Farmers Weekly – Foodrise case seeks to revive Aussie trade deal challenge
9th May 26
A Supreme Court case on the cost of bringing environmental legal challenges could have implications for UK farming and trade policy.
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Submission to EAC inquiry on air pollution in the UK
12th Mar 26
Our EAC submission outlines how agriculture is a major source of UK air pollution, and makes the case for lower meat and dairy diets.
Press release – “Reckless” Labour must halt spread of factory farming, say campaigners
11th Mar 26
Joint letter to the government calls for changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to halt the expansion of factory farming.
Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds
19th Feb 26
Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets.
CAP at the Crossroads – Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets
19th Feb 26
New report reveals the scale of EU CAP subsidies being used to prop up unsustainable livestock production, and makes the case for reform.
Press release – EU spends hundreds of times more subsidies on high-emissions beef and dairy than legumes and nuts
19th Feb 26
Shocking new figures reveal that high-emissions beef and lamb received an estimated 580 times more CAP subsidies than legumes.
Emissions from top meat and dairy companies rival those of Saudi Arabia
21st Oct 25
Major new report estimates methane emissions from leading meat & dairy firms exceeded reported methane of all EU countries and UK combined.
Press release – Emissions from major global meat and dairy companies rival those of Saudi Arabia
20th Oct 25
The world’s major meat and dairy companies are generating greenhouse gas emissions on par with some of the biggest fossil fuel producers.
Roasting the Planet – Big Meat and Dairy’s Big Emissions
20th Oct 25
Exposing the colossal, yet often overlooked, climate footprint of Big Meat and Dairy.
New livestock research coming up, funded by Tiny Beam
6th Aug 25
Reflections on our upcoming research on big livestock funded by Tiny Beam
Appeal against government bid to remove legal costs cap taken to Supreme Court
22nd Jul 25
Foodrise has applied to the Supreme Court over the government’s bid to remove our cost cap in trade deal challenge.
Farmers Weekly – Charity criticises legal ruling on Australia trade challenge
13th May 25
Environmental charity Foodrise has condemned a legal ruling that could derail their ongoing challenge to the UK-Australia trade agreement.
Financial Times – Norfolk ‘megafarm’ blocked over council’s climate concerns
3rd Apr 25
Decision shows wider application of landmark fossil fuel court ruling that stopped an oil and gas project.
The Guardian – Plan for Norfolk megafarm rejected by councillors over environmental concerns
3rd Apr 25
Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe.
Farmers Weekly – Judgment reserved on cost cap for Foodrise’s legal challenge
12th Mar 25
A reserved judgment has been made in the case concerning the UK government’s appeal against a £10,000 cost cap on legal fees for Foodrise.
Press release – Government’s attempted block on environmental justice over its UK-Australia trade deal to be heard in court
4th Mar 25
Government’s attempted block on environmental justice over its UK-Australia trade deal to be heard in court.
The Grocer – Cranswick insists ‘megafarm’ plans meet all green requirements
6th Feb 25
The meat and poultry giant has submitted plans for a major redevelopment of its farming operation in Norfolk.
The Guardian – East Anglian farms breach environment regulations 700 times in seven years
5th Feb 25
Data obtained by Sustain and Foodrise shows intensive livestock farms violated environmental regulations over 700 times in seven years.
Press release – Hundreds of environmental breaches recorded at industrial livestock farms across East Anglia as decision looms on Norfolk megafarm expansion
4th Feb 25
Industrial-scale livestock farms across East Anglia breached environmental rules hundreds of times in recent years, internal records reveal.
Press release – Council must reject megafarm on climate grounds say campaigners on final day of public consultation generating thousands of objections
24th Jan 25
Environmental campaigners are urging King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council to reject controversial plans for a US-style ‘megafarm'.
Daily Mail -15,000 complaints objecting to Norfolk mega-farm
12th Nov 24
Nearly 15,000 people object to 'outrageous' plans for Norfolk 'mega-farm' housing 870,000 chickens and 14,000 pigs
Farming UK – Campaigners urge council to reject US-style mega-farm
5th Nov 24
Campaigners urge council to reject Cranswick's 'US-style megafarm' - FarmingUK News
Scientists criticise UN agency’s failure to withdraw livestock emissions report
30th Sep 24
Over 100 scientific experts and environmental groups have written to the FAO expressing shock at its failure to revise the Pathways report.
‘Serious errors’ – Campaigners urge FAO to retract study downplaying emissions savings from low meat and dairy diets
1st Jul 24
UN agency report understates the climate benefits of lower-meat diets and must be retracted, campaigners claim.
