In the UK, farmers are held to account by the Red Tractor scheme. Food that carries the Red Tractor logo has been responsibly sourced, safely produced, and comes from crops and animals that have been well cared for. Imports are often accountable to lower standards than UK grown foods and can therefore be sold…
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Farming the Groove Armada way
In Rome there is a monument erected by Caesar Augustus (27BC – 14AD) called the Miliarium Aurem (golden milestone). It is the point from which, scholars believe, all distances within the Roman empire were measured. It is ground zero, the beginning of everything, the genesis of civilisation as far as the Roman empire was…
A measurable journey with Natural England
The consumption driven world we live in has programmed us to think about ‘me & now’. Yet many environmentalists and corporate leaders including Paul Polman are saying we need to start thinking about ‘us & later’ as part of the climate change agenda. To do that, we will need to understand the metrics…