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By Press Association 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson waits for the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba outside 10 Downing Street in London (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Downing Street said Boris Johnson wants to “maximise” the benefits of trade deals as he intervened in the Cabinet row over a planned agreement with Australia.
The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of senior colleagues as negotiations with Australia about the terms of a deal continued.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Environment Secretary George Eustice are thought to be at odds over the proposals and the impact they might have on British farmers.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Global Farm Metric: New approach launched for measuring farms sustainability performance
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Sustainable Food Trust leads new coalition looking to establish a standardised approach for assessing the sustainability credentials of different farms
An internationally recognised framework for measuring the sustainability of farms - the Global Farm Metric - has been launched today by a coalition of leading UK retailers, farming organisations, investors, banks, and NGOs.
City kids: Urban goat farming in Bristol
Grazing wasteland in the heart of Bristol, Street Goat is bringing community together around sustainable milk and meat, and conserving local biodiversity.
Street kid: A goat takes in the view on Bristol s Purdown Hill
The BT tower, one of Bristol’s iconic landmarks, rises up from Purdown Hill in an area of inner-city parkland, where twin goats lounge in the sun against the remains of Second World War gun batteries. These dystopian concrete relics now covered in the city s fabled graffiti have played host to a lot of anti-social activity over the years.
No cell-based meat product has yet to apply for a Novel Foods Application in Europe. But supporters of this nascent but quickly growing sector are bullish on its prospects.