food

An open letter has been written to the Prime Minister urging him to reconnect children with 'healthy and nutritious food' produced on farms ultra-processed foods 'robbing' children from 'enjoyment' of healthy eating

Mr Sunak urged more retailers to introduce the tool for consumers

The Labour leader said he wants 50 per cent of public food spend to be on food produced locally or certified to higher environmental standards

NFU has published its manifesto ahead of the next general election urging all political parties to support policies which back British food and farming

Speaking at CLA conference, she said the most important thing was collaboration, shared risk and working with the supply base, and ultimately the farmers, to build business resilience

The Environmental Audit Committee argued the framework must set out how land will balance producing food in a sustainable way that supports a resilient food system, while also responding to environmental change

He said the cull would continue in the short term, adding there was enough reason to see it was a way of ‘preventing transmission'. But he added it was not a ‘sustainable answer to the problem' and wanted to work with farmers to develop the cattle vaccine

According to British Sugar, the only outstanding contract term which was in dispute was the 'Futures Contract'. They said they will reopen both the contract and seed order screens on Monday, 18th December so growers can confirm their intentions

Rami Baitieh, chief executive of Morrisons, said the move 'backed Britain's farmers and the high quality food they produce'

The report recommended the Government to fund the widespread, standardised testing of soil through its Environmental Land Management schemes and to work with industry on an agreed set of metrics of soil health by next year