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Pint pioneers: is this the future of sustainable beer?

The traditional use of hops in beer-making is necessarily wasteful – but a few new breweries are hoping to change that.

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National action plan for pesticides ‘a poke in the eye’

Pesticides Environment and ethics

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Does soil hold the key to better nutrition?

Eating and drinking Environment and ethics Farming Soil

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EVENTS: Pesticide-Free Devon, 7 June 2025

On June 7, the first ‘Pesticide-Free Devon’ is set to take place in the South Devon market town of Newton Abbot

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Cull me quick: the problematic race to rear & reduce carbon

The faster animals are reared and slaughtered, the lighter their carbon footprints tend to be. But this is no silver bullet to sustainable meat, says David Burrows

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News from the farm: Betrayal at the finishing line

Following the government’s SFI U-turn, the productive, ecological farming that the UK so urgently needs will require long-term investments, which farmers can only make when they feel stable and confident, writes Guy Singh-Watson

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What’s happened to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)?

The latest in a long line of policy U-turns by government has thousands of farmers up in arms – but what's actually going on? asks Will White