Dr Stuart Gillespie on ultra-processed food and corporate power

Farm­ers are already building resilience. Policy and markets still reward short term thinking.

UK farmers are struggling with rising prices, as the war in Iran and the closure of the strait of Hormuz starts to affect supply.

A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored

March Recap

Defra has published its long-awaited Land Use Framework for England, setting out principles and data to guide decisions on farming, nature recovery, housing, and climate. Sustain welcomes the…

So why is it still stuck at 3% of UK farmland?

March Edition

This is how you lose local veg, local jobs, and nature friendly farming, quietly, in the fine print

Choice matters, but power decides the price.

Choice matters, but power decides the price.

Greater awareness of healthy diets and concerns over ‘trusted’ food mean sales are growing at fastest pace in two decades

Soil covers this month’s front page of the science journal Nature, headlining with: “Down to Earth - How pesticides reshape soil biodiversity”. The cover refers to the recently published extensive res...

Here’s What’s Coming Up Just for You

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Environment secretary says payments will be limited to £100,000 per farm so ‘more farmers can benefit’

In this post, we explain what to expect from the Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2026. We also share the list of the 71 actions available in the new offer, with payment rates.

The government is expected to announce details around the revised SFI scheme during a speech at the NFU Conference tomorrow

KFC, Nando's, Burger King and other chains have pulled out of their pledge to stop using fast-growing chickens, with campaigners slamming the owners for letting down 'a nation of animal lovers'

In a statement released 19 February, AIMS said official veterinarian charges to industry were 'going up by £10m in the coming year', an increase of nearly a quarter, despite the current rate of inflat...

If the commitment is serious, it comes with dates, funding, enforcement, and trade rules that stop undercutting.

Exclusive: ‘Springwatch’ star Iolo Williams says consumers should know ‘disconnect between language and reality’

A recap of our first AgStacker Roundtable, and the next date if you want to join us.

A recap of our first AgStacker Roundtable, and the next date if you want to join us.

If you live in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Norfolk or Suffolk, you live in a megafarm hotspot. The government wants to make it easier to build even more - h...

February Edition

A new report models a cliff edge in crop rules, and the knock-on effects could land on food security, standards, and the farms we lose first