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Food Policy
Gene editing will further narrow gene pool and intensify food and farming systems
Our CEO Patrick Holden comments on the government's proposals to allow gene-editing in the UK, with the launch of a new consultation on g...
Why the Climate Change Committee have got it wrong on land, food and farming
Patrick Holden argues the Climate Change Committee's recommendations on land, food and farming will make things worse
The spotlight on small abattoirs: Shortening distance to slaughter
In this article, Megan Perry argues that small abattoirs play a central role in supporting the farming systems we need in order to protec...
Will Defra’s plans for farming make things better or worse?
SFT policy director, Richard Young, delves behind the headlines following the announcement of Defra’s plans for the future of farming in ...
Another way? Why sustainability metrics and land sharing should be DEFRA policy
Patrick Holden says Defra are sitting on the fence of land sparing vs land sharing argument
Letter to the Editor: Defra sitting on the fence about land sparing or land sharing approach
Patrick Holden writes to The Times regarding Defra approach to farm support
Realising Health – Lessons from the past
In this article, our Policy Director Richard Young reviews the latest book by historian Philip Conford, Realising Health
The Sustainable Agriculture Collaboration
Hummingbird Technologies, Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) and the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) are delighted to announce the launc...
Sickly sweet: Junk food and COVID-19 in Mexico
In this article, Honor May Eldridge looks into the correlation between obesity levels and vulnerability to Covid-19 in Mexico. The overar...
How effective are national food strategies? The example of the UK
Jane Powell looks into the varying approaches to food policy across the devolved nations of the UK, and argues the case for an overarchin...
What a wonderful world
SFT policy director, Richard Young takes a look at the wildlife on his own farm and finds lessons for himself and future agricultural pol...
Peering into the future of import standards
Honor Eldridge explores how defeat of amendments to the Trade and Agriculture Bills could threaten our food standards and democracy