Chicken the 'healthier' option? 🤔 Not industrially produced chicken!

Big business holds all the cards. Bad for the chickens, bad for our health, bad for the environment - the UK govs must step in to regulate industrial poultry production

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Excellent analysis by Sustain

#SpringBudget delivered little on food, farming or the environment. Nothing to tackle the nature crisis across 70% of the UK, nothing to tackle diets

Organic/nature-friendly food production is a green industry - a missed opportunity!

There's only 7 days left to vote at the Charity Film Awards & we'd love your vote #peopleschoice . You can vote for us at smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/rethink-… & help us rethink food & make a difference #cfa24 #charityfilm #charityfilm awards

Join us on Monday 11th March Pavilions of Harrogate to explore land-based challenges and opportunities for all rural businesses. Ticket sales close soon! See the full agenda and get tickets here:
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Deliciously Yorkshire FixOurFood Commission Yorkshire Food Farming and Rural Network Yas Naoi

Excited to be part of the policy unit of this new #foodsystems #foodpolicy living lab project, exploring how Scotland's #GoodFoodNation policy can deliver coherent, compatible and effective food policy to transform #foodsystems . A few details here: wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

Celebration as Irish grass-fed beef gets protected geographical indication (PGI) designation.
Highly nutritious, great tasting beef with a much lower environmental footprint than other options. 'Champagne Beef'.
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Food industry warns ‘Not for EU’ labelling will deter investment in UK #Brexit ft.com/content/1e4e62… via @ft

Do you know where to buy locally produced food near you?

Local food maps and directories are a really lovely way of engaging citizens and aiding the development of the local food economy. #foodmaps #localfood #foodpartnerships #localfood economy

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Defra has announced that over 10,000 farmers have signed up for the SFI, reigniting the debate of producing food versus looking after the environment.

📽️ Senior Economist Amandeep takes a look at the factors that you should consider before applying.

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Production, protection and prices: #UKfoodpolicy is in a perilous state foodservicefootprint.com/production-pro…

We're looking forward to the Feeding Liverpool celebration tonight and finding out who won the Feed Leeds Food Growing Awards!

The metropolitan elite has ignored farmers for too long ft.com/content/8d10e7… via @ft

🔥 Join us and call on wagamama uk to drop farmed salmon from their menu.

The salmon farming industry extracts millions of tonnes of wild fish each year to feed salmon, which comes with a HUGE cost for people and the planet…

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This is big news! This week we have been recertified as a B Lab, with an outstanding score of 147.4, reflecting our commitment to environmental and social sustainability.

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‘Our yields are going to be appalling’: one of wettest winters in decades hits England’s farms #climatechange theguardian.com/environment/20…

Who is planning to grow their own British food this year?🇬🇧

Compost Collective Hunslet bins finished yesterday in the spring twilight. Happy composting everyone!!

Rural Entrepreneurship Conference at Leeds June 5th to 7th 2024. Please share with relevant networks. Abstract submission deadline is next Friday March 1st. More details below, please submit abstracts to me [email protected] cees.leeds.ac.uk/home-page-cees… linkedin.com/posts/petergit…

Today, Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 gives evidence to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee committee.

Findings from #TheFoodConversation show that 3 out of every 4 people want a target set for reducing #UPFs in shops and on the high street.

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📢 To tackle the #ClimateCrisis and meet the UK's #NetZero target there needs to be a strategy for reducing #GHGE from the food system!

Our latest report examines what #businesses and #investors can do and highlights the need for mandatory reporting.

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