THE FOOD Standards Agency has given a huge endorsement to the safety of British eggs by relaxing its advice on using eggs after their best before date. The Agency, which had previously stated that all eggs must be used within their best before date, now says that it is ok to eat eggs a couple [...]
Full report, video and presentations now available for registered users: Click here . To register for FREE Click here The Footprint Forum went to Fruit Towers on 23 November. A report, the presentations and video featuring speakers and delegate insights into Agriculture Abroad – a positive contribution to a sustainable food system. (Anyone can see the [...]
Footprint Forum 23 November 2011 (For Video at the Forum click here) The foodservice industry faces many headaches when it comes to international sourcing of raw materials. But Octobers forum provided a clarity and vision that ensured it was only the not-so-Innocent cocktails that had attendees reaching for the Aspirin. IT WAS always going to [...]
The Footprint Forum went to Fruit Towers to talk about Agriculture Abroad and the positive contribution that Foodservice can make to the global food system and sustainability. For the written report of what went on at the Forum click here
The EUs first ever legislation designed to improve animal welfare might not be worth the paper its written on. From January 1, barren battery cages those that dont allow hens to carry out natural behaviours such as foraging and stretching of wings will be banned as part of the Welfare of Laying [...]
Hear the top line from speakers at the Footprint Forum. Water Scarcity, water management, water stewardship is fast becoming an essential part of sustainability policy – water is also becoming an ever increasing cost and an ever dwindling resource.
The European Union Committee of the House of Lords considers EU documents and other matters relating to the EU in advance of decisions being taken on them in Brussels. It does this in order to influence the Governments position in negotiations, and to hold them to account for their actions at EU level. [...]
The humble potato is the backbone of the British diet: whether mashed, boiled or chipped we cant get enough of it. Kathy Bowry visited a potato farm in Nottinghamshire and discovered that spuds have to be grown in a sustainable manner or the industry will have had its chips, literally. We Brits get [...]
Q. You will have been heavily involved in the Conservative Partys Honest Food campaign to stop meat products originating from another country being processed in the UK and subsequently sold as British produce. This has progressed to a Parliamentary Bill requiring meat and meat products labelled as British or carrying the Union flag to be [...]
Why Farming Matters
By footprint on August 5, 2010
Published in: Comment, Health and Vitality and tagged agriculture, EU, EU Agriculture, European Union, National Farmers Union, NFU, UN, United Nations, Why Farming Matters.
…to the nations economy, environment and our health. In contradiction to the idea that food production is one of the major scourges on the environment, the NFU firmly believes that agriculture is actually part of the solution to climate change. When the NFU launched its campaign Why Farming Matters almost four years ago, [...]