UK Food Security

Lib Dems call for £1bn farming boost and urgent bluetongue taskforce

Politics

Lib Dems call for £1bn farming boost and urgent bluetongue taskforce

Ed Davey: "It is frankly an outrage that England is the only country in Europe where the farm payments system fails to support food production"

clock 04 September 2026 • 1 min read
Nearly 10,000 people sign parliamentary petition to stop data centres outside AI Growth Zones

Politics

Nearly 10,000 people sign parliamentary petition to stop data centres outside AI Growth Zones

A proposal for Europe's largest data centre to be built on agricultural land in North Devon have sparked calls to government for action

clock 24 August 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "The Farm Welfare Bill is needed to put the UK's farmers in a financial position to continue putting food on your table"

Politics

Letters: "The Farm Welfare Bill is needed to put the UK's farmers in a financial position to continue putting food on your table"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: William Taylor, Farmers For Action co-ordinator, discusses the decision to pause a UK-wide farm protest and the push for a Farm Welfare Bill

clock 05 May 2026 • 2 min read
Letters: "Our own human food supply is continuing to decline at an alarming rate"

Politics

Letters: "Our own human food supply is continuing to decline at an alarming rate"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Stephen Ramsden questions whether a recent BBC programme fairly represented the debate around lab-grown meat

clock 07 April 2026 • 1 min read
Farming Matters: John McArthur – "This is not livestock versus plant protein – it is about British farmers producing more of the food this country depends on"

Politics

Farming Matters: John McArthur – "This is not livestock versus plant protein – it is about British farmers producing more of the food this country depends on"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: John McArthur, managing director, McArthur BDC

clock 28 March 2026 • 3 min read
The Land Use Framework: what farmers need to know

Farm Life

The Land Use Framework: what farmers need to know

FG takes a closer look at the new Land Use Framework which promises to address the many demands on England's land

clock 21 March 2026 • 3 min read
Tesco calls for national framework on farm data to bolster UK food security

Farm Business

Tesco calls for national framework on farm data to bolster UK food security

Research found that most farmers (68%) want to do more to make their farms more environmentally friendly, but 96% cite inconsistent environmental standards and data reporting as a key barrier

clock 19 November 2025 • 1 min read
Organic market continues to grow despite rising food inflation

Farm Business

Organic market continues to grow despite rising food inflation

Conference calls for greater government and consumer support to strengthen food security

clock 07 November 2025 • 3 min read