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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Sewage, spills and shortages: how water companies have failed
Drought could provide a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry, but renationalisation alone won't right decades of wrongs.
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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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“You can’t be a CEO without a carbon agenda”: Santiago Gowland
The CEO of the Rainforest Alliance on the need for businesses to bring about real environmental reform.
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