Food And Farming

India has recently relaxed laws around gene-edited crops, despite concerns about 'unpredictable' risks to health and biodiversity. 

Climate breakdown is being eclipsed by ‘bigger’ news stories - yet it threatens the biggest catastrophe of all.

British egg consumption reveals cracks in our ethics that could come back to haunt us.

Animal Rebellion activists close east end slaughterhouse - to reduce carbon emissions and cruelty to animals.

The war in Ukraine will only exacerbate the problems caused by feeding food crops to farm animals rather than people.

The Wildlife Trusts is calling for an immediate ban on all uses of peat for amateur gardeners and professional horticulture.

Networks of seed savers across London are sowing a brighter, fairer food future.

UN Report: 34 percent of agricultural land is degraded, water is overdrawn.

'We had hit the buffers with farming, and we wanted to work with the land rather than battling against it. Nature just did its thing on our land.'

Corporations fear losing profits but going chemical-free in farming will be unavoidable to save our living planet.

Three storytellers from Uganda, Zimbabwe and Kenya share how Indigenous communities are reviving culture and restoring nature across Africa.

Scientists confirm climate feedback with warmer temperatures turning soils into a net carbon contributor.

A new study found a fatty acid commonly found in palm oil, promoted metastasis in mouth cancers and melanoma skin cancer in mice.

Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?

We need to abandon Petropolis to prevent climate breakdown - and start building the ecomegacities of the future.

Vegans and regenerative farmers can find common ground and save our living soil - instead of fighting one another.

If controlled by corporations, digital farming initiatives create new poverty traps for small food producers while promoting environmental-destructive intensive agricultural practices.

Average daily meat consumption per capita in the UK dropped from 103.7g to 86.3g – a decrease of about 17 percent.

What role should the EU take in reforming our broken food system?

Some 'Principles for a Just Transition in Agriculture' have been developed by ActionAid.

The global food system is driving environmental injustice and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

The National Food Strategy is a huge opportunity to transform England's food system.

Climate breakdown will stress essential food crops. Scientists and farmers in India are working together to find a solution for chickpeas.

The world’s mismanagement of the nitrogen cycle is 'our forgotten environmental crisis'.