Current Affairs
The Future of Family Farms: Budget Changes Explained
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ 2024 Autumn Budget has had strong reactions from the farming community, particularly over inheritance tax adjustments…
Food Systems: Looking closer at the bigger picture
Hear how we could look closer at the bigger picture when it comes to our global food system and how…
Was Rishi Sunak’s Food Summit a Success?
There is clear disagreement as to whether or not Rishi Sunak’s ‘Farm to Fork’ summit held yesterday was a success.…
Why has Rishi Sunak called a Food Summit?
Today, the very first Farm to Fork Summit has taken place in Downing Street, hosted by the Prime Minister, Rishi…
Why are the supermarket shelves empty? (PART 2)
by Ben Eagle; Acting Editor, Eat Farm Now With the empty shelves in supermarkets story continuing to make headlines and…
Why are the supermarket shelves empty? (PART 1)
by Ben Eagle (Acting Editor, Eat Farm Now) Newspaper headlines have been increasingly panicked in recent days regarding food shortages…
Fieldwork: what land does to people, and what people do to land
Bella Bathurst has written one of the best books about farmers and their relationship to the land that I’ve ever…
Deep dive on dairy in the USA – does it have a future?
In the first episode of a series on the dairy industry, dairy farmers and their bovine producers, you’ll meet a…
How will AHDB’s plans for change affect farmers?
Hosts Ben Eagle and Will Evans are joined this week by the Chair of AHDB, Nicholas Saphir, and dairy farmer,…
What the Brexit deal means for UK dairy farmers
Our dairy analyst John Allen discusses what the Brexit deal means for dairy with the help of Erik Elgersma, who…
What does Waitrose’ net zero target mean for farmers and customers?
Waitrose recently announced an ambitious target for their business and farmer suppliers to be carbon net-zero by 2035. We find…
Expert insight: How Brexit is shaping up for the trade in dairy
Ben Eagle and Will Evans quiz trade specialist Andrew Kuyk, who shares his rather stark thoughts on the progress of…
What Joe Biden could mean for UK dairy farmers
Following the US presidential election, we invite Eric Meyer from Highground Dairy in the States back to discuss what the…
The milkman returns – what doorstep deliveries mean for farmers
Recently released data shows how Brits returned to the milkman and doorstep deliveries during lockdown. But what does this mean…
A dairy farmer’s perspective: Brexit looms with labour issues
Dairy farmer Henry Lewis discusses the looming labour issues as the Brexit transition period looms. Most farms, even those employing…