Myth Number 5: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IS EFFICIENT
… Kimbrell | 1st April 2003 News Industrial Farming Agriculture Local Economy Community Small Farms EU Farming Agribusiness Animal Husbandry Factory Farming Agribusiness Organics Gm Products EU …
Brexit will result in Britain exiting the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. It will have to decide whether subsidies to farmers should be retained, or reformed. In the second part of this groundbreaking investigation a team of investigative journalists from across Europe - publishing with THE ECOLOGIST - assess how effective the environmental mechanisms of CAP really are.
… May 2018 News Pigswill Pollution Food And Farming Farmed Pigs Brexit will result in … They are buying or creating smaller farming enterprises that pollute up to the … the migration of those practices into the farming sphere, supported by the CAP. The …
Offering the ultimate in locally produced food, Britain's farm shops are a culinary national treasure
… Food And Drink Local Organic Natural Food And Farming Green Living holding.jpg Offering the … made goods. Winner of the BBC Food and Farming Best Local Food Retailer award 2010, … 24 farms with LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) status, which means that the standard …
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report published today reveals industrial scale beef farming is now a 'fact on the ground' across the UK. The new farms raise concerns about animal welfare and health. ANDREW WASLEY and HEATHER KROEKER from the Bureau report
… Revealed: industrial-scale beef farming comes to the UK Andrew Wasley Heather … Kroeker | 29th May 2018 News Beef Food And Farming Animal Welfare DEFRA Bureau Of … published today reveals industrial scale beef farming is now a 'fact on the ground' across …
Peter Rosset argues for small farms in the North...and Vandana Shiva champions those in the South
… Small scale farming: A global perspective Peter Rosset … | 3rd June 2000 News Local Food Production Farming Rural Communities Farmers' Markets Productivity Efficiency Agriculture Farming Campaigns Green Lifestyle Community …
Everyone loves family farming! And so they should, writes Holly Creighton-Hird, as family farms produce most of the world's food. But the UK Government has a funny way of showing it - favouring corporate agriculture and eliminating farm payments for small land holdings. It's up to us, the public, to support small, high welfare producers.
… The future of family farming is in our hands Holly Creighton-Hird | 19th October 2014 Activism Farming UK Society … Everyone loves family farming! And so they should, writes Holly … support small, high welfare producers. Family farming is a hot topic this year. The Food and …
There's only one real faultline in farming, writes David R. Montgomery, and it's not the one between organic and 'conventional'. What really matters is whether farming systems are building, improving and nurturing soils - or exploiting them for short term gain. And if we want to keep humans well fed and healthy for the long term, there's only one choice to make.
… of Washington | 7th April 2017 Comment Farming Food The Land Organic … There's only one real faultline in farming, writes David R. Montgomery, and it's … What really matters is whether farming systems are building, improving and …
Below-par farm biosecurity should block farmers from participating in England's badger culls, writes Anna Dale. But a large body of evidence of poor and negligent biosecurity by farmers suggests that Natural England, the government's official regulator, is turning a blind eye to this strict requirement - and undermining the purpose of the cull.
… Anna Dale | 29th March 2017 Activism Badgers Farming Regulation UK England Health Science …
The Co-operative Group is in deep trouble. Its response is to sell off its farms, in defiance of all its founding values. Instead it should reconnect with its original purpose, write Helena Paul & Pete Riley, and seek creative and truly co-operative solutions.
… Pete Riley | 20th March 2014 Comment UK Food Farming Corporations coop-4-sale.png The … legal services, electrical products, farming and - last, but certainly not the … farmers the opportunity to get a start in farming. There are good examples to follow The …
A new study sets out the huge benefits of organic farming to people and the environment, writes Peter Melchett, including more wildlife, healthier consumers and farm workers, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduced soil erosion and increased water retention. We need more of it, fast!
… We need more organic farming! Peter Melchett Soil Association | 23rd March 2017 Comment Farming Food Organic Pesticides Health Water … study sets out the huge benefits of organic farming to people and the environment, writes …
As budgets are cut local authorities are selling off farmland without considering the long-term implications of losing a valuable asset for future generations. Tom Levitt reports
… Tom Levitt | 24th February 2011 News Food And Farming Land Agriculture Conservation Farmland … step on the ladder for new entrants into farming in particular, with most of the farms … servicemen were encouraged to move into farming to help meet the nation’s demand for …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
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Wimpole Home Farm near Cambridge has been run using organic, wildlife friendly and sustainable farming methods for the past 12 years.
