Neonicotinoids update – A win for bees
Update - January 2025 The UK government will stop approving the 'emergency' use of a bee-threatening pesticide - a huge win for wildlife after years of campaigning by Pesticide Collaboration [...]
National Food Strategy: a half-baked attempt to reform the food system
On Monday, the Government published it's food strategy white paper – the much anticipated response to the National Food Strategy, authored by restauranteur Henry Dimbleby. In his introduction, Dimbleby said: [...]
The weather has not saved the bees this time
As we reported here and here, the Government approved the use of the banned pesticide thiamethoxam for sugar beet in England in 2022. The same approval was given last [...]
Pesticide reduction in the UK? Some lessons from South Asia
As UK agriculture stands at a post-Brexit crossroads, we take a look at two differing attempts to reduce and phase out pesticides in South Asia. What lessons can be [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Government puts bees at risk
The Government, for the second year running, has allowed for a banned bee-harming pesticide to be used by sugar beet farmers in England, threatening our precious pollinators In making [...]
UK supermarkets and highly hazardous pesticides
Following two years of behind-the-scenes advocacy work and an in-depth survey, Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) today released its 2021 ranking which scores the UK’s top ten supermarkets [...]
National Food Strategy: The Sweet and The Sour
The launch of the National Food Strategy today makes welcome recommendations for radical changes to our food system and the way we manage land to better protect people and the [...]