Food safety and animal welfare checks in abattoirs are being hampered because of bullying and harassment of inspection staff. Food Investigator Andrew Wasley r... Read More...
Vets and meat hygiene inspectors reported more than 16,000 animal welfare and food safety breaches since 2011, unpublished records show. Andrew Wasley and Josh ... Read More...
The use of controversial antibiotics in UK poultry farms is putting consumers at risk from drug resistant infections, reports Andrew Wasley Antibiotics banned... Read More...
Andrew Wasley reports on how tough working conditions in the intensive poultry industry are putting consumers at risk Britain’s poultry sector has, in recent y... Read More...
Andrew Wasley reports on the consequences of the French wine industry's love affair with pesticides Wenny Tari knows a thing or two about wine. She and her hus... Read More...
Indie Farmer visited the organic Oxney Estate Organic Vineyard, on the border of Kent and East Sussex near Rye as it prepared for the autumn grape harvest. Oxne... Read More...
The British countryside is being quietly populated with vast dairy units each housing up to 2,000 cows as farmers respond to plummeting milk prices by intensify... Read More...
One UK dairy and poultry farmer has opened the doors of his livestock operation and spoken out about the realities of antibiotic use. Perhaps it's time others in the food industry followed suit. Andrew Wasley reports
A tale of two apple farms The organic movement faces a dilemma. Should it remain true to its roots and stick with local, informal production methods and dist... Read More...
In contrast to the vast US-style ‘mega dairies’ appearing in parts of the UK, one Sussex biodynamic dairy farm says small-scale milk production can work, both sustainably and economically. But does it stack up? Andrew Wasley reports