LEAF’s Global Impacts report reveals sustainable farming progress
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has announced substantial progress in its mission to inspire and enable sustainable farming. Launching its fifth Global Impacts Report at today’s LEAF Marque Summit, it revealed that it is continuing to consolidate its strong position in the cereals and horticulture sectors and that progress is also being seen in the […]
Noble Foods and Cranswick Show global leadership on farm animal welfare
British companies, Noble Foods and Cranswick lead the producer sector, not just in the UK but globally when it comes to managing and reporting their farm animal welfare policies and practices, according to the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report published today (23 January 2017). Noble Foods retained its position in the […]
STA responds to Policy Exchange report
The new Policy Exchange report ‘Too Hot to Handle?’ highlights how extensively Government needs to act to decarbonise heat if the UK is to meet its legally binding carbon targets. The report comes as the solar thermal industry remains on tenterhooks for the final Government decision on its proposed reforms to the Renewable Heat […]
LEAF announces significant progress in sustainable farming
LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) has revealed another year of significant progress in its mission to deliver more sustainable food and farming. The area of land around the world growing LEAF Marque crops increased by 28% since last year, according to the findings of its latest annual Global Impacts Report, which was launched today. LEAF […]
Reports forecast timber availability from British forests over next 50 years
These reports extend the 25-year forecasts published in 2011, and make specific presumptions about the extent and nature of replanting that will occur if and when existing forests are harvested. The forecasts are important aids to the development of forestry policy and to forest, woodland and infrastructure planning and management by the forestry and timber […]
Food supply chain interim review published
Following the horsemeat crisis in February 2013, Professor Elliott was asked by the Secretaries of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Health to look at what can be done to ensure that the food being bought and eaten by consumers in the UK is what it says […]