Riverford farmers group have called on the bigest supermarkets in the UK to ensure fair terms for the farmers that...
Farm to fork
How Wales produces and sells its food and drink products is all the more crucial to the economic interests of the nation as a whole. Developing sustainable supply chains, as well as good international links, will play a crucial part in ensuring that opportunities can be capitalized on and threats mitigated against.
Open letter calls on Welsh Government to maintain support for organic farming
An open letter organised by Wales Organic Forum has been sent to the Welsh Government calling on them to maintain...
Report discussing Welsh community food scheme published
A report has been published discussing the benefits of a trial community food scheme launched in 2021. The ‘Accessible...
Wales Centre for Public Policy publishes environmental report on the future of food in Wales
The Wales Centre for Public Policy have published their response to the first challenge question set by the Wales Net...
Celebration of Welsh food and drink as British Grassland society visits Coleg Glynllifon
Coleg Glynllifon recently hosted a celebratory event featuring a host of Welsh food and drink producers, as part of...
£300,000 fund to help food festivals in Wales launched
The Welsh Government have launched a £300,000 fund to help food and drink festivals in Wales. According to a statement...
Food, Farming and Countryside Commission launch consultation
The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission have launched a wide-ranging consultation in order to share the views of...
Welsh food companies to display their goods at New York trade show
A selection of companies that produce food and drink in Wales are getting the opportunity to show their wares at a...
IBERS to take part in ‘Pea Protein’ project
Aberystwyth University’s IBERS department is to take part in a new project to discover new types of peas in order to...
Circular agriculture
Circularity in agriculture is increasingly recognised as a promising strategy to support a green transition towards...
Why the UK Government should develop ‘rural-inclusive’ Levelling Up policies
A recent briefing paper from The National Innovation Centre, Rural Enterprise, (NICRE) based at Newcastle University,...
Wales Real Food & Farming Conference
23 - 25 November 2022 Lampeter campus, UWTSD, Ceredigion. After two years online, the Wales Real Food & Farming...
What’s Regenerative Agriculture and its benefit for Wales?
With agriculture being largely blamed as one of biggest contributors to climate change there needs to be a Wales wide...
The growth of local milk supply chains in rural Wales
At the start of the pandemic there were images of dairy farmers disposing tonnes of their produce due to falling...
Farming for Change: mapping a route to 2030
The Food and Farming & Countryside Commission has published a Farming for Change: mapping a route to 2030 report....
Horticulture Action Plan 2020
The Horticulture Action Plan 2020 for the commercial horticulture industry in Wales provides a clear roadmap and...
Covid-19 and Brexit – the ‘perfect storm’ for the food sector
For many years, the farming unions, academic experts, and manufacturers have stressed that food security is an issue...
The move from basic payment to a more sustainable way of farming
For many of us, this year didn’t quite seem the same without the physical phenomenon of the Royal Welsh Agricultural...