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News: Imagine the death of UK farms

Is it an exaggeration to predict the death of the family farm in England? A toxic combination of tough farm policies post-brexit and ‘open all borders’ trade deals could conceivably kill off small and medium sized farms.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Wednesday 1 March 2017

News: Expert Roundtable on WTO farming and Brexit

Sustain, Friends of the Earth and RSPB invited members to a meeting in February to explore the implications of Brexit to food and farming and the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) where rules on trade are set by its 164 members.
Sustainable Farming Campaign | Monday 27 February 2017

News: Leadsom vows to protect food trade with EU

Addressing the National Farmers' Union conference, the Defra Secretary laid out the five principles she thinks should frame food and farming post-Brexit, and vowed both to protect food trade with the EU and pursue deals with other partners.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: Scotland aims to boost home-grown public procurement

A concerted effort by government and industry will help more Scottish-grown food find its way onto menus in schools, hospitals and other public settings, to support Scotland's food and drink sector.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: Antimicrobial resistance still alarmingly high

Bacteria found in humans, animals and food continue to show resistance to widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report from Europe's scientific authorities, leading to about 25,000 deaths in the EU every year.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: Nestle to reduce sugar in confectionery by 5%

Admitting that the food industry's performance so far on child obesity has been misdirected, Nestle has said it will remove 18,000 tones of sugar from its European products by 2020, equivalent to a 5% reduction from current levels.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: How Big Food and Drink make use of sport

The Healthy Stadia organisation aims to turn sports arenas into healthy eating hubs -- and in doing so it shines a light on how food companies have hijacked sport to promote unhealthy eating. The annual conference will take place in April.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: National Farmers' Union conference upbeat on Brexit

1,400 farming delegates gathered at the NFU 2017 conference to hear ministers and officials present a vision they believe will make agriculture robust outside the EU -- as long as Government makes the right decisions.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: Collaboration for sustainable food in the North West

A new Briefing Paper from Sustain member the Food Research Collaboration describes the development of the Sustainable Food North West Research Collaboration.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017

News: The Postman Always Brings Rice

Meat Free Mondays invites you to celebrate the Oscars season by thinking up some meat-free movie puns and tweeting them at #MakeAMovieVeggie.
Sustain | Friday 24 February 2017