Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 14/08/2026🎉 GOOD NEWS! Wiltshire's land-based factory fish farm has been STOPPED! Our allies at Communities Against Factory Farming challenged Wiltshire Council over its failure to consider animal welfare harms and serious risks to the nearby River Avon ecosystem. 121
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Join us the 9th of September at the Wild Summit in Bristol! 📢 We're excited to organise this panel alongside our friends from the Soil Association to discuss this important but often overlooked issue. Get your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-s... 000
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We're feeling inspired, re-energised after last week's London Climate Action Week 2026! In our latest blog, Foodrise campaigners Molly and Nina share their highlights from the week. Read now: foodrise.org.uk/london-clima... 010
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 30/06/2026After 8 years of working across Buckinghamshire, our projects are coming to a close. Our latest blog celebrates some of our key achievements - from running cooking sessions to organising internships across the food and farming sector for young people. Read more: foodrise.org.uk/look-how-muc... 000
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We're excited to be hosting an event at #LCAW2026!✊🌍 Our event will explore how corporate control of the food system is driving climate injustice & how we can transition to a fairer food economy for all. With speakers from Foodrise, Wildfish, Communities Against Factory Farming and Organiclea. 000
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Shocking news: Tesco is selling us food contaminated with toxic 'forever chemicals'. "Dozens of Tesco's fish, dairy and meat products have been found to contain chemicals linked to liver problems and cancer" in @dailymail.co.uk Take action now: action.foodrise.org.uk/page/191262/... 110
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 18/06/2026📢 Tell Tesco to stop selling us ‘forever chemicals’ We’ve just discovered that Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, is selling food containing toxic PFAS, also known as forever chemicals. Take action and stand up for your right to safe food. 🧵(1/4) action.foodrise.org.uk/page/191262/... 132
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 11/06/2026🔥 Today we’re at the Supreme Court - for a monumental hearing which could shape access to environmental justice. We’re challenging a decision that risks making future environmental cases harder, riskier and more expensive to bring. Find out more: foodrise.org.uk/cost-cap-sup... 053
Reposted by FoodriseFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We’re at the Supreme Court in London today to stand up for everyone’s right to take environmental cases to court without the fear of paying unaffordable legal bills. ✊ 🧵👇 11810
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Tomorrow, we’re going to the Supreme Court to support the right to access environmental justice! Join us outside the Supreme Court in Parliament Square at 9am to show your support: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-for-... Stay tuned for more updates from the court. 042
Reposted by FoodriseSustain: the alliance for better food and farming @sustainweb.org · 01/06/2026Sustain and @foodrise.bsky.social shortlisted for the SMK National Campaigner Awards 2026 for stopping a megafarm in Methwold! READ MORE: www.sustainweb.org/news/may26-s... 031
Reposted by FoodriseRóisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 21/05/2026This morning Irish climate experts wrote to Minister O'Brien @deptcee.bsky.social to express deep concern that urgent #methane reduction risks being undermined if climate targets are set using a ‘temperature neutrality’ approach. 1/13irishtimes.comInternational scientists plead with Ireland not to adopt controversial greenhouse gas assessment methodScientists raise alarm over proposal to ease Ireland’s climate obligations 34725
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 21/05/2026 📢 Big polluters are trying to undermine action on methane. 42 scientists are calling on governments worldwide to reject the dangerous “no additional warming” narrative being used by big polluters to avoid reducing pollution. Learn more: www.irishtimes.com/environment/... 🧵(1/5) 111
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 18/05/2026We've just submitted an OECD complaint against Yara – one of the world’s biggest nitrogen fertiliser producers – for its unethical and climate-wrecking practices. Find out more in @sustainableviews.bsky.social: www.sustainableviews.com/is-the-iran-... 022
Reposted by FoodriseBiofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Important letter we have also signed, against new threats to access to justice in England and Wales in relation to decisions that harm climate and nature: 043
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Each year, SMK celebrates the best campaigns and campaigners. We are thrilled that our Methwold vs the Megafarm campaign in collaboration with @sustainweb.org has been shortlisted for the SMK National Campaigner Awards 2026 in the Best Use of Law category! Read more: smk.org.uk/awards_nomin... 001
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 12/05/2026📢 We’re inviting organisations across the environmental and food movement to sign our joint statement for environmental justice. @green-alliance.org.uk @wwf.org.uk @ciwf.org.uk have already signed on. Find out more and join the movement: foodrise.org.uk/cost-cap-sup... Share with your networks! 024
Reposted by FoodriseSoil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · 06/05/2026📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance 24634
Reposted by FoodriseAdfree Cities @adfreecities.bsky.social · 05/05/2026🫛 We've backed the 10-Point Plan for Plant Rich diets, a clear policy plan to increase accessibility of healthier foods, support farmers and end the dominance of destructive industrial animal farming 🥕 @foodrise.bsky.social @plantbasednews.bsky.social plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/he...plantbasednews.orgAdfree Cities Backs Ten Point Plan For Plant-Rich DietsAdfree Cities, a network of local grassroots groups across the UK, says it is “proud” of backing the Ten Point Plan for Plant-Rich Diets 041
