Farming and food
Buying locally produced food helps to maintain thriving local businesses. Photo: Stockxchng
Farming should be about more than simply growing crops. It should be about:
- providing healthy, high quality food at a fair price
- securing a beautiful, diverse and accessible countryside
- contributing to vibrant rural communities
We are working to encourage this wider role for farming.
Do you know the true cost of cheap meat?
Find out the truth about how pork is produced and the labels you need to look for when buying british pork.
> Pig business: take action
From farm to table – the food web
We're working on a project to increase awareness of the benefits of locally produced food.
> Local foods: campaign update
Help beef and sheep farmers get a fair deal
We are supporting a campaign by the National Farmers' Union which is urging stores to give a fair price to British farmers for beef and sheep. Find out what you can do to support British farmers.
> Farming: take action
Life on a farm
We helped Devon organic farmer Paula Wolton to set up a blog and tell people about life on her farm. We believe that people need to know more about farming and where food comes from and the role farmers play in maintaining the character of our landscapes. Paula's views given on her blog are her own and we won't necessarily share all of them.
> Locks Park Farm: Paula's blog
