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Fertilisers: going cold turkey in a time of crisis
Farmers across the world began shunning fertiliser in late March as prices skyrocketed, so much so that now stockpiles are growing as prices fall. Will fertilisers find their way back onto the...
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Suppliers into the EU will shoulder burden of proof re: seized slave-made products
The European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted to strengthen laws banning products made by forced labour from the EU market....
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Scottish food bill: a dram to celebrate the end of the beginning
Last week saw a tale of two food policies, with widespread disappointment at the white paper announced in England, versus...
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Ecuador’s Indigenous peoples: we are protecting our territories
Indigenous protestors in Ecuador remain wary, despite the agreement which has ended 18 days of strikes in which at least...
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“Sustainable” UK food labels will be mandatory, says leaked strategy
A leaked copy of England’s new food strategy says data transparency, to be adopted across the UK, will incentivise the food sector to "produce healthier and more ethical sustainable food". Campaigners have expressed despair...
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Call for ideas: White House seeks to end hunger in the US by 2030
The White House in America has announced conference pillars and consultation dates ahead of President Biden’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September. Consultations, called listening sessions, will be held from June 1st and...
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Exploding the five fat myths of ethical food
Consumers – in other words all of us who eat – want ethical food but we are confused. The reason is simple – there are no laws around what you can call sustainable or...
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Pesticides are not delivering food security and should be phased out: UN rapporteur
The FAO Council should reconsider its agreement with pesticide lobby group CropLife International, according to the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof Michael Fakhri. He's concerned the agreement could put the human rights...
Read moreEcuador’s Indigenous peoples: we are protecting our territories
Indigenous protestors in Ecuador remain wary, despite the agreement which has ended 18 days of strikes in which at least four died. Asking for his identity to be protected, for fear of being arrested, a high-level indigenous negotiator spoke to Quota exclusively, saying the government...
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