Food and Farming

FSA says French study on benefits of organic farming published last week used 'diluted data'

A Community Land Bank to negotiate and release areas of land to groups of local people could help solve our growing land crisis

Meat, dairy... in fact, livestock in general has in recent years joined the ranks of the 4x4 and the short-haul flight. But could a change in the way we graze animals not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even remove them from the atmosphere?

Previous calls to ban neonicotinoids have been turned down by the UK government because of lack of evidence

Advertorial claimed that controversial oil business was 'green answer' and was important to alleviating poverty

Rising consumer demand for fish with large quantities of omega-3 fatty acid is putting a strain on marine ecosystem

Short-haired bumblebee to be brought back from New Zealand and reintroduced into Kent

Researchers warn nitrous oxide emissions must be curbed to enable the reversal of the large ozone hole over Antarctica

Campaign groups call for a suspension on lending to palm oil plantation developers after critical internal audit

On the one side stand half a million poor farmers, desperate to find land for more crops. On the other, a patch of once-extensive forest that is the area's ecological lynchpin. In between, one woman

Small-scale biofuels would reduce carbon emissions and help avert poverty in poorer countries, says Christian Aid report

Deforestation, wind erosion and poor farming practices blamed for deterioration of soil as the real costs of the Green Revolution are measured

Influx of high-fat and high-sugar foods into Central America has increased obesity levels

Pressure groups question whether Defra has the power to drive reforms in the food sector

In 1962, Rachel Carson's famous exposé of the environmental impacts of the pesticide DDT rocked the chemical industry. Today, Carson's European legacy - the REACH legislation - ought to safeguard public health. But will it?