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New tracker shows supermarkets are “blind” to methane emissions despite their major climate impact

Supermarkets are the net-zero anti-heroes when it comes to reporting on and reducing the super-pollutant methane, finds David Burrows

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A sweet deal or impossible bar? How the sustainable cocoa alternatives stack up

Can a new breed of food tech start-ups find planet-friendly alternatives to our beloved choc bars? Megan Tatum investigates

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Could fruit & veg vouchers bring a welcome boost to the organic sector?

It's difficult to shift people's food habits but a new card scheme pilot could spark real change, writes Nick Easen

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The great British bakers driving the revolution for better wheat and real bread

What was once seen only as a cheap, ubiquitous commodity has become a point of proud difference for a new generation of British bakers, finds Tomé Morrissy-Swan

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How Big Ag tied “regen” to synthetic chemical inputs and shaped European farming policy

The same multi-billion-dollar companies producing synthetic agrochemicals are also lobbying for "regen agriculture". David Burrows smells a rat.

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Are Wildfarmed KitKats the future of regen farming… or its breaking point?

1.5 billion KitKats are made every year in the UK. A new partnership with British brand, Wildfarmed, changes the landscape, but to what end, asks David Burrows?

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Still in the bag? Supermarkets stall on UK Plastics Pact target to reduce packaging for fresh produce by 2030

A target of just 30% of supermarket fresh produce to be sold loose may not seem overly ambitious, but David Burrows is surprised to learn that only one UK retailer has hit the mark

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News from the farm: Steady as you go this November

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Stow Bedon residents take on mega-meat producer, Cranswick, over planning breaches

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Understanding and tackling Britain’s nitrogen crisis

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STORY OF THE WEEK

Fertilisers are an alternative route to market for the major petrochemical companies and these profits are not going back into the UK economy. It’s an industry that has got away with causing huge amounts of environmental damage over the past century Natasha Hurley, Deputy Director of Foodrise

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A sweet deal or impossible bar? How the sustainable cocoa alternatives stack up

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New tracker shows supermarkets are “blind” to methane emissions despite their major climate impact

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News from the farm: Facing & adapting to future storms

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The AGtivist: whistleblower warns of “complete supply chain collapse” as climate crisis escalates

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News from the farm: Desperate drought to luxuriant abundance

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WL Meets: Martin Lines, championing nature-friendly farming as the resilient way forward

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The return of Bluefin tuna to UK waters: a conservation success story or a species at risk?

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British meat must have infrastructure, urges new coalition in support of local, higher welfare, abattoirs

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