Sustainable Farming

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for a rethink of the way farm animals are fed, branding the current approach ‘inherently inefficient’.

Action was needed to enable farmers to properly benefit from the emerging carbon market, the Chartered Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) conference was told.

A progress report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has outlined major failures which will prevent the UK Government from hitting its net zero by 2050 target. Charlie Hawes reports.

Three thirty-second videos on climate change, biodiversity, and plastics and packaging have been created to showcase ‘how progressive dairy in the UK really is’

A new study has found the climate impact of food miles has been underestimated by 3.5-7.5 times, with transport accounting for 19 per cent of total food system emissions.

More than 12 million people in rural communities risk being sidelined by the Government’s Levelling Up policy, a new study has found.

The possibility of a global system to measure food sustainability at the farm level is edging closer.

The possibility of a global system to measure food sustainability at the farm level is edging closer.

Tough legislation will be needed to hold companies, organisations and Government to account on their green promises to farmers and consumers.

Scottish Government statistics released this week showed agricultural greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2.9 per cent between 2019 and 2020.