Category: Food and Farming (2)

Popular show celebrating rural life rejects...

Organisers of The Royal Bath and West Show, held annually in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, have rejected calls from...

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Rural Communities, Food and Farming

23 May, 2024

Major London NHS trust now serving venison...

A major London NHS trust is rolling out wild venison across its hospitals in a drive to improve sustainability.

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Scotland, Food and Farming

17 May, 2024

Support of Scottish Government sought by...

A few years ago, an extremely conservative (and dare I say it, unreliable) figure was proposed as a best guess for the...

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Wales, Rural Communities, Food and Farming

16 May, 2024

Welsh Government postpones Sustainable...

In a move welcomed by Countryside Alliance Wales, the Welsh Government has postponed the Sustainable Farming Scheme,...

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Rural Communities, Food and Farming

16 May, 2024

Tim Bonner: Government seeks balance in...

I know from my inbox exactly how concerned people across the countryside are about solar farms. Most people are...

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Rural Communities, Food and Farming

15 May, 2024

Solar panels must not be built on good...

Local councils will be urged by ministers not to approve planning permission for solar farms on high-quality farmland...

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Political, Food and Farming

9 May, 2024

Food labelling matters

The Countryside Alliance has responded to a government consultation on fairer food labelling. The consultation, which...

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Food and Farming

8 May, 2024

Farmers to win new development rights

The Government has tabled legislation to cut red tape faced by farmers looking to diversify their business and convert...

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Food and Farming

28 March, 2024

Don’t want ultra-processed food? Game is the...

It seems to me that every other programme currently airing on Radio 4 deals with the cataclysmic epidemic of...

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Political, Food and Farming

28 March, 2024

Three more councils join Countryside...

Three councils, including the first in Scotland, have signed onto a Countryside Alliance pro-farming campaign over the...

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Political, Food and Farming

25 March, 2024

Securing the British food supply

Parliament’s last full week before the Easter recess saw two important debates on an issue that is never far from the...

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Food and Farming

14 March, 2024

Alliance welcomes Defra Buy British...

The Countryside Alliance has welcomed the Defra’s announcement that food labels will be made clearer to help consumers...

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Category: Food and Farming (2)

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