All Food security articles
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: dry spells, cold treats & the RTD gold rush
From crop stress to rocketing ice cream sales and a £11m RTD funding round, here’s what caught our eye this week
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NewsMeat industry calls on government to safeguard water supply
Representative bodies and business argued the step was necessary on food safety and animal welfare grounds, as well as to ensure UK food security
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NewsEagle lands at Defra again as Burnham announces new cabinet
Angela Eagle has been named environment secretary at Defra, taking over from her former boss Emma Reynolds
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NewsGlobal food price crisis could now be looming, think tank warns
UN figures show 8% of the world’s population faced hunger in 2025
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Comment & OpinionWill Andy Burnham be the radical change our food system needs?
As we begin to hear who will be filling many of the top posts in this new government, we should quickly get a clearer picture of how the Burnham administration plans to tackle the many challenges currently facing the British food system
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Comment & OpinionIncoming PM Andy Burnham must put food at heart of the agenda
As Andy Burnham prepares to become prime minister on Monday, food policy must finally get the priority it deserves, says Kath Dalmeny, CEO of Sustain
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Energy drinks, Asda pricing & retail media
This week we examine Andy Burnham’s plans for food & drink, look at Asda’s evolution and see how the sector is feeling the heat from the recent weather
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Comment & OpinionIf Andy Burnham wants a fast win, the Good Food Cycle awaits
There is huge speculation about what former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham may do when it comes to food strategy and health
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NewsUK must ’act now’ on land-based seafood farming, report says
The authors said the UK had a ’unique opportunity’ to adopt and develop land-based seafood production technologies
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Comment & OpinionEl Niño is exposing the flaw at the heart of the rice market
El Niño exposes how little buyers know about the rice they source and what that means for supply chain resilience, says Fergus O’Sullivan, founder of Nice Rice
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Comment & OpinionWhy climate finance failures are fuelling the UK’s future food crisis
With funding a ’signficant barrier’ to climate adoption, farmers must be given the tools and money they need to adapt
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer Gold Awards should galvanise industry to engage the new government
A new prime minster is days away – the industy must seize the moment to make its case, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will PM Andy Burnham mean for food & drink policy?
Burnham’s intentions – so far – include a ‘high street renaissance’ and employment reforms
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Defra’s roadmap deliver for farms and food security?
NFU leaders admire the intent, but have concerns about funding
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Comment & OpinionGreenwashing at Groundswell: has regen-ag been hijacked?
No longer the preserve of idealistic farmers, regenerative agriculture is now firmly on the agenda in boardrooms across the food chain
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Comment & OpinionThe cold chain blind spot in global food systems
A new global index reveals the infrastructure gap between farm and fork isn’t just a logistics problem – it’s a systemic problem threatening food security, says Pratima Singh, principal of policy and insights and head of The Food Imperative at Economist Enterprise
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NewsUS tariffs bite as UK food and drink exports sink to 10-year low
Export volumes fell their lowest levels in a decade in the first quarter of 2026, according to the FDF
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Comment & OpinionChasing food self-sufficiency is the wrong goal
The UK hasn’t been self-sufficient in food for almost 250 years and with all the benefits global trade brings, it doesn’t need to be, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionAs the heat rises, so does the risk to Britain's food supply
The UK’s definition of food security must catch up with the climate and health risks reshaping the food system, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder at the Planeatry Alliance
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NewsDefra unveils long-awaited Farming Roadmap for England
The government said the plan ‘ended years of uncertainty’, however, the NFU stressed it needed ‘urgency in delivery’