Martin Lines: “We need a new contract between government and farmers”
The chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network on why agricultural practices must protect wildlife.
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The farmers’ revolt against green politics
Across Europe and North America, neglected urban and rural citizens are aligning in a new class struggle.
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Steve Reed: “Farmers feel shafted by this government”
The shadow environment secretary on what voters want and how to make Labour the “party of the countryside”.
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How to fight a class war
The tractor convoy has replaced the picket line as the symbol of working-class revolt.
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In the rush to net zero, we can’t forget the role of farming
A new report sets out how to incentivise farmers to promote biodiversity.
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Sewage, shortages and spills: how UK water companies have failed
Is this a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry?
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Ben Goldsmith: “We’re part of a bigger, far grander mystery beyond our perception”
The environmentalist and author on how the death of his teenage daughter inspired him to rewild his farm.
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Why “franken-chicken” shouldn’t be on the menu for the coronation
A court case has demanded an end to the breeding of fast-growing chickens – and the damage it causes the…
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Consider the noble octopus
The Canary Islands will soon host the world’s first industrial octopus farm. But there is no humane way to slaughter…
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Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s tomato shortage?
Bad weather and energy prices are at fault but the effects of Brexit, both direct and indirect, are also to…
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Minette Batters: “Food cannot be the poor relation to the environment”
Minette Batters, head of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), doubles down on food security in the face of green farm…
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Clarkson’s Farm is yet more proof that nimbys run the world
A planning system that says no at the slightest hint of opposition, and to hell with our economic decline, is…
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New Year promises won’t resolve our meat problem
Just under a third of Brits say they are going reducetarian this year, but we need more to meet climate…
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“We have an open goal”: how Labour plans to unlock the climate vote
A new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
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Why the UK’s egg shortage demands government intervention
Farmers are trapped in supply chains that don’t pay them enough to stay in business.
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are turning green energy into a culture war
In the face of soaring energy prices, they’re complaining about solar panels on farms.
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From the NS archive: Hay-making
14 June 1913: The secrets of a farm labourer’s life.
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Boris Johnson’s food strategy fails to address food poverty and the cost-of-living crisis
Instead of tackling the root causes of poor diets, the government places responsibility for healthy eating on individuals.
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Wrong-headed food policies will lose the Tories their rural voters
Without a considered food and farming plan, the British government harms everyone and helps no one.
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The UK is sleepwalking into a food crisis
Fertiliser, fuel, feed: prices of agriculture’s three key ingredients are shooting upwards and farmers are warning of disaster.
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