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09/01/2022Industry News
09/01/2022
Government’s post-Brexit farming plan ‘will increase UK’s reliance on food imports’
As changes wrought by Brexit slash and burn £1.8bn of direct payments to English farmers by 2027, experts warn that government optimism over agriculture in England is dangerously misplaced
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08/01/2022
Tenant farmers could be hit by new rewilding incentives, union warns
National Farmers Union official says it could become ‘attractive’ for landowners ‘to take land back’
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06/01/2022
British farmers unhappy as Asda retracts beef promise
Asda has backed out of a commitment it made in October to stock exclusively British beef, angering farmers.
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06/01/2022
Sustainable farming incentives must be balanced against protecting UK industry
The government’s Landscape Recovery Scheme for England will invite funding bids for up to 15 pilot projects that involved full rewilding, or the introduction of measures that restored habitats.
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06/01/2022
England’s farmers to be paid to rewild land
Nature recovery schemes are part of post-Brexit subsidies overhaul, but eco campaigners are sceptical
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05/01/2022
Forget Veganuary. Let’s talk about Regenuary and the power of regenerative farming
A campaign that’s starting to gain traction amongst savvy food producers and consumers, Regenuary asks consumers to source as much of their food as possible from regenerative farming for one month of the year. It’s all about the how.
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05/01/2022
KFC to launch plant-based chicken nationwide on January 10
KFC will debut Beyond Fried Chicken in restaurants across the U.S. for a limited time beginning January 10, becoming the first plant-based poultry product created for a national chain.
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04/01/2022
Adoption of cage free egg production continues worldwide
More companies around the world are producing or sourcing more cage free eggs according to Compassion's latest EggTrack Report
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21/12/2021
Compassion’s introductory ChickenTrack report lays ground for measuring European company progress towards higher welfare chicken
Compassion in World Farming has launched its preliminary European ChickenTrack report which aims to measure company progress towards meeting the higher welfare requirements of the 2026 Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). This introductory report…
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15/12/2021
Netherlands announces €25bn plan to radically reduce livestock numbers
The Dutch government has unveiled a €25bn (£21bn) plan to radically reduce the number of livestock in the country as it struggles to contain an overload of animal manure.
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