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The Elbas want UK and US leaders to help smallholders
Model Sabrina Dhowre Elba says she and husband Idris are looking forward to conversations with UK and US leaders on...
NFU condemns failure to amend trade bill
Imports meeting lower food standards could be allowed without the approval of parliament, after attempts at amending the new trade...
Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba meet President Macron
President Macron of France has met with UN Goodwill Ambassadors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba, ahead of announcing a...
EU Commission at odds with Parliament over GM
EURACTIV reports that the EU executive looks set to press ahead with a “new approach” to genetically modified (GM) crop...
Row over England’s half term school meals
The BBC reports that the UK government has defended its scheme to offer free food to struggling families in England...
UN Rapporteur to Agnes Kalibata: Food Systems Summit needs human rights at its core
The highly anticipated Food Systems Summit is on track to be meaningless, fears the UN Rapporteur on the Right to...
Yellow grub becomes EU’s first insect food
Reuters reports that Wednesday’s decision by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) paves the way for the yellow grubs to...
Shock as EU banned pesticide reintroduced in the UK
The UK Government has published its guidance, following the shock decision to allow the use of neonicotinoids, previously banned under...
Scottish fishermen halt exports, blame Brexit
This Reuters video report says that many Scottish fishermen have halted exports to European Union markets. Post-Brexit bureaucracy shattered the...
New EU presidency to reform farm subsidies
EURACTIV reports that the Portuguese presidency of the EU Council is committed to reforming the EU’s massive farming subsidies programme....
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