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  • It’s time to Eat Seasonably

    Eat Seasonably is all about inspiring and enabling people to eat more seasonal fruit and vegetables.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Industry's ideas for growing and eating more fruit and veg

    Members of the fruit and vegetable industry have presented ideas for increasing production and consumption of fruit and vegetables in England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra Ministers endorse campaign to protect farmland biodiversity

    Encouraging farmers to voluntarily nurture wildlife on their land.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Opinions on improving farm regulation wanted

    The Task Force has been challenged to find ways of reducing the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government response on Groceries Code Adjudicator consultation

    Government response to a consultation on establishing a body to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Paice calls for more honest labelling

    The origin labelling of meat, meat products and dairy products tend to be the most confusing for consumers to understand.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Action taken to prevent spread of unauthorised GM presence in soya bean

    Defra has established that seed from the same batch has been sown in a small trial of soya beans in West Sussex.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government draws up action plan for fuel of the future

    Government considers how anaerobic digester technology can provide a green energy boost for Britain. 

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to import controls for fresh fruit and vegetables

    Importers of fresh fruit and vegetables from countries outside the EU will benefit from deregulation coming in to force from 20 July 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Caroline Spelman speech at the Smith Institute – Feeding Britain 2: What consumers want – ‘From satiety to surfeit – rebalancing our relationship with food.’

    Thank you Nick, and thank you for inviting me here today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New task force to cut farmers’ red tape

    The Task Force on Farming Regulation will work to reduce the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Research on green claims

    Defra has today published research on claims about environmental performance on products and packaging.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU audit of agri-environment schemes in England

    Defra is making changes to the way farmers are paid for protecting the environment, after an EU audit of England's agri-environment schemes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gloucestershire Old Spots: Crackling good protected pork

    Gloucester Old Spots, the 42nd British product to be added to the list of legally-protected names.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Secretary of State visits Cereals 2010, 10 June 2010

    Caroline Spelman today visited the Cereals Show 2010 in Cambridgeshire.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Paice announces Farming Regulation Review

    Bureaucratic burdens on the farming industry will be put under the microscope by a new Task Force announced by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Economic research on farm viability and direct payments published

    This was a hypothetical, academic exercise to increase the evidence base on subsidy reform.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra approves GM potato trial

    The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist late potato blight.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government