Coronavirus: eating habits and the Agriculture Bill

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<p>As the Agriculture Bill returned to Parliament and an amendment which would have banned low standard food imports from entering the UK was voted down, FG’s chief reporter Abi Kay gives her <a href='https://www.fginsight.com/news/agriculture-bill-amendment-to-ban-low-standard-imports-defeated-in-parliament--108604'>verdict</a>.</p><p><a href='https://ahdb.org.uk/Staff/kim-malley'>Kim Malley</a> and <a href='https://ahdb.org.uk/Staff/steven-evans'>Steve Evans</a> from <a href='https://ahdb.org.uk/'>AHDB</a>’s consumer insight team discuss how the nation’s shopping and eating habits have changed on lockdown, and whether the trends are here to stay. We then dive deeper into one category – red meat – to look at how things are playing out on farm and in the marts. Giving his insight is Neil Wilson, executive director, <a href='https://iaas.co.uk/'>Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland</a>. </p><p><br/></p><p>Rural tourism businesses may have been hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic but the green shoots of recovery are on the horizon. We ask <a href='https://www.cla.org.uk/contacts'>Victoria Vyvyan</a>, CLA Vice President, what the Government needs to do to help the sector bounce back.</p><p><br/></p><p>When North Yorkshire farmer David Newhouse was taken into hospital after contracting Covid-19, leaving his wife alone lambing their flock of 240 Cheviot Mules, his friend Sam Stables came to the rescue. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2206410/fan_mail/new">Message us</a></p>