Food security

Geopolitical tensions must 'strengthen' case to increase British food production

Politics

Geopolitical tensions must 'strengthen' case to increase British food production

Farmers have called on Government to recognise that funding on the nation's defence must also include strengthening food security

clock 18 June 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Farm Life

Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Stephen Ramsden, Harrogate, discusses UK food security following news that lamb and beef production have fallen significantly in recent decades

clock 17 June 2025 • 1 min read
Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

Environment

Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chris Clark, first generation Yorkshire upland farmer and author

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
Rural Education Matters – Olivia Shave: "I am here to disrupt, to call out the powers that be, and to fight for the future of British food and farming"

Education

Rural Education Matters – Olivia Shave: "I am here to disrupt, to call out the powers that be, and to fight for the future of British food and farming"

Rural education campaigner Olivia Shave writes about how farmers are being sidelined in the debate around a ban on junk food advertising

clock 04 June 2025 • 4 min read
Solar infrastructure being 'pushed' on rural communities without consideration for food security

Politics

Solar infrastructure being 'pushed' on rural communities without consideration for food security

Farmers have grown concerned that Government's clean energy ambitions is posing a risk to food production, food security and the aesthetic of the countryside

clock 24 May 2025 • 7 min read
Top five takeaways for farmers from Trump's trade deal with the UK

Politics

Top five takeaways for farmers from Trump's trade deal with the UK

Supermarkets, politicians and industry leaders have all had their say on the US/UK trade deal signed on May 8, but will the impact reach your farm gate?

clock 17 May 2025 • 5 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Kurtz: "Farmers deserve a Government that champions them, not undermines them"

Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Kurtz: "Farmers deserve a Government that champions them, not undermines them"

The MS for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire writes about his reappointment as Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, SFS, and why the Welsh Conservatives stand side by side with farmers on Inheritance Tax reforms

clock 13 May 2025 • 4 min read
US Ag Secretary says chlorinated chicken is a 'myth' US needs to dispel

Politics

US Ag Secretary says chlorinated chicken is a 'myth' US needs to dispel

Brooke Rollins has defended US animal welfare standards, revealing America will seek opportunities in pig and poultry markets

clock 13 May 2025 • 3 min read
VE DAY SPECIAL: "I remember them being very strict about rations, especially as we had our own pigs"

Farm Life

VE DAY SPECIAL: "I remember them being very strict about rations, especially as we had our own pigs"

In this VE Day special, Betty Wilkinson who was born in 1936 in Lancashire,

clock 09 May 2025 • 2 min read
May 9: President Donald Trump hails trade agreement with UK as 'big deal' for US farmers and Sir Keir Starmer says British food standards are not 'compromised'

Farming in Five

May 9: President Donald Trump hails trade agreement with UK as 'big deal' for US farmers and Sir Keir Starmer says British food standards are not 'compromised'

clock 09 May 2025 • 1 min read