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Farming

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet
supermarket aisle
Carina Millstone

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet

Carina Millstone, executive director at Foodrise, writes about how there is a better alternative to supermarkets having a near monopoly over grocery sales in Britain
Letters: If I had to flee my home I'd hope I wouldn't end up in an asylum hotel
Letters

Letters: If I had to flee my home I'd hope I wouldn't end up in an asylum hotel

The pigs of Orwell's Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK's pigs are in trouble
Farming

The pigs of Orwell's Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK's pigs are in trouble

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'
Farming

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: 'We've left very little room for nature to exist at all'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
a tractor in a field
Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it
Farming

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

Brixton Village’s Black Farmer receives £250k investment from fund for underrepresented entrepreneurs
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, aka The Black Farmer, in his Brixton farm shop.
Big Issue Invest

Brixton Village’s Black Farmer receives £250k investment from fund for underrepresented entrepreneurs

'Out of touch': Rishi Sunak urged everyone to 'buy British' food – but there are several big problems
General election 2024

'Out of touch': Rishi Sunak urged everyone to 'buy British' food – but there are several big problems

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Rishi Sunak
Letters

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis
Farming

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit
Farmer mental health
Universal Basic Income

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit

'It's not just wonky veg': Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty
Food poverty

'It's not just wonky veg': Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Lambs with their mother
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security  
farmers can contribute to tackling the climate crisis
Climate crisis

Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security  

‘Heatflation’: Heatwaves could drive up food prices – but scientists are working on a solution
food prices
Heatflation

‘Heatflation’: Heatwaves could drive up food prices – but scientists are working on a solution

30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages
Two pigs in hay
Farming

30,000 pigs culled since September due to supply chain issues and worker shortages