Oxford Farming Conference

  • Andrea Leadsom’s post-Brexit vision for UK food and farming is clear as mud

    Andrea Leadsom’s post-Brexit vision for UK food and farming is clear as mud

    Listening to Andrea Leadsom address the Oxford Farming Conference on Monday, it was hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for the Defra Secretary of State. It wasn’t just the unfortunate opening observation that farming had been around “as… Read More

  • News Review

    FOOD WASTE effecting wildlife; new look DEFRA; $1B in organic sales; overcapacity in foodservice and climate denial not dead.                           Food waste putting birds and fish at peril… Read More

  • Push for GM continues

    THE ENVIRONMENT Secretary, Owen Paterson, used his speech at the Oxford Farming Conference to once-again promote the role of genetically modified (GM) foods.   Paterson, who in December said GM “would be a good thing” highlighted the growing number of… Read More