Sustainable Farming

From the editor: The true cost of a sustainable food system – and who pays it?

Sustainable Farming

From the editor: The true cost of a sustainable food system – and who pays it?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

clock 05 February 2026 • 2 min read
Farmer and flood victims join forces to plant 100,000 trees

Environment

Farmer and flood victims join forces to plant 100,000 trees

Every winter for the last five years, the ‘Talybont Floodees’ have planted trees alongside Welsh farmer Rhodri Lloyd-Williams

clock 05 February 2026 • 4 min read
In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

Conservation

In your field: Dan Jones – "What concerns me is when conservation grazing is spoken about as if farmers are simply service providers"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland that rises up 208 metres (682 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill

clock 01 February 2026 • 3 min read
The power of poo: Cows could be central to Labour's future renewable energy ambitions

Energy

The power of poo: Cows could be central to Labour's future renewable energy ambitions

Government Ministers have been urged to reap the rewards from biomethane and understand how it could play a crucial role in supporting farmers and the UK's aim to become a clean energy superpower

clock 17 January 2026 • 3 min read
Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

Sustainable Farming

Farming Matters – Adrian Carne: "If we keep using the word regen in British ag we must treat it as a verifiable promise"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Adrian Carne, chair of Pasture for Life, former managing director of Yeo Valley and former chair of UK Organic

clock 10 January 2026 • 3 min read
Road to regen – Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "We have also been incredibly lucky to find a farming opportunity in the Cotswolds"

Sustainable Farming

Road to regen – Silas Hedley-Lawrence: "We have also been incredibly lucky to find a farming opportunity in the Cotswolds"

Silas Hedley-Lawrence is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that increase biodiversity and soil health. Silas is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort

clock 23 December 2025 • 6 min read
Festive icon saved: Farmers help revive turtle dove numbers

Farming With Nature

Festive icon saved: Farmers help revive turtle dove numbers

Operation Turtle Dove sees record numbers volunteer in order to save threatened species

clock 21 December 2025 • 2 min read
Regen special: Pasture for Life highlights customer demand for regen products

Sustainable Farming

Regen special: Pasture for Life highlights customer demand for regen products

With customers wanting to know more about where their food comes from, pasture-based farming creates a market for produce with high animal welfare standards and environmental benefits

clock 13 December 2025 • 2 min read
Ireland leads the way with EU carbon farming framework

Climate Change

Ireland leads the way with EU carbon farming framework

New consultation aims to deliver for livestock farmers and the environment

clock 24 November 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: "Farmers deserve honest climate debate, not misleading attacks"

Climate Change

Letters: "Farmers deserve honest climate debate, not misleading attacks"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Dr M. Simpson, senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield, strongly refutes a recent letter

clock 11 November 2025 • 2 min read