Researchers claim the benefits of combining conservation and food production through organic farming are not enough to make up for the drop in yields
… Conservation and food production should be kept separate says study The Ecologist | 6th May 2010 News Food And Farming Organic Biodiversity Wildlife … the benefits of combining conservation and food production through organic farming are …
The founding ideals of the organic movement are being eroded by the drive for mass-production. The dilemma its supporters now face, is how to spread the organic message without losing its principles
… Tom Levitt | 21st July 2011 News Organic Food And Farming Supermarkets Wildlife … may only represent 1 or 2 per cent of total food sales and 4 per cent of farmland but … - the very same centralised, industrialised food system the organic movement wanted to …
Marianne Brown speaks with broadcaster and wildlife expert Chris Packham about his first year as a vegan.
… work. I didn’t have any trouble finding vegan food. I had rice, avocado, salad. But that’s … influenced by “the discovery of great-tasting food”. Crisis Out now! Restaurant chains and … fix, he adds. A lot of processed vegan food contains palm oil, which continues to be …
Anti badger culling campaigner Lesley Docksey tells a very personal story of her relationship with the badgers that live near to her home and come there to feed including one that miraculously survived the cruelty of a snare trap
… made it easy. She was arriving early for food, well before the big badgers came. The … PEANUTS. Wonky was still trying to get some food from near the house and very disappointed … pleased. I freed the cub, put some extra food in Gertie's cage and covered it with a …
Study points to the importance of maintaining green spaces in high-density towns and cities as migrating birds look to stop for food
… it increasingly difficult to find adequate food and shelter in urban areas Study points … cities as migrating birds look to stop for food Even the smallest urban green spaces are … it increasingly difficult to find adequate food and shelter in urban areas as they fly …
Making a garden attractive to winged wildlife means more than just leaving out food during the winter months - here are some top tips on gardening beyond veg!
… Hamilton | 20th August 2010 Ethical Living Food And Farming How To Gardening Birds Pond … wildlife means more than just leaving out food during the winter months - here are some … they don't get all of their water from their food. Bathing helps keep feathers in good …
Defra's attempt to put a price tag on nature with its National Ecosystem Assessment may reinforce the dangerous conceit that our own place in ecosystems is more important than any other, argues Dr Kate Rawles
… clean water, carbon cycles; all critical to food and farming and our survival more … species of plankton, the very basis of marine food webs, are at risk from the warming, … treat sentient, social creatures as cogs in a food machine and husbandry systems that allow …
Urban beekeeping will help boost the UK's declining bee population. Here are six reasons to get involved
… plants, and they are an important part of the food chain. They pollinate plants and trees, crops that we rely on as food sources, and the cotton we wear against … which have inevitably entered the bee food chain.. Bees need a break from being …
Britain's estimated 40 million rabbits cost more than £260m a year in damage to crops, businesses and infrastructure, report says
… 15th December 2010 News Rabbits Natural World Food And Farming Wildlife rabbit.jpg Rabbits … wildlife means more than just leaving out food during the winter months - here are some … environment watchdog NEWS Conservation and food production should be kept separate says …
Where there are cattle, there is the threat of bovine Tuberculosis (TB). The farming methods may differ greatly, but from the dairy farms of Ethiopia to the beef herds of Canada the race is on to find the best way to tackle the disease
… bovine TB Sarah Stirk | 18th June 2013 News Food And Farming News Wildlife Milk Meat … wild and domestic animals. It is disguised in food paste, and dropped from helicopters into … spokesman for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine says that: 'there has been …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… to the marine environment and jeopardises the food security and livelihoods of poor coastal … driven by the enormous global demand for seafood, and threatens the future of world … operators, and the Asian and European seafood markets - the largest in the world. Dirty …
From birds to dragonflies and butterflies to bees, Hazel Sillver explains how to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife
… replaced to avoid avian diseases. Provide food all year, not just in winter, and spread … from a hanging feeder. Give them a variety of food: pinhead oatmeal, black sunflower seeds, … are especially good. Avoid mouldy or stale food, bread and bacon rind. Last but not …
Continuing high winter losses in bee colonies is prompting fears about future of hobby beekeeping
… | 25th May 2010 News Bees Honeybees Wildlife Food And Farming beekeeper.jpg High losses … been a problem as long as the bees had good food supplies. However, he said the varroa … of farming and subsequent decline in food sources rather than pesticides or disease …
Consuming endangered wildlife is illegal in China, but it continues on a large scale in the country’s south. Walter Parham reports on a habit that locals just cannot kick – even after the SARS crisis.
