Category Archives: The College
Defra Farming and Food Brief: April 2013
Some interesting annual figures (milk prices and volumes, fertiliser costs, etc) in this Brief. Summary as follows: Fall in farm incomes Total Income from Farming, is estimated to have fallen between … Read on
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is by Bill McKibben This was published last year, but we’ve only … Read on
Why Farmers Still Struggle When Food Prices Rise
The FT yesterday (April 17 2013) forecast that wholesale food prices are set to fall this year — because of bumper crops in the US and South America. But rise … Read on
Defra stats (Nov 2012)
These stats on Land ownership, use and agricultural workforce, June 2012
Ecological Livestock
Ecological Livestock is a report from Greenpeace International (published January 2013) outlining their views of the “main impacts of the current destructive industrial livestock system, and the basis for a shift … Read on
Prof Tim Lang on Food Policy
This paper – An Integrative Approach to Food Policy — is based on a talk given to the OECD in October last year (2012). Prof Tim Lang provides the following summary … Read on
Food Statistics for the UK, 2012
Defra’s pocket book Food Statistics 2012 makes for an interesting read — including the breakdown of the gross value added for the agri-food sector. Of the GVA £89.1 bn (2010 … Read on
Re-Designing and Re-Building the Infrastructure of our Food System
by Professor Gary Paul Nabhan* The food re-localization movement is coming of age, for it was 21 years ago that visionary Robyn Van En began CSA North America, the first organization … Read on
Chatham House Report on Resource Security
This report from Chatham House (Bernice Lee, Felix Preston, Jaakko Kooroshy, Rob Bailey and Glada Lahn, December 2012) has quite a bit on food. An infographic includes changes in food production … Read on
Dairy Miles
Simon Fairlie examines how it is that UK dairy farming has got into its current mess; and looks at some alternatives, including micro-dairies and vending machines. Dairy Miles is published with … Read on
