2018 – or the year policymakers got serious about plastic waste
With 2018 already behind us, we can now say with some certainty…
Double call to action from the OTB
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) has written to its members asking for…
Antarctic deal supported by UK retailers
Greenpeace has applauded Britain’s retailers after several major high street names joined…
Organic farmland on the up
The number of British producers farming organically has increased by almost 2%,…
A ‘circular economy’ for plastics
Change-driving environmental charity Wrap UK has welcomed more than 40 companies to…
Goldsmith: onus is on producers to combat plastic problem
Environmentalist and MP for Zac Goldsmith says that in the fight against…
Objection lodged against proposed UK GM trial
A proposed open-air GM field trial by Rothamsted Research has prompted 26…
Gove charms audience at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
Michael Gove became the first Defra minister to address the rebel Real…
Land in organic conversion up by over 22%
Latest government figures show that the amount of UK farmland in organic…
Industry must agree clear goals for post-Brexit future
The UK natural health sector must adopt a unified perspective and agree…
UK food and drink export plan flags up organic opportunities
The Government’s UK Food and Drink: International Action Plan 2016 to 2020…
Latest NFU application to use neonics rejected by Defra
DEFRA has rejected the NFU’s second request to allow farmers to use…
NFU submits new request to allow use of banned neonic seeds in the UK
After its emergency application to use neonic seed treatments on oilseed rape…
Government must take action to protect UK soil says report
A report by the Environmental Audit Committee warns that further action is…
Sustainable catering standard on the cards
Soil Association Certification is teaming up with the Carbon Trust to develop…
Sustainable catering standard on the cards
Soil Association Certification is teaming up with the Carbon Trust to develop…
Bayer, Syngenta took part in ECP meeting on neonic ban, suppressed minutes show
According to newly published documents, Bayer and Syngenta were involved in a…
FoE prepares ground for potential legal challenge over neonics
Following the UK Government’s decision to temporarily lift the ban on neonicotinoids…
UK Government lifts neonic ban after NFU’s second ‘emergency’ application
After rejecting the National Farmers’ Union’s (NFU) request for farmers to be…
