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Topic: Environment and ethics

News

Who owns England? New plans make it a lot easier to find out

The new Land Use Framework includes plans to open up HM Land Registry, and reveal exactly who owns land in England and Wales

Land ownership Activism Environment and ethics
News

The AGtivist: McDonald’s urged to do the right thing, as future of Amazon hangs in balance

Activism Environment and ethics Politics
News

The AGtivist investigates illegal shellfish activities linked to E.coli & seabed damage

Environment and ethics Eating and drinking Fish
Features

Subsidised biogas from maize is damaging the UK’s food & farming systems

One-third of the total maize area planted in the UK now goes to anaerobic digestors for biogas. Nick Easen reports on this rising monopoly.

Environment and ethics Farming Renewable energy
WL Meets

WL Meets: Stuart Oates, the farmer trying to go fossil fuel free

Nick Easen catches up with the trailblazer who’s looking to remove all hydrocarbons from his Cornish farm.

Opinion

News from the farm: Wild pickings & nettles in fine fettle

It's that time of year again, when wild garlic is at its best, writes Guy Singh-Watson

Features

Farming’s big plastic problem – and emerging solutions

A study of soil taken from 100 British farms found microplastic contamination at every site, writes Nick Easen

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