agriculture

Intensive agribusiness is causing a global decline in insect populations with serious consequences for humans and the rest of nature.

The UK can convert animal farmland to forest and still grow enough protein as well as help combat climate change, Harvard research shows.

Clearer thinking can help us steer a path towards sustainability.

'The pursuit of profit has taken priority over people, over the environment, over everything.'

Traditional farming techniques may offer a solution to climate breakdown and the annihilation of species.

Riverford founder has released a 'video rant' to coincide with World Soil Day.

A major new report sets out how the world can meet growing demands for food, while avoiding deforestation, stabilising the climate and reducing poverty.

The new Agriculture Bill may sound good - but won’t deliver on public goods or environmental protection.

Reducing meat and dairy consumption is essential for meeting climate targets.

Natural systems can teach us how to repair the damage caused by large-scale meat consumption, pollution and agribusiness.

Insect pollinators that have survived the impacts of agricultural intensification may have a greater ability to resist future environmental changes than previously thought, MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Michael Gove's agriculture bill ignores the problems local farmers face in producing healthy and sustainable food, argues NATALIE BENNETT

The first part of our FAKENOMICS series opens with our Antony Fisher, the founder of the Institute of Economics, experiencing a harrowing experience during the Battle of Britain and the war against totalitarianism

The Institute of Economic Affairs has long kept the identity of its funders secret. The oil company BP still gives the climate denying charity cash, it has been confirmed. LAWERENCE CARTER and ALICE ROSS investigate

The Institute of Economic Affairs arranged meetings with ministers for US donors. LAWRENCE CARTER and ALICE ROSS report

The Institute of Economic Affairs offered a potential US agribusiness donor the chance to influence a report on 'green Brexit'. ALICE ROSS and LAWRENCE CARTER report

The Institute of Economic Affairs' Shanker Singham took visitors from Oklahoma into the heart of government. ALICE ROSS and LAWRENECE CARTER investigate

Campaign groups have welcomed the government’s promise of an environment bill, but have stressed the need for speed as data shows continuing decline in UK biodiversity. CATHERINE EARLY reports

'Climate smart agriculture' has become the buzz phrase at high level international policy discussions. But now there is a struggle over its definition. Is it the latest manifestation for corporate social responsibility or the title of a manifesto for real, grassroots led, change, ask PETER NEWELL, JENNIFER CLAPP and ZOE BRENT

On 20th May 2017, the Animal Legal Defense Fund hosted its third annual Animal Law Symposium in Los Angeles, California. It brought together legal professionals and animal advocates from all around the nation to focus on the latest answers to a very important question: How can we best protect wild animals when human activity increasingly runs counter to the interests of wildlife? One of those advocates, STEPHEN WELLS, says we can no longer afford to ignore the devastating impact of animal agriculture

Though the Earth loses forests at an alarming rate, the EU has yet to take decisive action against the most severe causes of deforestation. The EU must now act swiftly to ensure its consumption no longer drives forest destruction, writes SÉBASTIEN RISSO

From sheep food to chili peppers - the new seed stores being deposited this week at the Arctic Vault take the world a step closer to future food security say the participating organisations

BASF are to halve their GM research and development and reduce the time spent on developing these technologies, writes Peter Melchett. Given the many problems that GM agriculture is facing, and that new non-GE technologies offer such valuable benefits as increased crop yields, does BASF's announcement spell the beginning of the end of GM crops?

The Gates Foundation has received a 57,000 strong petition denouncing its support for a 'biopirated' GM banana program in Africa, and calling on it to suspend a feeding trial on US students, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The banana threatens both the health of the students, say campaigners, and the future of African agriculture.