Food and Farming

A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition.

Shetland is facing food insecurity despite its thriving local food scene.

Katie Dancey-Downs visits a permaculture garden with a powerful message.

Several lawsuits have been settled by Bayer-Monsanto due to cancer claims relating to the pesticide Roundup. Do we need new labelling laws?

Meat is a threat to national security. Unless society notices, we won't prevent future pandemics.

Beef imported to the UK drives human rights abuses and environmental destruction. The soy to feed British beef is doing the same thing.

Viva! exposes the farms supplying pig meat to Morrisons.

Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.

An  equitable future for women means a livable future for all of us.

Animal welfare charity Viva! calls for the end of factory farming and the permanent closure of meat processing plants in response to the disease outbreak.

Shoppers in the UK absolutely don't want US products with lower health and animal welfare standards, even if they are labelled.

Our food system needs immediate and radical reform if we are to feed the world without irreparably damaging our global resource base.

We must go beyond 'voting with our pockets'. A truly sustainable food system requires structural reform of our entire food system.

The huge boats - the largest of which is more than 465ft long - 'vacuum' up huge quantities of fish every day.

Report criticises lack of commitment by dairy companies to tackle absolute emissions, but the sector says they are caused by mergers and acquisitions.