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Graham Brookes, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, February 2023
Transitioning to 'agroecology' would make zoonotic pandemics more likely
Val Giddings, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, February 2023
Gene editing: Is Labour really a pro-science party?
Professor Johnathan Napier, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, February 2023
Dr Craig Lewis, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, January 2023
Robin Wood, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, January 2023
Feeding 8 billion people has never been easier
Bill Wirtz, Discourse Magazine, January 2023
Professor Andrew Balmford & Dr Lydia Collas, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, December 2022
Precision Breeding Bill could supercharge investment in UK crop innovation
Professor Mario Caccamo, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, December 2022
UK plant breeders support transparency on precision breeding techniques
Nigel Moore, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, December 2022
Lord Trees, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, December 2022
Wringing your hands or getting the ball rolling? Two approaches to decarbonising agriculture
Dr Julian Little, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, November 2022
ELMS review is an opportunity to put scientific evidence and data at the heart of farm policy
Julian Sturdy MP, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, November 2022
Gene editing - three simple questions for ScotGov
Finlay Carson MSP, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, November 2022
The unnatural nature of food (Part 3)
Matt Ridley, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, November 2022
Graham Brookes, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, October 2022
We must consider the ethical implications of not embracing genome editing in farmed animals
Professor Helen Sang, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, October 2022
ScotGov must adopt a more science-based approach on gene editing
Samantha Brooke, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, October 2022
Livestock breeding and sustainability
Professor Geoff Simm, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, October 2022
Are anti-science campaigners trying to mislead over Precision Breeding?
Professor Tina Barsby OBE, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, October 2022
The unnatural nature of food (Part 2)
Matt Ridley, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, September 2022
We must look to scientific innovation in agriculture to deliver Net Zero
Julian Sturdy MP, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, September 2022
Professor Johnathan Napier, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, September 2022
ScotGov must do the right thing by science on gene editing
Finlay Carson MSP, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
Graham Brookes, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
The unnatural nature of food (Part 1)
Matt Ridley, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
National Trust lunacy shows why we urgently need a science-based land use strategy
David Hill, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
Respect the science - BBC must address ‘false balance’ in biotech coverage
Phil Lodge, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
Defining and measuring agricultural sustainability
Julian Little, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, August 2022
Industrialisation of organic will seal its downfall
Matt Ridley, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, July 2022
Time for bold Government action on crop genetic research
Jane Langdale, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, July 2022
We need a much better conversation about science and technology in agriculture
Julian Sturdy MP, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, July 2022
Precision Breeding Bill: Plea to respect the science in the gene editing debate
Jonathan Jones, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Precision Breeding Bill: let’s focus the debate on using scientific innovation for public good
Alan Tinch, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Julian Sturdy MP, AgFunder News, June 2022
Intensive livestock farming may actually reduce the risk of pandemics
Harriet Bartlett, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Graham Brookes, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Nigel Moore, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
We can learn from Health Canada’s science-based approach to gene editing regulation
Karen Holt, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Abandoning farmland for nature recovery
Alastair Leake, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, June 2022
Feeding the world was made possible by genetic science – we cannot stop now
Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph, May 2022
Gene Editing: We need a better conversation on consumer choice and labelling
Paul Temple, Science for Sustainable Agriculture, May 2022
Gene editing is the definition of a 'green' technology
Johnathan Napier, Farmers Guardian, March 2022
'We must learn lessons from the GMO debate'
Paul Temple, Farmers Guardian, September 2021
Organic food isn't better for us - or the environment
Matt Ridley, The Spectator, July 2021
Covid-19 vaccines and genetic modification
Graham Brookes, Open Access Government, June 2021
Time for a grown-up conversation about crop protection
Matt Ridley, Farmers Guardian, May 2021
Science for Sustainable Agriculture – a call to arms
Tina Barsby, European Seed, April 2021
Breaking away from EU rules on gene editing should be a no-brainer for Government
Julian Sturdy MP, Farmers Guardian, May 2020