Sustainable livestock farming ‘essential’ for a healthy planet
Sustainable livestock farming is essential for a healthy planet, the Sustainable Food Trust insisted this week, as a BBC 1 documentary – ‘Meat, A Threat to Our Planet?’ – launched…
Organic movement must do more to support market access in poorer countries
Organic bodies - certifiers, national agencies and associations - must do more to improve access to certification, reduce its costs, and target areas where accessing markets is too difficult or…
SFT calls for reset of food and farming policy as ‘critical’ General Elections looms
As Britain fast approaches a “critical” General Election, the Sustainable Food Trust is calling for a reset of UK food and farming policy.
‘Food is medicine’ says Boston hospital that has built its own rooftop organic farm
Boston hospital is growing 7,000 pounds of organic vegetables on its rooftop farm as part of its mission to show that food really is medicine, writes Michael Wale.
UK Government ‘failing public’ over pesticide cocktail threat
A major new report launched today exposes for the first time how mixtures of pesticides commonly found in UK food, water and soil could be harming the health of both…
14 global cities back organic to achieve Planetary Health Diet
The mayors of 14 global cities say that organic and plant-based should be at the heart of efforts to achieve a ‘Planetary Health Diet’.
Spread the word – it’s time to #eathonest
On World Food Day (16 October 2019) IFOAM - Organics International will launch a brand new campaign, Honest Food,
Danish researchers announce new organic verification test
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen say they have developed a new organic food verification test.
Change how we farm and eat to help fight climate change, IPCC report urges
A major new report on land use and climate change says that switching to more sustainable farming systems and diets will be vital in the fight against climate change.
Top Dubai wholesaler Kibsons embraces UAE’s swing to organic
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that Dubai’s biggest wholesaler Kibsons International is getting behind organic – there’s a swing to organic happening right across the Emirates, says Michael Wale.