… Nature friendly farming Emily Beament | 9th June 2020 News Coronavirus Food And Farming cows-wales-cut.jpg Wimpole Home Farm … organic, wildlife friendly and sustainable farming methods for the past 12 years. Nature …
Proposals for a large-scale pig farm in Foston, Derbyshire, could herald new era of US-style factory farming in the UK but face concerns from government health officials
… Ecologist | 1st November 2011 News Food And Farming Mega-dairy Factory Farming Pigs Nocton main_banger.jpg The Soil … campaign aims to prevent industrial pig farming in the UK Proposals for a large-scale …
Plans for an 8,100-cow dairy farm at Nocton in Lincolnshire will ‘polarise’ farming in the UK and destroy smaller rural-based family farms say those working in the sector. Tom Levitt investigates
… Levitt | 21st September 2010 News Food And Farming Nocton Cows bigdairycow.jpg … at Nocton in Lincolnshire will ‘polarise’ farming in the UK and destroy smaller … are being opposed from within the farming industry, which fears the consequences …
The campaigner behind the groundbreaking Pig Business documentary is now taking her message global, encouraging people to take action against industrial farming methods which degrade the environment and subject animals to a life of misery
… film to square up to the horrors of factory farming Tracy Worcester | 18th October 2012 News Food And Farming Comment Factory Farming Pig Business pigbusiness.jpg The …
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland to clear the way for a rice farm owned and controlled from the US and Canada. A 45,000-strong community faces landlessness and destitution.
… January 2015 News Land Grabs Nigeria Africa Farming Corporations Development … hired by the company. "Families who have been farming and living for generations on the … leave the plots of land that they have been farming." Dominion Farms has already filled in …
Most consumers have no idea how appalling the lives of intensively reared pigs are. As the truth comes out eating habits are changing. MATT MELLEN and KIRSTIE PHILPOT report
… Farming’s shame: the unbelievable cruelty of Red Tractor Assured pig farming Matt Mellen Kirstie Philpot | 30th May 2018 News Pig Farming Food And Farming Farmed Pigs Most …
Plans for US-style mega-dairy farms in the UK are being heralded for their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but scaling up may create as many problems as it attempts to solve reports Tom Levitt
… is the environmental footprint of mega-dairy farming? Tom Levitt | 15th November 2010 News Dairy Farming Food And Farming Nocton Super-dairy Health Milk …
Sustainable, agriculture must be low-input - and this can only achieved in diverse, tightly integrated agro-ecological systems. The real future of farming lies in complex polycultures ... in short, mixed farming.
… Low input farming - diversity is the key Colin Tudge … Harvey | 22nd January 2014 Comment Food Farming mixed-farming-3.png Sustainable, agriculture must be …
Vandana Shiva reminds us that the very future of food security in India (and indeed worldwide) lies in protecting and promoting the country's small farmers.
… Big Vandana Shiva | 28th February 2014 Other Farming Agricutlure Food Food Security Trade … states that monoculture and industrial farming methods are not providing sufficient … environmental damage. The report asserts that farming in rich and poor nations alike should …
As falling milk prices push dairy farm out of business, new mega-dairies and feedlot operations of 700 or more cows are filling the void, writes Andrew Wasley. Never mind the pollution, slurry lagoons, and heavy plant on country lanes - do we want the cows that produce our milk confined to sheds? And what's the future for traditional dairy farmers with small, well cared for herds?
… Andrew Wasley | 23rd November 2015 News Food Farming Animals UK Pollution Law cows-cut.jpg … that has become typical in Britain's modern farming landscape - a livestock factory … from the popular perception of British dairy farming and the image portrayed on many …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… Mark Anslow | 1st March 2008 News Food And Farming Food Organic Farms Feed 10_organic.jpg Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark … farm differently 1 Yield Switching to organic farming would have different effects according …