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Topic: Politics

News

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.

Pesticides Farming Politics
Opinion

News from the farm: Humbling river pebbles and devolution

UK Gov Farming News from the farm Politics
WL Meets

WL Meets: Professor Tim Lang, on lack of national preparedness for crises & how to fix it

Brexit Coronavirus Climate change Inequality Politics
WL Meets

WL Meets: Lucy Vincent – raising the profile of prison food

Nick Easen meets Lucy Vincent who spearheads the charity Food Behind Bars, and believes that better food is key to rehabilitation.

Social justice People Health Politics
The AGtivist

The AGtivist: Local residents suffer ill-effects of air pollution near intensive farm hotspots

The rise in intensive farms in the UK comes with a battery of serious health implications, finds The AGtivist

News

The AGtivist: McDonald’s urged to do the right thing, as future of Amazon hangs in balance

20 years ago, the landmark Amazon soy moratorium was put in place to protect the future of one of planet Earth's most ecologically crucial environments. Today it is falling apart. The AGtivist investigates.

News

The AGtivist: Sustainable Farming Incentive a mixed bag as small farmers lose out

Many farmers welcome Emma Reynolds' revamped SFI scheme, but where does it leave farmers with fewer than 3ha? asks The AGtivist

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