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🔥 Join us by calling on Abel & Cole to tell the truth and stop supporting factory fish farming. Thanks to 300+ of you sending emails, they’ve removed social media videos featuring farmed salmon recipes and edited their content on land-based salmon. Help us ramp up the pressure: buff.ly/SgyLORE 000
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Huge win! Belgium’s highest administrative court has pulled the plug on what would have been one of Europe’s largest land-based salmon farms. Columbi Salmon aimed to produce a staggering 3 million salmon a year. But now, thanks to campaigning from GAIA, it’s been blocked 🙌 lnkd.in/emFu8G6d 010
Reposted by FoodriseGlobal Alliance for the Future of Food @futureoffood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026What affects the land, affects the sea 🌊 We’re sharing two new #BeaconsOfHope stories from 🇦🇺 and 🇨🇦. From reclaiming Aboriginal "sea country" to #FirstNations leading the fight for #WildSalmon, those closest to the struggle hold the solutions: story.futureoffood.org/beacons/land… 065
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 14/04/2026“We’re deeply concerned that Abel & Cole’s move to land-based salmon will open the floodgates on demand for land-based salmon” says Foodrise’s Natasha Hurley We need you to help stop land-based salmon. Take 2 minutes to tell Abel & Cole to #TellTheTruth: action.foodrise.org.uk/page/188893/... 011
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Join our calls for Abel & Cole to tell the truth about land-based salmon & stop supporting factory farming. Land-based salmon deepens the industry’s existing harms, draining our oceans of fish for feed & subjecting animals to cruel conditions. Take action: action.foodrise.org.uk/page/188893/... 011
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This April Fool’s, Abel & Cole is trying to sell us a misleading story about land-based salmon – we’re not buying it. It's an environmental and ethical disaster, sharing many of the same harms as industrial salmon farming at sea. Take action: action.foodrise.org.uk/page/188893/... 021
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Last chance to apply! We’re looking for a campaigner to help us drive positive change across a variety of issues within food systems. This role is ideal for someone early in their campaigning career. Find out more and apply before 30th March 2026: foodrise.org.uk/job/campaign... 000
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 24/03/2026🙌 We’re delighted that World Animal Protection has just joined our call for a ban on land-based salmon factory farms. Our briefing, Fish out of water, reveals why governments must ban this dangerous new technology before it takes hold. Read now: foodrise.org.uk/fish-out-of-... 120
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Are you passionate about transforming food systems and embedding social justice? Are you early in your campaigning career and looking to take the next step? We’re looking for a campaigner to join our team. Find out more and apply before 30th March 2026: foodrise.org.uk/job/campaign...foodrise.org.ukCampaigner - FoodriseThe Campaigner will support the development and delivery of campaigns that drive positive change within food systems. This role is ideal for someone early in their campaigning career who is… 011
Reposted by FoodriseTABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Recently posted to our opportunities board: 💼 Job: Campaigner 📔 Based at @foodrise.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 30 March 2026 🌍 Hybrid/London, UK ➡️buff.lyJob: Campaigner, Foodrise, Hybrid, London, UK | TableDebatesAbout Us 011
Reposted by FoodriseAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Shocking figures from the @foodrise.bsky.social report: "CAP at the crossroads- Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy and sustainable diets" foodrise.org.uk/wp-content/u... 096
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Exciting opportunity to join our campaigns team! We’re looking for a campaigner to support the development and delivery of our bold and exciting campaigns that drive positive change across our food system. Deadline: 9am 30th March 2026. Please share! foodrise.org.uk/job/campaigner 055
Reposted by FoodriseFood, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 04/03/2026💪 In Liverpool & Merseyside, people are building their own solutions to get good food to communities. ➡️Find the report & film here: ffcc.co.uk/liverpool-me... @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @kindlingtrust.bsky.social @alchemickitchen.bsky.social @lucyantal.bsky.social 174
Reposted by FoodriseAction on Salt and Sugar @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026It is astonishing that the government has introduced this trade measure allowing tariff-free sugar imports. This trade deal is detrimental to public and environmental health and uses taxpayer money to undermine both. Learn more from @foodrise.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/mxd7s4refoodrise.org.ukPress release - Government faces legal challenge on £90 million subsidy for cheap sugar - FoodriseThe government is being forced to defend a new trade measure which will flood the country with cheap sugar – using taxpayers’ money to undermine its commitments on climate and public health. Legal pro... 011
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🙌 We’re proud to be joining over 100 major UK retailers, food businesses, investors, health organisations, food and farming NGOs and academics, calling on the UK Government to introduce a Good Food Bill. The time is now to #FixFoodForGood Find out more: www.sustainweb.org/news/feb26-g... 010
Reposted by FoodriseCompassion in World Farming International @ciwf.org · 19/02/2026The environmental devastation, animal welfare and health harms driven by industrial meat production are no longer up for debate. So why does the EU continue to prop up this backwards industry? It’s time for policymakers to make better, bolder decisions on food and farming. 011
Reposted by FoodriseMighty Earth 🌍 @mightyearth.org · 20/02/2026The EU spends hundreds of times more public money on high-emissions beef & dairy than legumes & nuts through its agricultural subsidies. For example, beef & lamb received ~580x more than lentils & beans, according to new figures published by @foodrise.bsky.social: foodrise.org.uk/CAPCrossroads/foodrise.org.ukCAP at the Crossroads - Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets - FoodriseCAP at the Crossroads: Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets, a new report from Foodrise, reveals the scale of EU common agricultural policy (CAP) subsidies directed to meat ... 053
Reposted by FoodriseAction on Salt and Sugar @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social · 18/02/2026👀 Fascinating new @foodrise.bsky.social blog - with the Autumn Budget quietly boosting the UK's access to cheap sugar, its become clear that if we're serious about protecting health then trade and public health policies must better align - rather than contradict. tinyurl.com/ms2u8vm5tinyurl.comA tax break for imported sugar isn’t sweet for the public health or the environmentThis post is by Ali Hines, sugar campaigner at Foodrise A significant decision passed largely unnoticed in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ hotly anticipated autumn budget. She announced that the autonomo… 032
Reposted by FoodriseDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 19/02/2026“It’s scandalous that billions of euros of EU taxpayer money is being used to prop up a high-emissions industry at a time when scientists are telling us that we need – on health & environmental grounds – to shift to lower-meat diets” say @foodrise.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBeef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study findsReport says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets 14526
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 19/02/2026REVEALED: The EU spends hundreds of times more public money on high-emissions beef and dairy than legumes and nuts through its common agricultural policy (CAP) subsidies, according to new figures published today by Foodrise. Read the new report: foodrise.org.uk/CAPCrossroads/ 12120
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Britain’s largest salmon farm has just been approved in Shetland - which would contain up to 6,000 tonnes of salmon at any one time. This is a shocking decision that puts corporate profit above all else: animals welfare, local ecosystems and communities. www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/council... 032
Reposted by FoodriseGreen Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 12/02/2026The autumn budget saw a trade measure renewed that allows raw cane sugar to be imported into the UK tariff-free. Ali Hines @foodrise.bsky.social spotlights how this move contradicts the government’s strengthening of the soft drinks industry levy and detriments the environment and public health.buff.lyA tax break for imported sugar isn’t sweet for the public health or the environmentThis post is by Ali Hines, sugar campaigner at Foodrise 174
Reposted by FoodriseBadvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 26/01/2026🙌 Major climate win! Amsterdam has become the first capital in the world to legally ban meat and fossil fuel advertising. 🌍 More than 50 cities worldwide have now pledged to ban the advertising of fossil fuels. www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/a...desmog.comAmsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel AdsAmsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads... 28938
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🌱 Do you want up to three acres of land to farm? Grow More Growers is looking for new growers to match with landholders in Buckinghamshire and East Oxfordshire to help establish small-scale commercial veg enterprises. Find out more and apply now: www.growmoregrowers.org 021
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 07/01/2026How can we use the law to stop environment-wrecking megafarms? This is the question we'll be exploring at #ORFC2026... Don't miss our panel, Using the Law for better farming and a cleaner environment, on Friday 9th at 9-10:20am (Jesus College, Ship Street, Lecture Theatre). buff.ly/SKPjmpHbuff.lyORFC 2026 In-Person ProgrammeORFC 2026 8 – 9 Jan 010
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Don’t miss us at ORFC this week! Join our panel to explore how the law can be used to deliver a food system that works for people and the planet. 📍 Friday 9th at 9am, Jesus College, Ship Street Lecture Theatre orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in... 061
Reposted by FoodriseFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/12/2025Food production no longer profitable for English farms, says review ft.trib.al/0ertCTSft.trib.alFood production no longer profitable for English farms, says reviewNearly a third of businesses were lossmaking last year as rising costs and volatile weather hit household income 4279
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 18/12/2025🚨 When the tech fails – thousands of fish die. Since 2020, there have been at least 17 major mass mortality events in land-based fish production facilities around the world. Find out more about the dark reality of land-based factory fish farming: foodrise.org.uk/fish-out-of-... 020
Foodrise @foodrise.bsky.social · 17/12/2025How can we utilise the law for better farming and a cleaner environment? That’s the question we’ll be exploring during our panel at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026. Join us! When? Friday 9th at 9am Where? Jesus College Ship Street - Lecture theatre orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in... #ORFC 010
Reposted by FoodriseGreen Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 11/12/2025"It’s factory farming at its worst and it has no place in our food system." 🎏 Amelia Cookson, industrial aquaculture campaigner at @foodrise.bsky.social, explains how salmon farming is moving onto land and why these land-based factory farms should be banned⤵️buff.lyFour reasons why land-based salmon factory farms should be bannedThis post is by Amelia Cookson, industrial aquaculture campaigner at Foodrise in the UK. When you hear the words ‘salmon farming’, what comes to mind? Perhaps an open-net sea cage in coastal waters… 041
Reposted by FoodriseBrigitte Wear @brigitte-whl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025🔴 NEW 🔴 The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs. with @desmog.com 12319