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The worth of wool
How has COVID-19 affected the value of wool? Sheep farmer Julie Baber highlights the problems in devaluing the natural material and why a...
House of Lords Agriculture Bill briefing: Local abattoirs
Our briefing on local abattoirs to the House of Lords for the Committee Stage of the Agriculture Bill
Land sharing and land sparing: We need food in harmony with nature
Patrick Holden shares his thoughts on the land sparing versus land sharing debate, calling for farming which works in harmony with nature
What’s the future for England’s farmers?
Richard Young, at home on the farm and busy haymaking, gives a personal view of why he’s fallen out of love with the Agriculture Bill aft...
The value of local
Alicia Miller makes the case for continuing to choose local and sustainably produced foods, highlighting the vital benefits that these co...
Joint letter calls on supermarkets to maintain UK standards on imported foods
The Sustainable Food Trust has joined organisations and academics in calling on supermarkets to commit not to sell imported food produced...
The unseen as fertile ground for new wisdom
Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, dares us to be bold and imaginative in the face of crisis
Gardening brings hope in refugee camps
Jennie Spears from the Lemon Tree Trust describes how supporting gardening in refugee camps helps to meet practical, social and psycholog...
I walk the farm in sentences
Rosamund Young, author and farmer at Kites Nest Farm in the Cotswolds, writes about the lessons to be learnt from observing life on the f...
Farming as the climate changes: Vilicus Farms, Havre, Montana
Next in our series on farming and climate change we interview Anna Jones-Crabtree, who owns and runs Vilicus Farms with her husband, Doug...
New report calls for Government to support small abattoirs as backbone of family farms and rural economy
We welcome a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare that highlights importance of small abattoirs
What harmonising trade in our food systems could do
Patrick Holden argues why every nation in the world should sign up to a new harmonised framework for food in international trade