Indoor farming helps community members bring healthy food to northern Manitoba

Healthy food is hard to come by in northern Manitoba. Food shipped from the south is prohibitively expensive and is often stale, and the climate and soil in the region don’t support much traditional outdoor farming. This issue disproportionately impacts …

The Spending Review: Food and farming fail to make main speech, while Tories brand it 'betrayal of rural communities'

,Food and farming failed to appear in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spending Review address today, although it is believed Defra has secured a ‘strong financial settlement'. Despite fears the farming friendly budget was to be slashed, Defra has …

Spending Review: ‘Crucial win’ as green farming budget dodges cut but fear over regulator funding remains

Urbanites flock to paddies to get rice, connect with farming

More families are wading into terraced paddy fields across Japan for the back-breaking work of growing rice under “part-time farmer” programs. Such systems were set up years ago to guarantee a stable rice supply for working members while allowing them to …

Rachel Reeves slammed as environment emerges as 'big loser' at Spending Review

The Environment department is “one of the biggest losers” across Government following Rachel Reeves’s Spending Review, MPs and campaigners have said. The Chancellor gave the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) £2.7billion for …

'The devil is in the detail' on government spending pledges, warn farming leaders

Labour says its overall £7.4bn settlement for Defra "maintains the government’s steadfast commitment to farming, food security, and nature’s recovery". It has committed to invest more than £2.7bn per year in sustainable farming and nature …

Spending review: £2.7bn farming budget masks real-term cuts, experts say

The government’s headline pledge of £2.7 billion a year for farming and nature has been cautiously welcomed, but rural experts warn it may actually amount to a funding cut. Labour's latest spending review, announced today (11 June), has committed to …

Reeves protects nature-friendly farming budget amid squeeze on environment spend

Green groups have welcomed the Government’s decision to protect the nature-friendly farming budget, but concerns remain about the overall squeeze on environmental spending. Ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending review on Wednesday, environmentalists …

Federated Farmers poll shows a cultural sectarianism the Left can’t negotiate with – climate change reform must be ...

I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, the Farming Community are sectarian and no matter the Left does, we can’t negotiate with them! Think I’m wrong? Look at the facts… How would farmers vote if an election were held today? The results might …

Digital Twin Technology Revolutionizes Strawberry Farming with Enhanced AI Integration and Cost Reduction

In the burgeoning field of agricultural technology, the integration of digital twin simulations with artificial intelligence is poised to redefine how farming research and operations are conducted. A recent breakthrough pioneered by University of Florida …