The past 66 years have seen ragwort demonised in policy and removed in great swathes. It’s time to end the war on wildflowers. Matt Browne, Head of Public Affairs at The Wildlife Trusts, explains…

As the Wildlife Trusts head off to the regenerative farming event Groundswell, where soil health rightly takes centre stage, Vicki Hird looks at the tools we need to restore and protect our soils…

Farming depends profoundly on nature to deliver safe, sustainable and healthy foods. But the food system beyond the farm gate - the buyers, marketeers, retailers and restaurants – largely drives…

In January, The Wildlife Trusts co-hosted a workshop at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, discussing the challenges lowland peat soils face and potential solutions. In this blog, Vicki Hird,…

A focus on restoring nature in 2025 could help solve a raft of problems facing UK Government - from the economy, to floods and our water supply, and from climate, to farming and our health.

With the details of the Labour Government’s long anticipated Budget now unveiled, The Wildlife Trusts’ Senior Land Use Policy Manager Barnaby Coupe looks at the implications for Defra’s flagship…

The new UK Government promised that more decision-making will be devolved to local communities. With many pressures on our land and the growing impact of climate and nature loss, new approaches to…

As farmers begin their days well before dawn during their busiest season, we want to celebrate the dedication and hard work of the growers in the Jordans Farm Partnership (JFP) – a long-standing…

Politicians are notoriously wary of talking about food.

Nervous that anything they say publicly about changing the system will be construed as hiking prices of, or affecting access to,…

At the Farm to Fork summit hosted today by Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, we’re expecting to hear an announcement on a new annual Food Security Index – to add to the UK Food Security Report that…