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Lidl set to sell wonky fruit and veg to help farmers through drought crisis

Supermarket calls on rival chains to do the same following NFU advice

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Lidl confirms huge change to its fruit and vegetables - and it means less food waste

Lidl has stepped in to save mis-shapen carrots, potatoes and onions from being dumped as they are smaller and less pleasing to the eye than usual

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Fruit and vegetables in supermarkets may look different this year due to heatwave, farmers warn

The National Farmers’ Union has said that wonky and shrunken fruit and veg will be a more common sight as it made an appeal to supermarkets to change their rules

Chronicle Live · Aug 23, 2022

Ministers ‘worrying about votes’ while crops rot in fields – food industry

Industry figures said that farmers were being ‘nannied’ by the Government.

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Farmers call for Truss and Sunak to tackle ‘immoral’ water wastage

Tory leadership hopefuls urged to set out emergency plans as parts of UK face driest conditions on record

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Douglas Ross is 'not watching' hustings in Tory leadership contest

The Moray MP has so far refused to back either candidate, adding that he would “work with whoever” takes over from Boris Johnson as Prime…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 7, 2022

Environment Agency faces legal battle over water removal in Norfolk Broads

Tim and Geli Harris to take agency to high court over groundwater removal for farming near protected wetlands

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2022

Only a tiny minority of rural Britons are farmers – so why do they hold such sway?

The government pretends that farming and the countryside are synonymous – and our environment suffers as a result, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022

National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution

Exclusive: Environmental groups criticise NFU for helping companies to fight Defra rules on nitrates in waterways

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Slashing food tariffs will not fix UK’s cost of living crisis, warns farmers’ union

NFU president responds to reports ministers are considering lowering import taxes to stem inflation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022