We need to abandon Petropolis to prevent climate breakdown - and start building the ecomegacities of the future.
… agriculture, irrigation and the division of labour allowed more humans to live in close … would at the same time exhaust the labourer - and also the soil. Marx described …
A special investigation from Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Lucy Michaels in London, Dominic Phillips, André Campos and Diego Junqueira in Sao Paulo and Claire Smyth in Belfast.
… and faced allegations of using slave-like labour — accusations it strongly denies. Lagoa … company had purchased cattle linked to poor labour conditions and deforestation, resulting …
It's helping attract youthful talent into sustainable agriculture across the US, but can the Greenhorns movement survive in the land of Big Ag, or cross the Atlantic to the UK?
… global economy that does not value your labour, does not value your food, and so on. …
Myth Number 5: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IS EFFICIENT
… least able to make more efficient use of farm labour and modern technology than smaller … consensus that, because of management and labour problems inherent in large operations, …
China led the reclamation of the largest abandoned rice farm in Mozambique, with the blessing of the authorities. But now the company involved is accused of land grabbing and displacing thousands. Cecilia Anesi and Andrea Fama report
… and violations of the International Labour Organization's convention 169 which …
Ravaged for decades by famine and war, Ethiopia is trying to eliminate hunger for good with organic farming. Robin Maynard met the man spearheading the campaign
… oriented management requires only the labour input from the farmers. In any case, … traditional knowledge, using their ‘free’ labour and adapting available, local …
Steven Gorelick lays out just a few of the policy changes, priority shifts and new approaches that could help save rural life, and lead to more sustainable farming
… use a proportionally higher amount of human labour than mechanised inputs — UK farms under …
No European country is as reliant on supermarkets for its food shopping as Britain. It is no coincidence that the UK also has the worst eating habits in Europe.
… all condemned to a monotonous diet of dull, labour-intensive raw ingredients. ‘Queuing at …
There's no great conspiracy around bee deaths - hive diseases have been with us for millennia. No one who keeps livestock should expect an easy ride...
… Occasionally I would enquire whether all this labour was going to lead to any honey. I was …
Seaweed is known for its culinary uses and has seen a renaissance in past years thanks to its health claims and a distinctive taste - but there are more ecological benefits to seaweed that currently remain untapped.
… more efficient way, as harvesting is the most labour intensive phase of cultivation. She …
Take one Alpaca, a scattering of silkworms, a couple of cows and a group of goats, and you could just be the next Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Lisa Stephens presents the A to Z of smallholdings
… Once people have enjoyed the fruits of their labour they’ll rarely go back to manufactured …
Brexit will result in Britain exiting the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. It will have to decide whether subsidies to farmers should be retained, or reformed. In the second part of this groundbreaking investigation a team of investigative journalists from across Europe - publishing with THE ECOLOGIST - assess how effective the environmental mechanisms of CAP really are.
… livestock sector, driven by competitive labour prices that help to keep costs low for …
Strawberries, cherries, blackberries and raspberries are all coming into season over the next few months. Valentina Jovanovski looks at how to make the most of the soft fruit glut
… before you get to enjoy the fruits of your labours. To speed up the process, she suggests …