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Shock: Red Tractor chair votes to lower food standards
Farmers Weekly reports that farm leaders have expressed disbelief after the chair of...
UK benefits unsuccessful claimants are going hungry
Around 15% of unsuccessful benefits claimants have gone hungry because they can’t afford...
The consequences of a no deal Brexit
The government’s own modelling suggests the hit to GDP after 15 years would...
Illegal fishing devastates the seas and abuses crews
A Leader in The Economist says illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing accounts for...
Brexit the only Christmas turkey this year, perhaps
The UK faces Christmas without turkey this year, and in the future, as...
Lords win vote to protect post-Brexit food standards
The BBC reports that the UK government has suffered defeats in the House...
Covid puts spotlight on food industry’s role in obesity
Bloomberg reports that the link between obesity and more severe cases of Covid-19...
Asda opens prototype sustainability shop in Leeds
UK supermarket chain Asda has taken its first steps in making sustainable shopping...
Food supply chain on brink of collapse wholesalers warn
The Telegraph reports that food wholesalers have warned their supply chain to hospitals,...
Idris Elba on World Food Day: “We’re at a pivotal moment”
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba lend their voices to World Food Day this...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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