Colin gave evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee for their report on “Sustainable Food”. But he is mortally disappointed by the report’s conclusions. The House of Commons … Read on
The series has been produced by Jonathan Kent. He writes: ”It’s been an adventure. I’ve met some great people. I’ve had enormous fun. I also think that this is probably … Read on
The National Trust have just launched a report What’s your beef critically examining the assumptions behind the calls for intensification of agriculture — necessary we’re told to increase production levels in … Read on
A review from Natural England (March 2012) includes a section on food summarised by Alan Spedding in the attached document: Environmental economics – food Well worth looking through the original review. … Read on
It would be easy to conclude, from all that has been dinned into us from all directions and not least from our government and its expert advisers, that the number … Read on
May 12th 2012 What is the point of Dairy Co? Everyone is addicted to the ‘market’. This is what the market does. Control gets into the hands of the few … Read on
Colin sent his piece to Lord John Krebs, Pete Riley and Evan Davis. Here’s Pete’s response: Dear Colin Thanks you for you note commenting on the piece on GM crops … Read on
May 8 saw the launch of www.globalagriculture.org by the Foundation on Future Farming and Biovision to coincide with the run-up to Rio+20 which is seen to “provide the opportunity to set … Read on
by Gary Jones Why conservation? This is about food isn’t it? Well, farming — but farming is about food? My name is Garry Jones. I read zoology at Cambridge and … Read on
“The aim of the Commission is to regulate crofting, to promote occupancy of crofts, active land use, and shared management by crofters, as a means of sustaining and enhancing rural … Read on
