Food and Farming

In the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, multiple silent human crises are happening around the world. Millions die premature deaths due to air pollution, millions of climate refugees are affected by natural disasters and conflicts, and today, nearly 700 million people suffer from hunger.

The question of ecocide is to be debated at a special webinar this week as part of EU Green Week.

Meet the undercover investigator revealing widespread cruelty in the animal agriculture industry.

New research shows that grasses can incorporate DNA from other species into their genomes through a process known as lateral gene transfer.

Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big Agriculture.

Fishing industry carping about Seapiracy drowns out the real scandal of biodiversity collapse in our oceans.

Seaspiracy, the latest Netflix documentary exposing the impact of our food systems, is making a splash.

Adopting a vegan diet could be the biggest individual contribution to preventing climate breakdown - but we also need systemic change.

Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.

To reform farming, we have to look at the bigger picture.

To reform farming, we have to look at the bigger picture.

The public has this year become more literate about disease control. It is time for better scrutiny of the UK badger culling strategy.

Francis Chabboussou's Healthy Crops is a forgotten classic of organic science, with wide-reaching implications for global agriculture.

Farms supplying supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASDA accused of keeping birds in appalling conditions.

To boycott or not to boycott? That is the question.