Politics News

The Food Standards Agency has obtained new powers that aim to protect consumers and businesses from food fraud more effectively.

The NFU as well as the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board have responded to the government’s consultation on the Land Use Framework, which seeks view to develop a new, strategic approach to land use in England.

The Countryside Alliance is urging the farming community to take part in a new easy-to-complete e-lobby as part of its campaign to safeguard the future of shooting in England, Scotland and Wales.

Candidates standing in this week’s local elections have been urged by the NFU to back British farming over the issues it has been facing in recent months. 

A new Community Food Strategy has launched with the aim to strengthen local food systems, improve healthy eating, and create more sustainable communities across Wales, the Welsh Government confirmed. 

Farmers from Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Leicestershire will be participating in an awareness campaign ahead of the local elections. 

Farmers are set to gather outside the BBC South recording studio tomorrow to put farmers’ current issues in the spotlight.

Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Stamford, has proposed a new clause which makes theft of high value farming equipment an aggravating factor on sentencing.

An ambitious Land Use Framework (LUF) needs to give food production the same priority as delivering legislated environmental targets, otherwise the ability to continue producing food for the nation could be put at risk, the NFU said.

A wartime-themed farming demonstration that will highlight the reality of Britain’s food and farming crisis is set to take place in London next week. 

Farmers Guide talks to Rebecca Wilson, recently listed in The Times Young Power List, about her family farm, government policy and what it’s like to be a woman in agriculture.

Farmers have been invited to join food system workers, migrant farmworkers, hospitality workers, consumers, and food justice activists to march in London under the banner ‘Food In Our Hands’ this Saturday.