From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Nature needs predictable cycles: birds hatch their eggs in time for plentiful insects, small mammals rely on autumn fruit to get them through winter. If this does not happen, they do not survive." – @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "When the food environment offers flavour without nutrition, stimulation without sustenance, and branding without care, those choices are already structured by inequality." – @ffc-commission.bsky.social ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Paying a premium for organic goods – whether marginal (as it can be for some UK fresh produce) or eye-wateringly high (for chicken, beef or lamb) – is just not a priority for many hospitality businesses." foodservicefootprint.com/organic-food...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Glyphosate-based herbicides are probably one of the most deceptively toxic pesticides ever invented, because you’re lulled into a false sense of security." wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/the...

🌾 Join FFCC Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social, Rt Hon George Eustice, Sophie Gregory & Patrick Holden CEO of @susfoodtrust.bsky.social for a conversation on the policy and politics of farming at Ark Summit 2026. 📅 19 June 2026 , The Cotswolds Tickets here: www.arkce.com/summit-26

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Pitching it as “a GCSE to teach teens to plant wildflower-friendly gardens” sets it up to be niche and middle-class before it even launches. Natural history is about so much more than planting wildflowers." theconversation.com/eco-literate...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic British Free Range Unhomogenised Whole Milk rose by 29% over the past year, while sales of its No.1 Organic Unhomogenised Ayrshire Whole Milk increased by 34%." www.farminguk.com/news/unhomog...

✍️ SFT Projects Manager, Olivia Boothman, explores how lessons from traditional pastoralist practices could transform our current farming landscape and rebuild a better sense of connection between people and the environment that supports us. ➡ sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/s...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Portsmouth South MP, Stephen Morgan, has been appointed Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Defra." – @farminguk.bsky.social www.farminguk.com/news/new-def...

💬🧪 Our CEO and organic farmer, Patrick Holden, writes about his recent experience of being a co-claimant in the judicial review – led by #BeyondGM – challenging regulations that remove labelling and traceability from so-called ‘precision bred organisms'. sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/l...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "A key part of the GCSE will include dedicated time outside, with teachers required to include at least 20 hours of fieldwork as part of the course." – @pippaneill.bsky.social | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Initial results from the Environmental Baselining Pilot suggest that 30% or more of soil organic carbon on participating farms sits below the commonly measured 30cm depth." – @farminguk.bsky.social www.farminguk.com/news/ahdb-pi...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The Broken Plate Report, published today by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, shows households with children in the lowest 20% of incomes are finding it increasingly difficult to feed their families with nutritious food." www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/healthy...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Speaking to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union on Monday, Polanski said: “That is not a sign of a healthy system. Someone is being exploited somewhere, and if you’re paying 7p for vegetables, then something is not right.”" www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Green Party co-leader Zack Polanski is set to deliver a stark warning about the UK's food system, describing it as "close to collapse" and asserting that food workers' contributions are "sneered at."" – @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

🎬 By now most of us have watched at least an episode or two of Clarkson’s Farm, or binged the Attenborough collection, but what about those hidden gems you might have missed, or some of the upcoming releases that should be on your radar? Scroll through this list to find out... 🧵⬇️

🌍 On World Environment Day 2026, we're being called upon to take notice of what the planet is telling us – to listen to the ‘signals’ it is sending out – and to take action. We’ve picked out some people, events and resources that we think are sending out the right signals. Scroll down to see ⬇️

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The early findings give weight to an argument long touted by regenerative farming advocates that, while initial costs may be higher than conventional farming methods, it pays dividends." – @euronews.com www.euronews.com/2026/06/04/r...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "“Businesses are starting to understand that climate change and geopolitics are mutually reinforcing threat multipliers and that disruptions will continue, so they need to develop strategies to make them more resilient.”" – @reuters.com www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "They now plan to monitor patients' heart rates, respiratory rates and pain levels, to see if the outdoor rooftop ward helps them recover more quickly." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "This is The Long Table, a restaurant built on what it calls “radical hospitality”. The concept is straightforward. There are just one or two dishes on the menu, you sit wherever there is space, and you pay what you can afford." www.positive.news/society/come...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "“We managed to ban battery eggs, why not battery cows? It is shameful that we subject cows […] to these conditions of confinement.” said Patrick Holden, organic dairy farmer and founder of the SFT." – @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "For every dollar spent to protect nature, the UN recently reported, more than $30 goes toward destroying it, largely from private industries like energy, agriculture, and mining." – @benjij.bsky.social | @vox.com www.vox.com/climate/4894...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "“In the 1960s and Seventies, I remember chicken was an occasional treat,” says Patrick Holden, organic dairy farmer and founder of the Sustainable Food Trust. It was expensive back then, he recalls." – @telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "British farms risk becoming financially unsustainable unless agriculture adapts to climate and market pressures, a new report has warned."@nffn.bsky.social www.farminguk.com/news/farms-m... Sign up for our Daily News Digest at sustainablefoodtrust.org/newsletters/

From today's #DailyNewsDigest 📰: "The government has reopened the site to support the food industry's growing need for CO₂ gas. The Animal Welfare Committee has urged phase out of CO₂ slaughter for pigs due to the distress caused to the animals." @theecologist.org theecologist.org/2026/may/15/...

