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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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FOOD

Friends of the Earth reacts to new Agriculture Bill

food

news release

16th Jan 2020

Kierra Box, campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: “Making sure there is enough healthy, sustainably produced food for everyone is a positive aim in this Bill, but technology is not a magic bullet. Future food productivity will rely on protecting and restoring natural services such as pollination and soil health.

Factory farming in Northern Ireland will produce waste equivalent to 12 million people

food

news release

26th Oct 2018

A mega-farm proposed at Limavady will produce 1.3 million tonnes of pig slurry every year. This has dire implications for the environment of Northern Ireland, as well as animal welfare.

Friends of the Earth launches loyalty scheme in Portsmouth to help students eat less meat

food

news release

2nd Oct 2018

KALE YEAH! rewards students with a free meal for every 6 veggie or vegan meals purchased in university cafes.

Accepting hormone-treated beef to secure Australian trade deal would betray green Brexit pledges

food

news release

1st Apr 2018

Responding to reports that the Australian government may insist on the UK accepting hormone-treated beef as part of a trade deal between the two nations, Friends of the Earth campaigner Kierra Box said: “Ministers promised that UK standards on animal …

Government greener farming vision must have adequate funding and bold ambition

food

news release

27th Feb 2018

EU environmental regulations must also be maintained and strengthened, says Friends of the Earth

The Agrifood Atlas: how corporations are tightening their stranglehold on people’s food

food

news release

31st Oct 2017

New research published today shows the dramatic impacts of the global food system being rapidly monopolised by ever-fewer, ever-larger corporations at every stage of the food chain. This alarming trend poses risks to consumer choice, jobs and working conditions and …

Princess Anne and GM crops

food

news release

22nd Mar 2017

Responding to reported comments by Princess Anne on GM crops, Friends of the Earth’s senior food and farming campaigner, Clare Oxborrow said: “GM crops are right now exacerbating the very worst impacts of industrial farming.

Food waste to be halved by 2030

food

news release

24th Jan 2017

countries across the Europe, including Britain, have formally pledged to try and cut their food waste by 50% by 2030 campaigners call for target to be binding Pressure from Friends of the Earth and people across the continent, including 60,000 …

Waitrose throws down gauntlet by sourcing non-genetically modified soya

food

news release

1st Nov 2016

In welcome news, Waitrose has today announced that they will source soya from Europe that is not genetically modified for their pig feed. Friends of the Earth’s senior food and farming campaigner, Clare Oxborrow, said: “This is a big, positive …

As ban on British beef is lifted, protection from US hormone treated beef must remain – says Friends of the Earth

food

news release

27th Jul 2016

As it is announced that the US ban on importing British red meat – which was introduced following the BSE crisis known as “mad cow” disease – is to be lifted after 20 years, Friends of the Earth argues that …

Processed meats cause cancer, says WHO

food

news release

26th Oct 2015

Commenting on the report today by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which concludes that processed meat causes cancer and red meat is a “probable carcinogen”, Friends of the Earth’s senior food campaigner, Clare Oxborrow …

Can you resist meat for a month? Meat Free May

food

news release

1st May 2015

Manchester Friends of the Earth campaigners are encouraging to people across Greater Manchester to take the Meat Free May challenge and give up meat for a month in May. (1)

Love Food Hate Waste: Free Local Cookery Events with Celebrity Chef Richard Fox

food

news release

5th Mar 2015

The Love Food Hate Waste campaign have free local food events going on across Greater Manchester and invite people to come along and meet the chefs. It is part of the televised Love Food Hate Waste campaign and we have …

EU allows Member States to ban GM crops

food

news release

13th Jan 2015

Commenting on today’s decision by MEPs to allow EU countries to ban the growing of GM crops in their territories, Friends of the Earth Senior Food campaigner Clare Oxborrow said: “This decision is good news for nations like Scotland and …

Are current farming methods risking boom or bust with food supplies?

food

news release

12th Aug 2014

The push for more intensive agriculture to feed a growing global population risks ecological “boom and bust” according to four of the country’s leading ecologists, writing for Friends of the Earth’s Big Ideas Change the World project [1].

MPs food security report fails to tackle need to change diets

food

news release

1st Jul 2014

Commenting on a new report by MPs on food security published today (Tuesday 1 July 2014), Friends of the Earth’s Senior Food Campaigner Vicki Hird said: “MPs rightly recognise the very serious threat climate change poses to food security. “But …

Europe will need land three times size of UK to meet bioenergy demands

food

news release

28th May 2014

By 2030 Europe could require an area of land and forest three times the size of the UK to meet our bioenergy demands, new research published by Friends of the Earth Europe today (Wednesday 28 May 2014) has revealed.

Are you up for the Meat Free May challenge?

food

news release

30th Apr 2014

Thursday 1st May sees the start of Meat Free May which challenges the public to give up meat and fish for one month, while raising vital funds for Friends of the Earth. [1] With increasing awareness that we need to …

Calls for EU to halve meat consumption are good news

food

news release

25th Apr 2014

A new study published today (Friday 25 April 2014), which calls for Europe to cut its meat consumption in half, has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth. The environment charity’s youth network has recently launched Meat Free May, which …

Young Friends of the Earth launch Meat Free May

food

news release

16th Apr 2014

Today, Young Friends of the Earth launches Meat Free May (Wednesday 16 April 2014), which challenges the public to give up meat and fish for one month, while raising vital funds for Friends of the Earth.

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