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 ...
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Unilever: €1 billion sales target for plant-based alternatives
Unilever’s €1 billion-heft has jet propelled sustainable food into the mainstream commercial psyche. It yesterday announced the rock star sales target ...
Brexit: UK farmers and growers demand free frictionless EU trade
The UK’s key agriculture organisations are seeking “free and frictionless” EU trade, saying the EU will remain the largest market ...
Agriculture Act: trade and food standards still a concern
England’s Agriculture Act, passed into law this week, has been largely welcomed across food systems, with caution expressed around food ...
Footballer Rashford secures UK gov climbdown
England international footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford has welcomed a UK government u-turn on addressing child food poverty. He said, ...
UK doctors and nurses support climate-friendly diets
Climate research should be made accessible to consumers on food labels, say UK health practitioners. In a new report the ...
MPs reject food standards amendment
The New European reports that MPs have for a second time overturned measures from peers aimed at protecting UK food ...
School meals: Marcus Rashford proud
The BBC reports that footballer Marcus Rashford "couldn't be more proud... " of the community response to his campaign to ...
Shock: Red Tractor chair votes to lower food standards
Farmers Weekly reports that farm leaders have expressed disbelief after the chair of the company behind the Red Tractor Assurance ...
Brexit the only Christmas turkey this year, perhaps
The UK faces Christmas without turkey this year, and in the future, as Brexit work schemes are set to interfere ...
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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