Claire Taylor

Sep 27, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

Over the past five weeks, I have been travelling in Africa meeting with farmers, policy experts, journalists, lobbying bodies, NGO’s and Private Investors, trying to understand the complexity of challenges facing the agricultural sector and the programmes being rolled out and investments being made, to transform agri-food systems.

Sep 10, 2023 | rcni.com | Claire Taylor |Luke Morton-Holtham

Many people are not aware of the possible long-term effects of cancer therapy, and nurses and healthcare staff should offer practical advice when preparing them There is a wide range of possible adverse physical, psychological and social effects that can follow cancer treatment. Some will be long-term effects , which persist after cancer treatment has finished and may continue for months or even years.

Aug 18, 2023 | heraldscotland.com | Claire Taylor

Regenerative farming can improve soils (Image: free) Healthy soils, healthy animals, healthy planet – has regenerative farming got it sussed? Discussions around ‘regen’ farming have become a popular talking point, not only in farming circles but amongst our policy makers. There is no doubt that the general principles of regen farming make not only environmental but economic sense.

Jul 31, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

Over the past month, Nuffield Scholar and former writer in The Scottish farmer, Claire Taylor, has continued her global farming tour, this time on her own patch, with a tour of the East Coast of the UK. She spent time meeting with farmers, researchers, packers and processors, with her travels taking her from Lunan Bay down to Norfolk as part of her studies.

Jul 24, 2023 | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Claire Taylor

The “meat dilemma” was once again the subject of conversation this week, with an Oxford University study calling for a national plan to cut meat consumption and production to “reduce environmental harm” and to make more space for plant-based proteins. Meat production is already dropping. Cattle and sheep numbers have fallen 40% in the last 30 years in the UK, but demand for meat remains high with 98% of British households consuming meat.