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A global voice for the Sustainable Food Movement, founded by Patrick Holden. Working to accelerate the transition to more sustainable food and farming.

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Sustainable Food Trust @susfoodtrust.bsky.social · Jun 8
🎬 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... 🧵⬇️
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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...
Wednesday briefing: How can the UK protect its landscape in an increasingly hot world?
In today’s newsletter: As heatwaves intensify, Britain’s ecosystems are being pushed beyond their evolutionary limits
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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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
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“Blueberry vapes, no blueberries”
Dominic Watters on what council estate food environments reveal about Britain’s food system.
ffcc.co.uk
June 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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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...
Will organic ever feel the love from foodservice?
While out of home businesses struggle to justify the premium for sourcing organic produce, ministers in England procrastinate over a plan to grow the sector
foodservicefootprint.com
June 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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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...
The government is negligent over glyphosate, says leading professor
Michael Antoniou, Professor Emeritus at King’s College London, is on a mission to educate people about glyphosate and the corruptness of the regulating system…
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June 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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🌾 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
June 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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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."
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Eco-literate children can be stewards of nature – here’s how to boost environmental education
How we train the next generation is critical to nature recovery.
theconversation.com
June 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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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...
Unhomogenised milk boom prompts Waitrose farm investment
Waitrose has installed new milk processing equipment at its Hampshire farm after production of unhomogenised milk rose by 74% in three years.
www.farminguk.com
June 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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✍️ 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.

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June 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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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...
New Defra farming minister appointed after Eagle move
Stephen Morgan has taken over Defra’s food security and rural affairs brief at a time when farmers are seeking clearer direction on food production.
www.farminguk.com
June 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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💬🧪 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'.
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Looking back, looking forward: New GMOs and old lessons | Sustainable Food Trust
Patrick Holden reflects on why he chose to speak out during a recent judicial review challenging regulations that remove labelling and traceability from ‘precision bred’ organisms (PBOs) and the impor...
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June 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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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...
Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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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...
AHDB pilot suggests soil carbon may be underestimated by a third
British farmland soils may be storing far more carbon than current accounting methods suggest, according to early findings from an AHDB-led pilot.
www.farminguk.com
June 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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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...
Healthy diet requires 85% of disposable income for lower-income families
The Broken Plate Report, published today by the Food Foundation, shows households with children in the lowest 20% of incomes are finding it increasingly difficult to feed their families with nutritiou...
www.thegrocer.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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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...
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June 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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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...
Zack Polanski warns Britain’s food system is ‘close to collapse’
The Greens have called for a £1,000-a-month basic income for some agricultural workers
www.independent.co.uk
June 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
susfoodtrust.bsky.social
🎬 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... 🧵⬇️
June 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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🌍 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 ⬇️
June 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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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...
How soil health could be Europe’s best drought defence
Regenerative farming could save enough wheat during drought to produce 130 million baguettes, according to a new French study.
www.euronews.com
June 4, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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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...
Analysis: Could Hormuz be the crisis that finally makes the world rethink farming?
When the Strait of Hormuz was blockaded, few people were surprised at the impact that it had on oil prices. But many were shocked at just how important the waterway is for another commodity crucial to...
www.reuters.com
June 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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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...
'I forgot what it's like to be outside': Intensive care ward opens on rooftop
The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 1, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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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...
The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head
At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together
www.positive.news
May 29, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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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...
‘Battery cattle’ farms rise in UK as milk price drops
Nearly a fifth of the largest farms have been linked to pollution in recent years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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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...
I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.
The contradiction at the core of big-money environmental giving.
www.vox.com
May 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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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/...
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May 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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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...

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Farms must work with nature to survive, report warns
British farms risk becoming financially unsustainable unless agriculture adapts to climate and market pressures, a new report has warned.
www.farminguk.com
May 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM