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Small but perfectly farmed
An obsessive attention to waste, absolute efficiency and micro supply chains – could a Marie Kondo-approach to farming hold the key to sustainability?
By Anna Turns - 22nd January 2020
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Farmers to be paid for protecting environment
Government confirms new farm subsidies will be based on environmental protection in new Agriculture Bill.
By Nina Pullman - 16th January 2020
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- Diversity
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A wake-up call to farmers and foodies
Diverse ideas and ecosystems are key to a truly sustainable agricultural revolution and the best takeaway from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, writes journalist Anna Turns.
By Anna Turns - 16th January 2020
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- Farming
Vertical farming expands across UK
Vertical farming has been boosted in the UK by a series of significant investments and expansions of farms in Bristol and Lincolnshire.
By Nina Pullman - 14th January 2020
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- Farming
- Climate change
Farming versus rewilding debate reignited
A former chief advisor to Defra has said half the UK’s farmland should be rewilded but farmers say this would ‘offshore’ food impact to other countries.
By Nina Pullman - 3rd January 2020
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- Climate change
- Farming
British veg faces climate threat
British potatoes, carrots and apples have already suffered in recent years due to erratic rainfall and unpredictable weather. Nick Easen investigates what the climate crisis means for the future of…
By Nick Easen - 17th December 2019
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- Climate change
- Farming
- Meat
Ruminating on seaweed
Could feeding cows and sheep with additives like seaweed or garlic cut the livestock industry’s greenhouse gas emissions? David Jesudason finds out.
By David Jesudason - 11th December 2019
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- Farming
- Ethical business
Apple grower to subsidise worker housing
A grower has donated land to a sustainable housing project to help workers onto housing ladder in area of ‘no affordable housing’.
By Nina Pullman - 6th December 2019
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- The big interview
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Ask the expert
Sustainable nutritionist Dr Pamela Mason on a common sense diet, and why she gets ‘distressed’ about meat versus veganism.
By SJ Butler - 5th December 2019
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Helping farmers grow their own future
By training families to farm sustainably, the new Send a Cow and Tusk campaign hopes to alleviate hunting pressures on Uganda's Murchison Falls national park.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd January 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Best recipes for Burn’s Night
This Scottish feast is the perfect way to banish the winter blues – with haggis, neeps and tatties, and other hearty Scottish dishes washed down with a dram or two.
By Becky Marshall - 23rd January 2020
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- Food waste
Small but perfectly farmed
An obsessive attention to waste, absolute efficiency and micro supply chains – could a Marie Kondo-approach to farming hold the key to sustainability?
By Anna Turns - 22nd January 2020
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- Environment & ethics
- Animal welfare
Levison Wood backs Living with Wildlife campaign
New project from Send a Cow and Tusk, and matched by government funding, will offer training in sustainable farming to replace poaching in Uganda.
By Nina Pullman - 20th January 2020
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Ellis: Apocalypse Cow
Ellis on George Monbiot's prediction of the end of all farming as we know it and 'Apocalypse Cow'.
By Ellis - 17th January 2020
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- Politics
- Farming
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Farmers to be paid for protecting environment
Government confirms new farm subsidies will be based on environmental protection in new Agriculture Bill.
By Nina Pullman - 16th January 2020
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