NEW Sustainable Food & Farming Podcast

NEW Sustainable Food & Farming Podcast

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor speaks to Jules Serkin from Business Bunker Radio about the importance of sustainability in food and farming.   Mark and Jules discuss Kentish food, food security, food shortages, building on farmland and much more in their conversation on...
Fast Forward Sustainability in Farming

Fast Forward Sustainability in Farming

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor comments on Defra’s guidance to help farms reduce greenhouse gas emissions. There are a number of voices warning of a finite number of harvests, some saying as few as 30 and others suggesting 100. Either way desertification is looming, and even...
New Food Taxes Could Damage Thousands of Businesses

New Food Taxes Could Damage Thousands of Businesses

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, Founder and Chair of Rural Policy Group spoke to The Grocer about the new taxes proposed by the National Food Strategy and shared his concerns about their imact on the food industry. Those at the bottom of the food supply chain are already working...
The Road to Decarbonising Commercial Transport

The Road to Decarbonising Commercial Transport

The WMO (World Meteorological Organisation), commenting on the flooding that occurred in a number of western European countries in July, said the catastrophe was the latest indication that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change.    The government...
Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Comments on the Proposed Salt & Sugar Tax

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Comments on the Proposed Salt & Sugar Tax

Proposed sugar and salt tax has the capacity to do more harm than intended good – RPG Founder Mark Lumsdon-Taylor comments on behalf of MHA MacIntyre Hudson. Following the publication of an independent report on England’s National Food Strategy led by businessman...