Free trade threat to farming
22 May 2021
Free trade negotiations with Australia being rushed through by the government could have devastating implications for farmers across the UK.
Agriculture
Agriculture
Bouncing back: the return of British fruit
1 April 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen increased discussion of home food production. Encouragingly, some British food growers are thinking positively along the same lines.
Agriculture unchained
New developments in agricultural policy give some idea of our potential future as a sovereign nation…
Brexit - The chips are down
Britain is not the only country whose agriculture has been distorted by the EU...
An agricultural call to arms
25 November 2020
A new book does more than grapple with the decline of Britain’s farming – it sets out what needs to be done.
Britain takes on EU over plant safety
9 August 2020
Britain is refusing to give way to an EU instruction that it must reverse a government decision to enforce stricter regulations on the importing of some plants and the banning of others.
Farming - The new 'land army'
Thousands applied to become agricultural and horticultural workers after appeals by government and farmers for a new “land army” to help prevent millions of tonnes of fruit and vegetables going to waste during the coming period.
Thousands apply to new 'land army' - yet chartered flights still arrive
16 April 2020
With massive spikes in workers looking for farming jobs, some farmers are still chartering flights to bring in workers from eastern Europe.
Coronavirus forces farmers to turn to British workers
31 March 2020
In a marked change of attitude, the National Farmers Union has announced a new era of recruiting British workers for seasonal work.
Agriculture: the great opportunity
While the EU is desperately trying to find the money to prop up its ailing and corrupt Common Agricultural Policy, Britain can plan for a productive future…
The animals are not for burning
For 45 years British farming has been distorted by the European Union. And there’s no shortage of ideas about how to run it after Brexit…
Irish farmers protest [shorter version]
Irish Beef farmers are holding a series of protests calling on their government and the EU for support.
Irish farmers protest
7 August 2019
Beef farmers in Ireland have held a series of protests calling on their government and the EU for support.
Agriculture and industry
Modern farming relies on industrial production. We can grow food but can we make a tractor?
Horticulture plans for the future
6 December 2018
The horticultural industry is becoming clear about what is needed to secure the sector’s future post-Brexit. Growing more in Britain would offer economic gains and increase biosecurity according to a recent report.
EU rules 'waste food' and add to pollution
13 September 2018
EU rules force around a third of all fruit and vegetables produced on British farms are thrown away purely because they don’t look good enough, scientists say.
Brexit - an opportunity to produce more food
Along with fishing, agriculture is set to be a big beneficiary of Britain’s leaving the EU. But that won’t happen without a collective determination to make it so…
End in sight for live animal export to EU abattoirs
25 April 2017
In another Brexit opportunity, people are realising that Britain could finally ban or restrict the export of live animals for slaughter after we leave the EU.
Agriculture and fisheries can look to the future
For forty years we have documented the disastrous effects of EEC, later EU, membership on British agriculture and fisheries. Now, with an end to EU membership in sight, Britain can at last begin to put things right…
Feeding an independent Britain
Feeding an independent Britain
Thursday 2 February 2017 19:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 2 February, 7.30pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Hard hit by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, British agriculture now has a chance with Brexit to be what it should be: a plentiful source of healthy food – and of better employment too. Come and discuss. All welcome.
Farmers march for a future
23 March 2016
Farmers from all over the UK marched to Downing Street on Wednesday 23 March to demand a future for British farming.
TTIP 'danger to environment', say MPs
15 March 2015
A report from MPs says proposals in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty pose dangers for the environment, animal welfare and public health in Europe.