Sustainable Farming

According to a well known former Farmers Guardian journalist who spent more than 40 years with the title, one of the biggest changes in UK farming from the 1970s onwards was the rise of the environmental agenda and how it influenced policy. 

Farmers must go further than focussing on reducing and offsetting emissions to properly combat the climate emergency and adopt ‘net zero plus’ ambitions.

Despite challenges brought on by Covid-19, Harper Adams University continues to make strides with its Hands Free Farm project. Jane Carley catches up with its progress.

Cumbrian farmers have highlighted a ‘catalogue of errors’ by the Environment Agency (EA) and Rivers Trust in their approaches to water management and flooding.

The supermarket expects to launch net zero carbon eggs in 2022 and beef in 2025

The supermarket expects to launch net zero carbon eggs in 2022 and beef in 2025

It comes as the John Lewis Partnership becomes the first retailer to sign up to HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta

It comes as the John Lewis Partnership becomes the first retailer to sign up to HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta

Amidst the unprecedented turmoil of the Scottish political scene, NFU Scotland has attempted to move the focus away from the current Holyrood battlefield on to the forthcoming parliamentary election on May 6.

The UK Government announced in June 2019 its aim to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, and in response the NFU announced its net zero by 2040 pledge.