Exploring the history of agricultural practices allows us to understand the successes and failures of numerous societies, over thousands of years, write archaeobotanists Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan.
By Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan - 12th September 2019
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Reducing methane emissions, carbon capture and displacing greenhouse gases will help British farming achieve net zero carbon emissions without reducing beef or dairy, the NFU has said.
By Nina Pullman - 12th September 2019
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Crop losses, food shortages and price hikes – Rwanda’s heavy rainfall is a snapshot of how the climate crisis threatens food security. Wana Udobang reports from Kigali, Rwanda.
By Wana Udobang - 6th September 2019
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Before the news cycle moves on, we need to make use of this moment. There are three things we can do – right now – to help the Amazon fires, writes Greenpeace's head of forests, Richard George.
By Richard George - 5th September 2019
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Is it pointless to resist commercial sanity, even when it contributes to the environmental insanity that denies our children a future?
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th September 2019
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Palm oil plantations are ravaging much of Borneo and Sumatra, but is boycotting it really the answer? David Jesudason investigates a world of cash crops and a legacy of colonial debt.
By David Jesudason - 3rd September 2019
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Eating British, grass-fed or organic meat is a way of avoiding Brazilian soya and beef as deforestation fires in Amazon rainforest gain global attention, says Soil Association.
By Nina Pullman - 29th August 2019
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Some growers in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have lost much of this year’s brassica crop after extreme rainfall causes flooding in fields.
By Nina Pullman - 15th August 2019
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With the right conditions, it is possible to throw enough soil into the rows to bury emerging weeds without smothering the crop, achieving almost complete weed control without any hand work.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 15th August 2019
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When Zoe Wyeth moved from London to Devon, she learnt the true meaning of seasonality and found herself looking in cookbooks and hedges instead of on supermarket shelves.
By Zoe Wyeth - 18th September 2019
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Changing the way we visualise the climate crisis is the aim of a powerful photography project telling stories in human, local, and emotional way.
By Nina Pullman - 18th September 2019
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Young people around the world are cracking open the heart of the climate crisis, speaking of a deep longing for a future they thought they had but that is disappearing with each day, writes Naomi…
By Naomi Klein - 18th September 2019
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As she prepares for the next global strike, Anna Turns finds out how to talk to those who don’t want to know about the climate crisis.
By Anna Turns - 17th September 2019
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A new mustard brand in Norwich, the bakery regenerating a local economy and a community farm enterprise are all part of a growing wave of community-owned businesses.
By Angela Youngman - 12th September 2019
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Exploring the history of agricultural practices allows us to understand the successes and failures of numerous societies, over thousands of years, write archaeobotanists Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan.
By Kelly Reed and Philippa Ryan - 12th September 2019
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