Farmers fight back against Veganuary ‘misinformation’ in push to keep meat on the menu

British farmers are launching a campaign to promote eating meat during Veganuary to counteract “misinformation and false truths” on social media. The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board…

Farmers warn of ‘bloodbath’ amid fears over sliding pork sales

Pig farmers are braced for their toughest month yet as demand for pork and bacon “drops off a cliff” but farms remain packed with animals. The National…

What does it really take to run a family farm shop (if you’re not Jeremy Clarkson)?

Despite the sign on their kitchen door – ‘Do you want to speak to the man in charge or the woman who knows what’s going on?’ –…

Sri Lanka abandons drive to become world’s first organic country amid spiralling food prices

Professor Buddhi Marambe, a former Dean of Agriculture Faculty at the University of Peradeniya, was sacked from his position as a government adviser after warning of serious…