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Ireland to support food firms in no-deal
Reuters reports that Ireland is working on a financial support scheme to help food exporters maintain their share in the...
UK food industry strongly warned against a no-deal
As the UK government says a no-deal Brexit is likely, the food industry reminded it of emphatic resistance to this. The...
Four wealthy US counties delivering aid
Bloomberg reports that feeding the hungry gets a lot of attention around the holidays, but this year food pantries began...
Human Rights Day: We need legal recourse over our right to food
The proliferation of food banks across the UK this year indicates that our human right to food is sliding backwards,...
Select committee inquiry launched to protect farmers
An inquiry into the UK’s agricultural transition plan has begun just days after it was launched, over concerns that payments...
Hunger threatens Lebanon
Reuters reports that Lebanon is on the verge of not being able to feed itself, a British minister warned on...
England could ban live exports for slaughter
Campaigners have welcomed UK government plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening. It would make...
No-deal for farming is “catastrophic”
National Farmers' Union president Minette Batters told Channel 4 News last night that, "A no-deal for farming for food in...
Outside the EU, Britain can farm greener and better
An Economist leader says one of the Brexiteers’ boasts is entirely right: Britain really ought to be able to come...
Jon Bon Jovi is fighting poverty with JBJ Soul Kitchen
The Big Issue reports on how Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea Hurley co-founded the JBJ Soul Kitchen. There are...
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