“Briefing: Free Trade and the Agriculture Bill 2019-21” Courtesy of the TaxPayers’ Alliance In recent decades, global food trade has liberalised substantially. According to the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Britain imports 47 per cent of its food, 19 per cent coming from outside the European Union. This means that, no matter […]
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Agri-giants like smell of faux meat
Until not very long ago, “fake meat” would summon images, and perhaps smells and tastes, of highly unconvincing patties composed primarily of soy products and good intentions. No more: the meteoric rise of Beyond Meat, which has soared to prominence on the back of […]
How big will America’s biggest greenhouse be? GIGANTIC
The future of farming may very well be indoors, judging by the news that a two-year-old startup, AppHarvest, plans to build a behemoth 2.8 million-square-foot greenhouse in Morehead, Kentucky for mass cultivation year-round. According to the New York Times, AppHarvest plans to use the greenhouse, which will be one of the […]