food
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…
Carrot approach won’t cut food waste, say MPs
The next government must set a national food waste target and force businesses to separate their food waste, according to a new report published by the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The cross-party group of MPs said supermarkets should…
