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

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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.

GM crops ‘over-hyped’, says Friends of the Earth as new push begins

food

news release

14th Mar 2014

Commenting on the report today [Friday 14 March 2014] from the Council for Science and Technology recommending a new programme of independent research to field test GM crops, Friends of the Earth’s Senior Food Campaigner Vicki Hird said: “GM crops …

Farmageddon: the damaging consequenses of cheap meat

food

news release

29th Jan 2014

Commenting on Farmageddon, the book uncovering the impact of cheap meat on our health and the environment being published tomorrow (Thursday 30 January 2014), Friends of the Earth Food Campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran said: “The authors of this new book vividly …

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