🌱 Professor Tim Lang shares his thoughts at our Beacon Farms event at Dagenham Farm in April. ➡️ For more information on Beacon Farms, head to sustainablefoodtrust.org/our-work/bea...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest 📰: "The driver had provided the outside world with some of the first evidence suggesting the company was engaged in so-called “cattle laundering”. ➡️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/the-agt...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Patrick Holden, CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, told the Daily Mail that if we want mackerel back on the shelves one of the things we will have to stop doing is eating farmed salmon." www.dailymail.com/news/article...

🙌 We did it. Together, we raised £180k through our Big Give campaign! Your support will help us champion sustainable food & farming as vital to public health. True health means more than the absence of illness. It means vitality, resilience and thriving communities — and begins with healthy soil.

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they will end the production and use of fossil fuels, after a landmark climate meeting involving nearly 60 countries." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "As Big Ag pushes for more chemicals in the name of 'food security', the findings of a landmark study provide hope for nature friendly farmers." wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/landmar...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "One of the UK's largest chicken producers and a water company will be in the High Court on Monday accused of polluting the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk. Campaigners have long pointed at the rapid expansion of industrial chicken farming." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The UK Government should set limits on the levels and types of PFAS permitted in food, giving producers, retailers and regulators a consistent basis for protecting public health, said the EAC this week." foodservicefootprint.com/pfas-food-pa...

As @gm-freeze.bsky.social prepare to challenge the Government on GMOs, Patrick Holden – part of the successful 1990s campaign for tighter regulation of GMOs – highlights why we must act now if we want to preserve our right to keep GM food off our plates. 👉 sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/t...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: “The problem is that value is placed on exotic fibres like Kashmir and Merino when that value should instead be placed on the wool we grow domestically. We have one of the greatest diversities of sheep breeds in the world.” www.independent.co.uk/life-style/s...?

🌏The Big Give Earth Raise campaign is now live — and for the next 7 days every donation you make will be doubled. This is a pivotal moment. With your help, we can accelerate the shift towards a food system that supports both people and the planet. #EarthDay2026 ➡️ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "45 organisations have pulled together to send a message to government and industry: that people want their health to be prioritised over corporate profit." www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "An ancient breed of cattle whose ancestors are thought to have accompanied the Celts as they were pushed to Britain’s fringes by the Romans has been designated as urgently at risk by a UK conservation charity." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🎙️ Owen Shiers – Welsh folk singer, grainer grower and cultural historian – was the latest guest on the #SFTPodcast recently. In this clip, Owen and Patrick talk about the difficult decisions that many farmers face when trying to balance valuing cultural traditions with making a profit.

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Contingency planning, first revealed by The Times, centres on the risk that continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt supplies of carbon dioxide – a gas critical to agriculture and the wider food chain." www.farminguk.com/news/uk-food...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "While the environmental and health harm of pesticides are well-known, many people ask: Can agriculture thrive without them? The answer, backed by a groundbreaking 10-year study in France, is a resounding YES." – @paneurope.bsky.social

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Food and beverage giant Nestlé has forged a new partnership with Soil Capital to continue scaling regenerative practices across Europe, building on successful pilots in France and the UK." – @edienet.bsky.social www.edie.net/nestle-and-p...

There's still time to apply for our two new roles! 🎯 Special Assistant to the CEO 🎯 Projects Officer Applications close Friday 24th April. ➡️ To apply, please send your CV and a short cover letter outlining your interest in the role and your relevant experience to [email protected].

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "At around £2.50 per child per meal, England still sits at the lower end of international school food funding, and in some European countries, public investment typically ranges between £5 and £8 per meal." www.independent.co.uk/life-style/s...

🚨 From Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th April, any donations you make to us via our @biggive.bsky.social #EarthRaise campaign, will be DOUBLED! Find out what your donations can help us to achieve: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Under the government's proposals, fruit will replace “sugar-laden treats” for the majority of the school week, and schools will no longer be allowed to offer unhealthy “grab and go” options like sausage rolls and pizza every day." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The big political worry until recently for ministers has been food price inflation, not whether the food system is itself vulnerable to shocks. They are linked." – @proftimlang.bsky.social | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In this month’s food security themed newsletter, our policy and research team unpack the reasons behind the UK’s fragile food system, and imagine what a future food system that’s more resilient to global shocks and price volatility might look like. ➡️ sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/b...

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "According to Nature Friendly Farm Network and The Wildlife Trusts, income from agriculture that does not rely on high cost inputs, and instead takes advantage of existing ecosystems, can offer a 10-45% increase in revenue." environmentjournal.online/headlines/le...