Food and Farming

Activists close almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.

The UK will leave the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.

UN sets out how it might be possible to 'bend the curve' and prevent the collapse of biodiversity.

The UK reduced its food waste by a third during lockdown.

As The Vegan Society launches a new campaign questioning our relationship with animals, their campaigns head, Louise Davies, explains the thinking behind it.

Plant-based milk lovers from all over the world took to Twitter to “cancel” the Swedish brand, which struck the deal with Blackstone in July. 

Animal Rebellion is calling on the UK government to lead a transition to a just and sustainable plant-based food system.

Monsanto's genetically modified cotton 'success' narrative for Burkina Faso was built on studies with methodological problems.

Farmers could make money allowing native trees to return and selling 'credits' for carbon dioxide the trees absorb.

Global food insecurity is on the rise. Local food may provide an opportunity to create more resilience in a community.

Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.

Large, intensive fishing vessels spent 5,590 hours fishing in marine protected areas in UK waters in the first six months of 2020

Indigenous peoples can inspire future global food systems towards more sustainable and just societies

The Celtic Sea, English Channel and southern North Sea have experienced significant warming over the past 40 years.

Greenpeace is calling on the major food retailer Tesco to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect wildlife, the climate and people.

Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix?

UK's new trade and agriculture commission must address the dangers and inequalities rife in meat farming and processing.

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

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

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.

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.