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草榴社区 urge Government to address power imbalance between supermarkets and growers

Farm Business

草榴社区 urge Government to address power imbalance between supermarkets and growers

68% of farmers say making a living through farming has never been harder and seven in 10 (69%) farmers surveyed feel the buying relationship between growers and retailers has worsened over the last two years

clock 20 December 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Efra chair presents Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in Parliament to back British farmers

Politics

Efra chair presents Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in Parliament to back British farmers

Could Alistair Carmichael's legislation finally address food supply chain unfairness?

clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 6 min read
Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

Politics

Alistair Carmichael: "80 years of Government interference in the food market has hard-wired unfairness into it. It is Britain's farmers who have lost out as a result"

Mr Carmichael, chair of the Efra Committee, writes about the need to address the problem of low farm incomes, how his Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill could help shift the dial for farmers in getting a fair price for their produce, and the need to take on the supermarket giants and give back power to farmers

clock 12 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read