Sustainable Farming

With COP26 on the horizon, farmers were keen to share their role in mitigating climate change to the public while running profitable and productive businesses.

Retailers will focus on farming believing the sector holds ’the greatest opportunity’ to address climate change and biodiversity challenges, as they look to demonstrate the sustainability of their own supply chains.

Natural capital could be an exciting and potentially lucrative market for farmers but they will have to put in extra work to reap the benefits, according to Trinity Ag Tech senior managing director Richard Williamson

Communicating farming’s role in mitigating climate change to the public will be key as pressure builds on world leaders to reduce each nation’s emissions. Farmers Guardian reports.

Young farmers will help cut plastic pollution and pledge to implement good waste management practices on-farm.

British farmers are working to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the whole of agriculture by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Government’s UK plan.

The chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Neil Parish, has demanded the Environment Agency (EA) review its interpretation of the Farming Rules For Water.

A range of farm groups have slammed the Governments net zero strategy, claiming it lacks ambition, is devoid of urgency and fails to recognise the value of agriculture in securing a low-carbon future.

A range of farm groups have slammed the Government’s net zero strategy, claiming it ‘lacks ambition’, is ‘devoid of urgency’ and fails to recognise the value of agriculture in securing a low-carbon future.

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.