Sustainable Farming

Prince Charles has revealed that he follows a flexed diet in which he avoids meat and dairy products on some days of the week. Jonathan Wheeler reports.

Homegrown apples and pears are the most green on UK supermarket shelves, according to new research by British Apples and Pears (BAPL) and the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

The displacement of productive farming by forestry has been branded ‘essentially immoral’ by NFU Scotland vice-president Andrew Connon.

The displacement of productive farming by forestry has been branded essentially immoral by NFU Scotland vice-president Andrew Connon.

Several major global companies have teamed up to provide funding for a range of nature restoration projects across the UK.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said farmers will need to cut mineral fertiliser use ‘quite significantly’ in order to meet the country’s net zero emissions target.

Tenant farmers should not be the collateral damage in the rush to plant more trees, George Dunn chief executive of the Tenant Farmers Association has warned.

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), AHDB and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) have collaborated on a new ’myth-busting’ toolkit to empower farmers to kick-start positive conversations around red meat.

Labour MP and vice chairman of the party’s ‘Just Transition Working Group’, Alan Whitehead, has claimed most livestock farmers will not be rearing animals in 20 years’ time.

This spring saw the launch of TerraMap Carbon, a new service from Hutchinsons which will help growers to obtain more accurate carbon baseline measurements.