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Winchester MP Danny Chambers writes on rural isolation, why farmers struggle to access healthcare support, and how the Government could roll out a farm gate mental health programme to help farmers receive vital well-being services

South Shropshire MP Stuart Anderson writes on the invaluable role of rural churches in farming communities, and why they are currently under threat after the Government slashed annual funding by nearly £20m, in what the Conservatives have dubbed the 'Worship Tax'

This Christmas, rural organisations are hosting local events to bring together agricultural communities in a bid to tackle the winter blues

Dairy products including yoghurt drinks and chocolate milk could fall foul of new rules as Gov says tax will cut obesity rates and raise £40m for Treasury

This week's guest host Ben Aveling, along with FG's Alex Black and Jane Thynne, discuss IHT one year on from the Budget. Where are we 12 months later?

The Roadmap for Resilience says what is required is a radical transformation, at a scale and pace not seen since the Second World War

Digital editor Emily Ashworth looks at the rise of meat free Mondays, when the real health problem lies in the power of ultra processed foods

75-year-old farmer David Evans has been treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy at Swansea's Singleton Hospital after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year

Campaigners are taking the fight for farming education to Westminster as the first cross-sector roundtable to explore how food, farming, nature and wellbeing can be embedded into education takes place

In 2023 the Department of Health and Social care drafted changes to its guidelines so that retailers would be encouraged to put promotions on whole and minimally processed foods – until it changed them back to push processed foods after extensive lobbying. Emily Ashworth finds out more