Legislation

Industry has slammed ‘biased’ research which claims ending animal agriculture and planting trees on the empty fields is the ‘best and most immediate chance’ to slow climate change.

Industry has slammed biased research which claims ending animal agriculture and planting trees on the empty fields is the best and most immediate chance to slow climate change.

Efforts to push lab grown meat have been described as seriously misplaced, after new research showed almost half of adults (43 per cent) are unwilling to eat it.

Efforts to push lab grown meat have been described as ‘seriously misplaced’, after new research showed almost half of adults (43 per cent) are unwilling to eat it.

Government officials and advisors were wrong to tell the sheep sector to follow the business model set by the pig and poultry industries, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has said.

The Governments failure to properly support nature-based solutions risks undermining the agricultural sector and net zero ambitions, a House of Lords report has warned.

The Government’s failure to properly support nature-based solutions risks undermining the agricultural sector and net zero ambitions, a House of Lords report has warned.

The NFU has urged the Government to set out a long-term vision for the future of upland farming in England, amid concerns the sector will face an ‘income crisis’ due to the loss of direct support.

A culture of total risk aversion in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and foot-dragging in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.

A culture of ‘total risk aversion’ in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and ‘foot-dragging’ in Defra is holding back progress in the farming sector, industry leaders have warned.