AgStacker Community Newsletter
14.03.2026 09:56
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Things pigs are good at. Eating. Escaping. Judging you. 🐽
Food ethics can sound like a luxury hobby. But that's not because people don't care. It's because most of us are navigating real constraints.
Here's what matters: the system is designed to make the cheapest option the easiest option.
www.memypigsandi.com/p/youre-not-...
Ever more people are waking up to the fact that food, drenched in pesticides, is making us sick, killing eco-systems and poisoning our water, so are choosing to buy organic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Another report confirms that pesticides, fungicides and herbicides damage soil biomes and reduce fertility.
www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici...
Don’t let corporations replace your local food economy with junk food. Farmers we filmed in Georgia showed us what we've lost - thriving small farms, village markets and healthy food. Buy from local farmers and markets before they vanish.
youtu.be/x7j6lCf0S-g?...
We are disappointment and disheartened at the Government’s recent announcement that the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will exclude farmers and growers operating on fewer than 3 hectares of land.
Read our full response here:
landworkersalliance.org.uk/sfi-2026-upd...
There is a need for an immediate market garden support scheme, in time to stop hundreds of small farms and decades of horticultural knowledge disappearing just when it’s most needed. communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/small-farms-...
This is great “marketing” because it’s not marketing. It’s translation.
“Made with real fruit.” “Fortified with vitamins.” Often means a tiny % of the thing, plus processing, flavouring and sugar.
If supermarkets were honest, packaging would be plain English.
The sound of contentment is a pig snoring in straw 🐽💤
From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, said the new system is “fairer”, adding: “Too much of our most productive land was removed from conventional farming.”" – @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“KFC, Nando's and Burger King drop chicken welfare pledge amid national shortages. KFC, Nando's, Burger King and other chains have pulled out of their pledge to stop using fast-growing chickens, with campaigners slamming the owners for letting down 'a nation of animal lovers'” The Mirror 20 February 2026.
"Failing to address breed means failing the animals - it is not ethical to breed chickens in a way that makes them suffer."
Dr Tracey Jones, our Director of Food Business, speaking to The Mirror.
Cuts to herbal leys. Cuts to organic. Agroforestry still treated like a nice-to-have. Management payment gone. Caps brought in. And we’re supposed to clap because the spreadsheet says it’s streamlined.
Farmers aren’t confused. We’re being gaslit.
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/24/s...
I’ve found a new favourite coffee shop, hidden away like a secret ☕️
It’s got a wild garden that makes you feel like you’ve stepped out of the world, and the coffee is exceptional. The kind that makes you slow down, take the first sip properly, and remember you’re a person, not just a to do list.
England’s #organic farming sector is “holding its breath”
It awaits government announcement over the Sustainable Farming Incentive
"Failing to address breed means failing the animals - it is not ethical to breed chickens in a way that makes them suffer."
Dr Tracey Jones, our Director of Food Business, speaking to The Mirror.
UK meat industry is taking the government to court
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers has launched a judicial review into “inflation busting” charge rises for vet appointments against the Food Standards Agency
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Welfare isn't a buzzword. It's space, choice, and pigs being pigs.
Just published a deep dive on why higher welfare on paper doesn't mean higher welfare in practice. It's about enforcement, trade policy, and whether we're serious.
www.memypigsandi.com/p/higher-wel...
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When seeds are patented and supply chains get more concentrated, farmers and eaters both lose choice, and biodiversity is usually the first thing sacrificed.
Clear labelling is the bare minimum. Without it, “choice” is just a marketing word.
RSPCA Assured isn’t “high welfare” for pigs. Another investigation shows serious welfare concerns on an assured farm.
If buying in supermarkets, look for free range or organic.
@ciwf.org.uk #banfactoryfarming
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
✍️ The UK Government's recently published security report provides a stark warning for UK food security and ecosystems.
But there is a solution: “A shift to sustainable farming systems and diets has never been more critical”, writes the SFT’s Head of Policy and Campaigns, Megan Perry.
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The first AgStacker Roundtable happened on Sunday. It was small, but it felt meaningful. We talked about Substack, community, farming as quiet rebellion, and sharing resources. The recap is live. www.memypigsandi.com/p/we-are-bui...
Soil health 🪱, water management 💦, & fair returns for farmers 🌾have to be treated as core infrastructure for food security.
I’m looking forward to diving into No Drought About It in more detail over on my Substack soon ✍️
@thesoilassociation.bsky.social
www.soilassociation.org/media/28885/...
