Public procurement is essentially the purchasing of goods or services — food, maintenance work, legal advice — by public bodies like…
Farming can be a lonely job, but it doesn’t have to be. Farmers want reliable, independent and evidence-based advice. Learning…
Farming is braced for change, being at the front line of climate breakdown and the need to restore…
Farming provides our food and shapes the countryside. Farmers are the stewards of much of the UK’s land, with 72% of it under their…
Farming can be lonely work. Days and weeks can go by with little connection to others. Financial pressures and uncertainty are high: livelihoods can hang in the balance of a good season or fair price at market. In few professions is suicide so common, with one farmer dying every week in the UK. But…
Prof. Tom MacMillan, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
The EAT-Lancet Commission, which backed a global shift towards ‘plant-based diets’, was met with a polarised reaction. It recommended that…