The former Organic Trade Board, formed in 2008, has restructured itself to form UK Organic, a community interest company (CIC) that aims to “unite representatives across the supply chain to re-energise the organic sector and arrest...
The transition to a sustainable agricultural sector that can meet net zero targets requires significant industry collaboration. As part of the largest lender to British agriculture, Lloyds Bank has recognised its responsibility and...
Liz Bowles is the new chief executive of Farm Carbon Toolkit, the community interest company founded in 2009 to help measure and reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Ms Bowles joins from the Soil Association,...
A group of MPs has asked for an urgent government review into the practice of non-organic seed use by certified organic growers. Julian Sturdy MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, has written to Defra secretary...
The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission has launched a report into how less intensive systems of agriculture can meet the challenge of feeding a growing population while mitigating climate change and increasing biodiversity. The report builds on its 2019 report...
Agriculture and food chain auditing and certification body Control Union has formed a governance group for its regenerative agriculture platform. The regenagri platform was launched in June this year to promote holistic farming techniques that increase soil organic...