Defra SFI update signals ‘clear direction of travel’
Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) calls recent Defra developments to the Sustainable…
Defra U-turns on horticultural strategy promise
A U-turn on the Government’s pledge to produce a horticulture strategy has…
Defra makes the case for reusable nappies
An updated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by Defra has this week concluded…
Government ‘ignores evidence’, re-authorizes neonics
The Soil Association (SA) says the Government is ‘ignoring scientific evidence’ in…
Defra’s plans to ‘unlock power of GE’ questioned by organic sector
The announcement that Defra plans to overturn existing EU legislation and ‘unlock…
OF&G: no evidence that GE provides ‘quick fix’
The launch of a new gene editing (GE) consultation by George Eustice,…
OF&G ‘bewildered’ over Defra’s ‘roadmap to nowhere’
Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) has expressed dismay at Defra’s Path to…
No need to change veggie food names, agrees UK minister
UK food and agriculture Minister of State Zac Goldsmith has written to…
No ‘O’ area: Gove pushed on organic commitment at thriving ‘Real Farming’ event
Delegates at this year's Oxford Real Farming Conference pushed the UK environment…
Stop talking about consumer waste, start talking about producer waste
UK environmental activist and MP Zac Goldsmith says that in the fight…