Opinion and blogs

Get farming into schools: "When we look at our national curriculum and who now holds power over it, the glaring absence of food, farming and climate education speaks volumes"

Get farming into schools: "When we look at our national curriculum and who now holds power over it, the glaring absence of food, farming and climate education speaks volumes"

Olivia Shave, founder of Eco Ewe and campaigner for food and farming education in schools, explains why embedding these topics onto the national curriculum is essential for public health, the environment and future generations

Blogs
Emily Ashworth
clock 25 September 2025 • 5 min read
Livestock

Young Dog Handler Focus - Victoria Graham: "Each dog has been a huge part of my life"

clock 25 September 2025 • 2 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Crossing the divide - MPs fighting farmers' corner, but what do party members think?

clock 24 September 2025 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Ben Fenemore: "Farmers support their communities"

clock 24 September 2025 • 3 min read
Farm Safety

EXCLUSIVE - Jill Hewitt on farm safety: "How much loss do we need to bear to create meaningful and lasting culture change which will save lives?"

clock 23 September 2025 • 4 min read
Blogs

OPINION: Why is the focus on cutting out meat when it should be on eliminating ultra processed foods?

clock 22 September 2025 • 1 min read
Dairy

In your field: Alan Carter - "Quite a few of the cows have been early this year"

clock 22 September 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "We are working very comfortable hours currently, at around 40 a week"

Arable

In your field: Dan Hawes - "We are working very comfortable hours currently, at around 40 a week"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops.

clock 21 September 2025 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Liz Webster - "Neither Trump nor Starmer is on the side of farmers"

Politics

Farming Matters: Liz Webster - "Neither Trump nor Starmer is on the side of farmers"

Liz Webster is a mixed arable and beef farmer in Gloucestershire and founder of the campaign group Save British Farming

clock 20 September 2025 • 3 min read
Organic September: "Despite the demand and exciting possibilities, organic farmland in the UK remains static at 3%"

Blogs

Organic September: "Despite the demand and exciting possibilities, organic farmland in the UK remains static at 3%"

Jerry Alford, farming advisor for arable and soils at Soil Association, talks about the demand for organic produce despite the lack of support for organic practices

clock 19 September 2025 • 3 min read