Sustainable Farming

China was facing potential damage to its wheat crop, essential infrastructure and the threat of the ‘rapid spread’ of African swine fever (ASF) following extreme flooding in the Henan province.

When it comes to land use in Scotland much attention is focused on increasing forestry cover, but the Scottish Government’s plans for peatland restoration are equally ambitious.

Projects to create new woodland, deliver natural flood risk management and improve water quality are among an initial 27 schemes to benefit from a new fund to drive private investment in nature, Defra and Natural England have announced.

A cohort of farmers is calling on the Environment Agency to take action on a stretch of river before more homes are flooded and crops and wildlife habitats destroyed.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund in conjunction with McDonalds UK has launched a new guide aimed at helping farmers and suppliers understand more about climate change.

The ‘backbone of Britain’s rural communities’ will be broken if small farms are allowed to go bust, Prince Charles has warned.

The UK Government has promised to launch a consultation on public procurement this summer, with a view to buying more local food.

What is in the meaning of a word? I ask because if you look at the meaning of ‘sustainable’ in the Collins English Dictionary it states it is something ‘which conserves an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources’.

It may come as little surprise that New Zealand is now eyeing tariff free access to the UK in wake of the Australia trade deal.

Farming unions have expressed their disappointment at the failure to provide further detail about global sustainability policies at the G7 summit.