Do you want farming and food in the UK to be beyond GM, beyond pesticides, beyond the intensive and the industrial? Would you like it to be healthy, fair, ecological and truly sustainable (in the… It started with good news and then dropped off. The good news was that a new study has found organic wine really does taste better; then there was a positive report from a Leicestershire farmer… According to a Treasury committee, UK farming is costing society £700 million per year in net external costs. It’s not clear whether this figure includes costs caused by the farmed salmon industry where use of… According to the Sunday Times a Treasury committee has found that farming is responsible for £700 million per year of net external costs to society and taxpayers. The Natural Capital Committee (NCC) – made up…Have your say on how to reform food and farming after Brexit
I read the news today (2/1/17)…………
I read the news today (1/1/17)…………..
UK farming’s cost to society
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Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Food Quality and Health, Genetic Engineering, Health, Politics
Tagged Brexit, GMOs, health, Organic farming
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Posted in Agriculture, Genetic Engineering
Tagged farmed salmon, GM industry, GMO seeds, NaturalCapital, Pesticides, TrueCostsofFood
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Posted in Agriculture, Politics
Tagged Dieter Helm, external costs, natural capital, subsidies, TrueCostsofFood
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