… Animal Rights Conservation Natural World Food And Farming Society mouselg.jpg Consuming … been compounded by the use of wildlife for food and for ingredients in Traditional … from the high demand for wild animals for food, has meant increasing imports of wildlife …
In China, pear trees have had to be pollinated by hand after bees were wiped out by industrial farming. Now FOE have launched a petition to get the UK government to help halt the decline in Britain's own bee population
… they pollinate the plants that grow our food. Without the help of bees, farmers will … strawberries which are so important to the UK food industry. New research conducted at the … have to rely on hand-pollination, sending food prices rocketing,' says Paul de Zylva, …
Sign the petition to ban neonicotinoids in the UK and help safeguard Britain's threatened bee population
… Agriculture Sam Roddick Make A Difference Food And Farming bees.jpg Sign the petition to … petition, addressed to Secretary of State for Food, Environment & Rural Affairs Caroline … of farming and subsequent decline in food sources rather than pesticides or disease …
Conservationists battling to save Indonesia's rainforests are locked in a dispute over moves to make oil palm plantations more wildlife-friendly. Tom Levitt reports
… in around one-third of all packaged food we eat - from bread and biscuits to soap … in the billions. As well its importance in food, farming and cosmetics, it is also being … rainforest-destroying palm oil supplier US food giant refuses to stop buying palm oil …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… | 30th June 2013 News Wildlife Natural World Food And Farming News Investigations Palm Oil … elephant cuts a pitiful sight, straining for food at the end of a rusty padlock and chain. … day lives. Under pressure from campaigners, food companies have begun to refer to a …
The Census of Marine Life is finally complete after a decade of work by 2,700 scientists from 80 countries
… provides half of our oxygen and a lot of our food and regulates climate. We are all … Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish INVESTIGATION Suffocating seas: … of Physics (IOP) suggests NEWS Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming The …
The idea of eating meat sourced from the roadside - whether deer, pheasant, fox or even otter - might sound revolting to you but for some, it's a gastronomic opportunity and a way of avoiding factory farmed meat
… | 20th February 2012 Ethical Living Roadkill Food And Drink Foraging Meat Farming Wildlife … decomposition,’ Brierley adds. While the Food Standards Agency [FSA] doesn’t advocate … Three Hungry Boys Channel 4's newest foodie series has plenty for eco warriors to …
England becoming a country of 'beauty spots rather than beauty', and must act fast to address declining biodiversity, says the government’s environment watchdog
… rejected the idea that producing more food and protecting biodiversity couldn’t go … together: ‘The question of whether you have food or wildlife is a false dichotomy,’ said … rising populations and increasing demand for food, water and energy, what we need to see is …
The Red Squirrel Appeal aims to raise money to develop a vaccine for a deadly disease that is quickly destroying the remaining population
… Exclusive film Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation fuels tortilla crisis A surge … is up for sale Like carbon trading, REDD and food speculation before it, the buying and …
Faroese government accused of ignoring scientific evidence over safety of whale meat as record number of pilot whales are slaughtered
… despite repeated scientific warnings over the foodstuff's high levels of contamination from … the hunt is sustainable and an important food source for the islands, a semi-autonomous … to their position near the top of the marine food chain, pilot whales accumulate higher …
How poaching for the illegal wildlife trade, intensive farming, climate change and population growth all threaten Africa's unique wildlife
… - it keeps insects from destroying food crops like Irish potatoes, soybeans and … are the most vulnerable to the present food shortages and high food prices. So to lose livestock to predators …