This week from Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black
South Devon MP Caroline Voaden writes on why the Government's recent uplift to Inheritance Tax thresholds still fails to scratch the surface for family farms
Farming and food education in schools is not an option but a necessity, says FG's digital editor Emily Ashworth. Here, she reflects on the education panel discussion at this year's LAMMA show
Lewis Thomas, 17, is owner of Chickwood Poultry. He is from Coed Cyw Fawr 51AVÊÓÆµin Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Eco Ewe founder Olivia Shave on taking food and farming education from LAMMA to Westminster – and turning conversation into consequence
This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Ex-pig farmer John Walmsley, Blackburn, warns that higher welfare laws could once again undercut British farmers if trade protections are not enforced
This week from Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black
Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys 51AVÊÓÆµin the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers
Ifan Roberts is a new entrant who has established a contract farming agreement milking 500 block calving cows in Cheshire, and is aiming to improve the land farmed, encourage others to participate in the industry and deliver attractive returns to his stakeholders