Scotland's small-scale farmers have welcomed their government's decision to prevent the growing of GM crops, aimed at enhancing the country's 'clean, green status', among a coalition of green NGOs.
… Crofters welcome Scotland's GMO ban The Ecologist | 10th August 2015 News Farming Food UK Scotland GMOs EU seed-potatoes-scotland-cut.jpg Scotland's small-scale farmers have welcomed …
The Scottish diet is famous for being the worst in Europe, write Pete Ritchie and Miriam Ross. Yet the country has rich land and sea resources, and exports large quantities of high quality food. By treating food as a common good instead of leaving the market to provide, Scots can start to transform their food future.
… Scotland: time for a National Food Service? … October 2014 Comment Food Farming Health UK Scotland deep-fried-mars-bar-cut.jpg Who needs … can start to transform their food future. Scotland's brief period at the top of the …
Scotland's decision to maintain its GM-free status is in the best interests of the country, its people and its farmers, 30 scientists write to Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. It is abundantly justified by the scientific evidence and will support the sustainable, agroecological farming systems of the future.
… We scientists welcome Scotland's GM-free status The undersigned 30 … | 4th September 2015 Comment Farming Food UK Scotland GMOs Science farm-scotland-cut.jpg Scotland's decision to …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
… Fossil Fuels Pollution UK England Wales Scotland Water Health Food ineos-cut.jpg The … the onshore shale beds of England, Wales and Scotland. US experience tell us: 5% of wells … This is as unedifying as setting up home on Scotland's Gruinard Island shortly after it …
The majority of meat, fish and dairy suppliers are not managing environmental and social risks, according to an analysis of 60 global food companies. Meanwhile, Scottish campaigners are asking for more sustainable food. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… antibiotics by 2022. Good food Meanwhile, in Scotland, campaigners have gathered outside … Scottish Food Coalition and Obesity Action Scotland said that the consultation was … to introduce law – food sits at the heart of Scotland’s biggest challenges, from food …
Forget what you’ve heard about sheep and male voice choirs, says Hannah Corr. There’s a whole lot more to Wales than that
… on all things sustainable. Like England and Scotland, Wales benefits from the National … Styles GREEN LIVING The eco travel guide to Scotland Jagged peaks, cerulean lochs, … and wonderful historical treasures have made Scotland a truly magical place to go, say Ruth …
Most mass-produced pudding wouldn't know real, healthy, organic ingredients if it saw them. Laura Sevier meets the Finlays, who are putting the 'nice' back into ice cream
… of Galloway, near the coast of south-west Scotland, the farm has 850 acres of rugged …
Fresh or dried wild seaweed may be on sale in a supermarket near you, writes Fiona Bird. But much better than supporting what may be unsustainable harvesting, gather your own at low tide on rocky shores, picking just enough for your needs. Once a poverty food, seaweed is now a sought after ingredient that expresses the 'fifth taste', umami.
… Ethical Living Oceans Food Natural World UK Scotland Ecology dulse on kelp-cut.jpg Fresh …
As the Brexit negotiations begin, a coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting national food policies and is currently developing a ‘Good Food Nation Bill', while England has yet to make any progress
… food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting …
Following a disgraceful EU stitch-up, the European Parliament today passed a law permitting EU-wide GMO crop cultivation. With regulation and safeguards devolved to member states, and only limited 'opt-out' rights, it is a recipe for chaos that GM corporations will ruthlessly exploit.
… go-ahead to more authorisations." Wales and Scotland have welcomed the opportunity to …
England is about to extend its badger cull policy to five new areas of the country, proving that only that science is a dead letter to May's conservative government as it was to Cameron's. While bovine TB infections in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% reduction.
… Bovine TB is being successfully controlled in Scotland and Wales without culling, relying …
Lord Krebs, self-appointed spokesman for industrial agriculture, used the Oxford Farming Conference to attack organic systems for causing more climate change - a claim as demonstrably false as it is ludicrous, writes Peter Melchett. But across the city, the upstart 'real farming' conference was showing the way to a cleaner, greener and healthier future.
… that agriculture is already devolved to Scotland and Wales, and that both those …
As hundreds of British dairy farmers are forced out of business by milk prices well below production cost, writes Patrick Holden, it's time for a 'fair trade' British milk label that guarantees a fair price to smaller scale farmers operating to good environmental and animal welfare standards.
… of rural culture in England, Wales and Scotland) that are being forced out of …
The UK Government has recently expanded its network of marine protected areas. But as Horatio Morpurgo discovers, the focus on protecting only specific 'features' from intensive fishing is leaving entire ecosystems at risk.
… obstacle to the rogue scallop dredgers from Scotland and the Isle of Man. The creation of …
Seagrass provides a key marine habitat, writes Richard Unsworth - it stablises the sea floor, sustains rich ecosystems, soaks up excess nutrients, sequesters carbon dioxide, feeds dugongs, and nurtures young cod. Hadn't we better stop wiping out some 1,500 sq.km of seagrass meadows every year?
… ranging from Newfoundland, to Norway, to Scotland and to Sweden. Our work provides …
Soon UK farmers will begin to spray their fields of wheat, barley, oats and peas with weed killer to make crops easier to harvest, writes Natasha Collins-Daniel. But the chemicals - including glyphosate, a probable carcinogen - can end up in our bread and other food. Let's put a stop to it now!
… in the first place: "Trials in England and Scotland showed no advantage - in terms of …
Organic baby food company Ella's Kitchen is already big in the UK and Scandinavia, and now aiming to crack the US. Co-founder Alison Lindley discusses the difficulties of keeping it green during a period of meteoric growth
… pouches is outsourced to factories in Scotland, France and Italy. ‘Not many places …
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?
… such farms operating across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, pinpointing - …
Parliament will debate Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) this Tuesday. Caroline Lucas of the Green party wants to increase the democratic control of international trade. Without it, the UK may start importing GM food and more chemically treated products, warns GUY TAYLOR
… on cultivating biotechnology seed in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. …
Thanks to pro-GMO politicans and lobbying by powerful agribusiness interests the UK and other EU countries may soon find supermarket shelves flooded with GM foods, both imported and home grown, writes Linda Kaucher. We must press parliamentary candidates now to defend us from this serious and long-term debasement of our food and farming.
… a myth. Cross contamination is unavoidable. Scotland and Wales wish to be GM free. As an …
You do if… you live in an area where healthy food is either non-existent or too expensive. This is likely to be the case if your only ‘local’ food shopping option is a supermarket, and you have no good small independent local shops, farmers’ markets or box schemes serving your area.
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The world is facing the imminent threat of severe climate disruption from the warming Arctic, write Robert & Jack Hunziker, leading to a global crisis. But the response of the powerful is only to increase fossil fuel exploitation - and damn the consequences.
… In stark contrast to America's reluctance, Scotland's energy sources are already 40% …