Food and Farming

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

The recent EAT-Lancet report has garnered mixed responses so far but here are the five things you need to know about the 'healthy reference diet'.

Humans made cattle pull loads 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Scientists describe how to feed a population of 10 billion people by 2050 while keeping the planet and ourselves healthy.

Fast food chains ignore chicken welfare to fuel profits, new report finds.

Does the UK Government's Clean Air Strategy go far enough in tackling 'runaway ammonia emissions'?

We need to overhaul what we grow, and how and where we grow it, if we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change.

UK megafarms in receipt of millions of pounds in government subsidies.

Multiple benefits of organic farming should not be ignored in light of new study.

A new amendment to the Agriculture Bill would help to protect rural communities from toxic pesticides.

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

Meet the Bhutanese entrepreneur working on organic food production, heritage and education.

Lidl is the first UK supermarket to purchase Roundtable for Responsible Soy (RTRS) credits for its entire soy footprint.

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.

For too long vegans and farmers have been pitted against each other. LOUISE DAVIES from The Vegan Society calls for a move on from the angry rhetoric and acceptance of the benefits of a plant-based food system for the whole of society.

Enough of the quick fixes, the sticking plasters that scarcely cover the wound. What farmers need now is help to get off the treadmill, and that requires a wholesale rethink of our food and farming systems - argues HELEN BROWNING

From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.

We celebrate the theme of "food" - from sustainable farming to healthy eating and spiritual nourishment.

We need to break down the perceived barrier between farming and the environment to restore the health of our soil and water - and of the human and non-human life they sustain. ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT, a contributing editor to The Ecologist, argues we also need to better understand the connections between them

Today marks the launch of World Meat Free Week where 200 million people globally will be asked to skip just one meaty meal. The impacts on climate change and the environment will be significant. And some people may even try new, delicious vegan food, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Gardeners across Britain are being asked to earn their stripes by joining the Great British Bee Count and help our threatened pollinators. Bees are good for flowers - and also support our farmers, argues EMI MURPHY of Friends of the Earth

The impact of the meat industry on the environment is well documented. While global solutions to this problem are necessary, there is a very real, immediate and visceral change people can make right now - on World Environment Day - to turn the tide. Go vegan. GEORGE MONBIOT et al write an open letter to the movement to support the Vegan Society's Plate Up for the Planet challenge

Meat production is the elephant in the room when it comes to addressing the major threats to environmental sustainability. Going vegan seems like biting off more than you can chew for many campaigning charities. But DR JULIAN VIGO argues that now we must take the bull by the horns...