The coalition agreement: environment, food and rural affairs

The coalition agreement: environment, food and rural affairs

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Countryside in Crisis: It's an uphill struggle - Telegraph

Countryside in Crisis: It's an uphill struggle - Telegraph: "In the first of a series highlighting the plight of Britain's countryside, Clive Aslet discovers the hardship suffered by our traditional upland farmers."

English badgers set for targeted culls | Environment | guardian.co.uk

English badgers set for targeted culls | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Ministers are preparing to order targeted badger culls in England in a move that will delight farmers who believe it the prime factor in the spread of TB through their dairy herds – and enrage many animal welfare groups.

The new coalition agreement released by Downing Street today says: 'As part of a package of measures, we will introduce a carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control in areas with high and persistent levels of bovine tuberculosis.'"

BBC News - Star Peter Gabriel attacks Woolley Valley farm plans

BBC News - Star Peter Gabriel attacks Woolley Valley farm plans: "Pop star Peter Gabriel has added his voice to a campaign to stop an agricultural development at a beauty spot near Bath."

Blog alert: Wiseman boosts profits 43% - Phil Clarke’s Agribusiness Blog

Blog alert: Wiseman boosts profits 43% - Phil Clarke’s Agribusiness Blog

Dairy farmers will note this with interest...

Food can help cut the fiscal deficit | Tim Lang and Charlie Clutterbuck | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Food can help cut the fiscal deficit | Tim Lang and Charlie Clutterbuck | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Sustainably increasing food production in the UK makes financial not just environmental sense"