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The Sustainable Food Trust, along with 63 other farming, health and environmental organisations, has signed an open letter from the NFU to PM Boris Johnson. The...
In this debate at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2020, panelists discuss the future of UK farming, and what constitutes a sustainable diet. How might lab...
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Local abattoirs are essential for the marketing of local meat. Yet, despite expressions of support from the previous Secretary of State and other Ministers, high level...
Last summer the small abattoir in the centre of Frome, just a mile or so from my holding, closed its doors for good. As I understand...
I have never before been to a conference where the opening plenary involved Japanese taiko drummers and the closing had The Beatles’ Revolution as a soundtrack....
As the ORFC moves into its second decade, it continues to be at the nexus of debates on the future of food and farming. Growing year...
What we should eat to be healthy and produce a healthy planet has never been more unclear or hotly contested. A panel chaired by Sarah Sands,...
Yesterday we heard from speakers at the Oxford Real Farming Conference [1] about the crisis facing our local meat supply as small abattoirs continue to go...
There’s been a spate of great films over the last year which examine the issues and concerns of food and farming and how we negotiate the...
The SFT’s work in exploring the external costs of food and farming, has led us to the realisation that we need a common approach to measuring...
As we explored in The History of Wheat, most of the milling wheat widely grown in this country has been bred for a specific farming system...
CEREAL is a new series uncovering the secrets behind the bread we eat and the farmers, millers and bakers working together to create alternative models for the...
Christmas has become a time of hyper-consumerism and extreme overconsumption. As a result, it can be a frustrating time of year for those concerned about the...
Every aspect of our diet has become inexorably linked to the quality of our individual human health and the wellbeing of the planet. From drought-inducing avocados...
The first Wales Real Food and Farming Conference, held on 11-12 November in Aberystwyth, was an event that had been waiting to happen for some time....
The Sustainable Food Trust Progress Report outlines the development and successes of the SFT over the last 8 years. The report was launched on Monday 9th December 2019...
We are delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation to become the Patron of the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT). The announcement was...
The last two weeks has seen significant TV and radio coverage of issues relating to meat, not all of it well balanced. Sustainable Food Trust Policy...
Earlier this year, the UN announced that 1 million species around the planet are at risk of extinction, with agriculture the primary culprit in what is...