Food and Farming

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.

Industrial expansion has resulted in the loss of some 420 million hectares of forest overall since 1990, and the decrease of old-growth primary forest worldwide by over 80 million hectares.

A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition.

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

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

Several lawsuits have been settled by Bayer-Monsanto due to cancer claims relating to the pesticide Roundup. Do we need new labelling laws?

Meat is a threat to national security. Unless society notices, we won't prevent future pandemics.

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.

Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.

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.

Our food system needs immediate and radical reform if we are to feed the world without irreparably damaging our global resource base.