Recent weeks have seen alarming headlines suggest that the UK risks serious strife due to limited food production capacity, thereby touching on something that makes the public feel vulnerable at a visceral level – literally something we will feel in our gut: the chance we might not have food tomorrow. But this is not a recent risk, nor the result of a particular policy programme. It is a core piece of the UK’s strategic security puzzle, composed of challenges that cannot b

Only a select few would claim agricultural surpluses are a sexy topic. But in this arena the seeds have been sown for a potential backlash against the current US administration, as recently decimated international food aid policies were once a pressure release valve for tensions with the agriculture lobby over slumping crop prices – a problem faced by the US government again today. Trump’s vision is of America as a producer, an export powerhouse, maker and grower of things t

Agriculture is the foundation of large-scale societies. Everything we take for granted would not be possible without farming. It is not a...