little policy. But will environmental issues reappear on the radar? …
India and US reach agreement on food security issues
FOLLOWING DISAGREEMENTS over food subsidy rules, India and the US have resolved their dispute and agreed on a trade deal. It is estimated the breakthrough could lead to a global…
Courtauld 2025: helping the food and drink sector become more resilient
THE DEMAND for food is increasing globally – according to WRAP and is expected to increase by 60% by 2050, creating challenges and impacts that need to be addressed. WRAP has…
DEFRA leadership key to long-term UK food security, say MP’s
EXTREME WEATHER events and increased demand for foodstuffs from emerging economies such as China need DEFRA leadership to guarantee the UK’s long-term food security, say MPs. Launching…
Safeguarding seafood by managing our seas
INCREASING CONCERNS about ‘food security’ for the UK, alongside dwindling public investment in fisheries research has led some to question how we can meet future knowledge needs to sustainably manage our seas. …
Steve Osborn: Leatherhead Food’s business innovation manager
2014 SUSTAINABILITY Trends: Food Security Assuring a sustainable supply of food is set to present one of the grand challenges of the next decade and an essential…
