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 …
An ageing population of farmers, huge barriers to land ownership and an unprecedented environmental crisis sparks renewed investment in small, ecological farms.
… March 2020 News Change Makers Regenerative Farming Ethical Investment Rural farming An ageing population of farmers, huge … the twin barriers facing new entrants to farming: high land prices and legal permission …
… Tess de la Mare | 24th October 2019 News Farming Climate Breakdown Nature Friendly Farming Network Change Makers … hes-uniting-farmers-across-the-uk-to-influence-farming-policy-550x320.jpg Here are some of …
A growing number of farmers are now questioning the nature of the cull and its effectiveness. And some are blaming poor biosecurity and intensive farming for the spread of TB in the UK cattle herd. Andrew Wasley and Sarah Stirk report
… Stirk | 18th June 2013 News News Food And Farming Badgers Milk Dairy Animal Health … are blaming poor biosecurity and intensive farming for the spread of TB in the UK cattle … with high powered rifles', the government and farming bodies should urgently be looking …
Whitelee wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the UK, powers home in nearby Glasgow.
Wind farm 'a national success' Lewis McKenzie | 7th June 2019 News Wind Farms Renewable Energy Climate Breakdown Change Makers whitelee_with_arran_in_the_background.jpg Whitelee wind farm, the …
An organic farming project based in a rural Indian village is reviving traditional agriculture and reaping the rewards.
… Ancient farming techniques in rural India Campbell … Waldron | 2nd April 2019 News Food And Farming India Change Makers … An organic farming project based in a rural Indian … The village has a long history of indigenous farming practices in which the cow is the …
Published in Nature today, a new cattle herd model shows how bTB infects cattle and how to halt its spread, writes Matt Keeling. Most effective is the slaughter of entire herds with even a single TB infection detected. Culling badgers has very little impact.
… Keeling | 3rd July 2014 News Badgers Health Farming UK Science btb-graph-cut.jpg Published …
Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories
… screenshot_2019-11-29_at_09.33.31.png Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land … in Reserves and Indigenous territories Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land … - Fence off and bring cattle: Illegal cattle farming in Brazil’s Amazon - was released as …
Investigation uncovers 'horrendous abuse' at an RSPCA-Assured 'free range', 'high welfare' chicken farm.
The foul truth Marianne Brooker | 2nd July 2019 News Free Range Chickens Animal Welfare Animal Cruelty RSPCA Change Makers 48126407151_4b2c1bf3cd_o.jpg Investigation uncovers 'horrendous abuse' at an …
The government may want to press ahead with the English badger cull, writes Lesley Docksey. But after the Brexit vote it may just cost too much - for taxpayers and for the farmers who bear part an increasing share of the expense, now facing the loss of the 55% of their income that currently comes from Brussels.
… Docksey | 27th July 2016 Comment Badgers Farming Brexit Politics Natural World Finance … continue? Some 55% of the UK's income from farming comes from the EU via the Common … When faced with the possibility that British farming might be destroyed by the way FMD was …
UK’s first post-subsidy community solar farm completed.
Subsidy-free community solar in the UK Staff Reporter | 12th February 2020 News Solar Renewables Energy Power Investment Change Makers solar-panels-shanghai-cut.jpg UK’s first post-subsidy community …
Al available science indicates that badgers have little if anything to do with bovine TB in cattle, writes Lesley Docksey. This is reflected in Wales's consultation on its 'refreshed TB Eradication Programme'. We must hope that Northern Ireland's bTB Eradication Strategy will be equally science based - and ready to campaign hard if it relies on cruel, ineffective and expensive badger culls.
Badger cull free TB eradication in Wales and Northern Ireland? The science demands it! Lesley Docksey | 6th December 2016 News Badgers Science Health UK Northern Ireland Wales farmyard-cut.jpg Al …
As they argue for an extended and intensified badger cull, some farmers have been making extravagant and improbable claims about giant badgers frolicking with their cattle in the sunshine, write Jay Tiernan & Lesley Docksey. But despite holding office in the NFU, they display astonishing negligence by failing to adopt the most elementary bio-security measures advised by Defra to keep their cattle TB free.
… Docksey | 22nd August 2015 Activism Badgers Farming Health UK cattle-cut.jpg As they argue … to convince people that it's not down to bad farming practice but the fault of the badgers? … wildlife is easier than letting better farming practices, testing and cattle controls …
With controversial plans to allow farmers to cull badgers later this year, Ed Hamer asks whether Bovine TB is really a health problem for either cows or humans
… | 30th January 2011 Comment Badgers Food And Farming Disease badger.jpg Badger culling … Land magazine READ MORE... NEWS Asian factory farming boom spreading animal diseases like … controls on excessive use in intensive farming NEWS ANALYSIS Warning as infectious …
Festive cheer is in full swing, but it’s time we seriously questioned the events that take place to allow for this holiday of overindulgence.
… Vegan Change Makers Christmas Factory Farming Animal Rights Animal Farming Vegetarianism And Veganism Veganism … Vegan Day Vegan Diets Compassion In World Farming Compassion Animals Festive Guide To A …
Does the UK Government's Clean Air Strategy go far enough in tackling 'runaway ammonia emissions'?
… 2019 News Slurry Ammonia Pollution Food And Farming Clean Air Strategy Change Makers … at Plantlife, said: "Air pollution from farming has been neglected by policymakers for … proposals for reducing ammonia emissions from farming are a significant step forward, and …
Compassion in World Farming calls on UK's top bargain retailers to go cage free.
… | 15th November 2019 News Chickens Food And Farming Battery Hens Caged Hens Change Makers batterycage.jpg Compassion in World Farming calls on UK's top bargain retailers to go cage free. Compassion in World Farming, a leading farm animal welfare …
A global regenerative farming community is teaching people how to reverse the effects of climate change.
… A global regenerative farming community is teaching people how to … in 2019, to build a global regenerative farming community, where knowledge, tools and … the climate crisis. Regeneration Regenerative farming can reverse climate change if …
Legislation to pay farmers for providing public access and improving the environment and animal welfare has returned to parliament.
… advice to support them with nature-friendly farming, he added. Vicki Hird, farm campaign coordinator at food and farming campaign organisation Sustain, … but strong enforcement requirements for farming rules.” Campaign groups have estimated …
With the 6th International Conference on Bovine TB under way today in Cardiff, Lesley Docksey reports on Defra's latest statistics. BTB in England is falling - and it's falling fastest where the strongest biosecurity measures are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland.
… 2014 News Natural World Badgers UK Health Farming cows-wales-cut.jpg With the 6th … other country ... ' Yet all Owen Paterson, Farming Minister George Eustice, Defra and the … call for more TB testing BBC Radio 4's Farming Today featured the story in early …