We are pleased to welcome Angela Eagle as the new Defra Minister with responsibility for the nation's food security-a challenge that stands as one of the defining issues of our time.

OPINION

Too often, the public is assured that factory farming is the key to securing affordable, reliable food. The truth, however, is starkly different .

Eighty-five percent of the UK’s farmed animals are reared in intensive systems, where sentient beings are reduced to “bits of animal” – fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) sold on supermarket shelves like tins of baked beans. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT

This model is not only ethically indefensible, but strategically short-sighted for the UK’s food future.

The dependence of factory farms on imported soy is a case in point. Once adjusted fo

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