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The DEFRA love-in turns sour

February 15th, 2011 by Caroline Stocks

After the glamour of the Soil Association conference in Manchester last week, this week I’m at the NEC in Birmingham for the National Farmers Union’s annual meeting. With no general election on the immediate horizon, union president Peter Kendall in the hot seat for another year and a DEFRA team widely seen as sympathetic towards [...]

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Liar, liar, non-organic pants on fire

April 21st, 2010 by Caroline Stocks

Since I started working in agricultural media, I’ve never been particularly impressed with the Soil Association’s often simplistic arguments that organic farming is superior to conventional food production. I had wondered whether the organisation had grown up a bit when, at its annual conference in February, policy director Peter Melchett finally admitted that both systems [...]

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The DEFRA love-in turns sour

Liar, liar, non-organic pants on fire