Labels on meat, egg and dairy products are often the only clue we have into the lives of the animals they came from, writes Philip Lymbery. But they are often confusing or even misleading about the truth of cruel farming practices. Labelling needs to be clearer to allow ethical consumers to make the right choices.
No more keeping consumers in the dark over animal welfare! Philip Lymbery | 10th March 2016 Comment Animal Welfare Farming Consumerism UK EU Food intensively reared animals are typically kept in …
You don't need a garden to grow your own fruit and veg. If you're a budding horticulturalist with no space to swing a trowel, here are some creative - and sometimes bizarre - ideas from around the world
How to grow food in strange places - by the experts Helen Babbs | 29th September 2010 Activism Food And Farming Farming Urban Agriculture Self-sufficiency How To Make A Difference …
Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix?
Gene editing and sustainable farming Jim Manson | 3rd August 2020 News Gene Editing Sustainability Agroecokogy Organic GMO Food And Farming Potato Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the …
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds
Revealed: how seed market is controlled by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow & DuPont Tom Levitt | 7th October 2010 News Seeds Food And Farming Monsanto Bayer Syngenta Gm seedindustrygraphic.jpg How the …
Undercover footage of Portuguese rabbit farms shows the grim reality of intensive factory-style rabbit farming, which may now make a comeback in the UK
Battery rabbit farm proposals could see return of fur farming to UK Tom Levitt | 5th May 2011 News Food And Farming Fur Rabbits Fashion rabbitincage.jpg Rabbits will be kept in wire cages in …
A new film, Raising Resistance, gives a telling account of how Paraguay's small farmers are suffering social and environmental ills from the country's meteoric rise in soya farming
Paraguay's small farmers defend livelihoods against industrial soya production Grace Philip | 8th May 2012 Activism Food And Farming Raising Resistance Paraguay Soy Soy Industry Pesticides Campesinos …
The UK government will launch a global and national review into the link between biodiversity and economic growth.
The UK’s biodiversity crash Rob Percival | 15th March 2019 News Food And Farming Science & Systems soil ecology The UK government will launch a global and national review into the link between …
The huge boats - the largest of which is more than 465ft long - 'vacuum' up huge quantities of fish every day.
Ban fishing supertrawlers Michael Drummond | 18th June 2020 News Food And Farming Biodiversity Collapse Supertrawlers The huge boats - the largest of which is more than 465ft long - 'vacuum' up huge …
Far from creating a 'level playing field' for business, TTIP favours foreign corporations over domestic ones - while undermining governments' right to legislate for public health, safety and wellbeing. Australia got the message in 2011 after being sued for its anti-smoking policies - now Europe must catch up!
TTIP threatens EU nations with corporate weapons of mass destruction Kevin Albertson | 10th November 2014 Comment Trade EU US Australia Law Health Corporations australia-cigs-cut.jpg Far from …
Defra urged to stop 'downplaying' the problem and ban 'unacceptable' advertising of antibiotics to farmers
E.coli and salmonella resistance 'spreading' due to antibiotics overuse Tom Levitt | 23rd September 2010 News Food And Farming Drugs Antibiotics Health cow.jpg The use of important human antibiotic …
The UK is highly dependent on Spain and the Netherlands for the majority of its fresh vegetable imports.
Pandemic exposes UK food dependency Emily Beament | 5th June 2020 News Coronavirus Covid-19 Food And Farming Nature Food organic-tomatoes-cut.jpg The UK is highly dependent on Spain and the …
When 97% percent of respondents to a European Commission 'consultation' on the TTIP EU-US trade deal opposed it outright the Commission accused them of 'hijacking' the process, writes Nick Dearden - and pressed ahead with negotiations. Whose Europe is it anyway?
TTIP: What bit of the word 'no' doesn't the Commission understand? Nick Dearden | 20th January 2015 Comment Trade Finance EU UK stop-ttip-generic-cut.jpg When 97% percent of respondents to a European …
A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled Parliament Oliver Tickell | 9th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Politics Finance EU UK Law rudd-2-cut.jpg A letter from Energy …
The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
Industry fingerprints all over Reuters' attack on IARC over glyphosate and cancer Claire Robinson GMWatch | 21st April 2016 News Media Health Toxics Pesticides Un EU Regulation Corporations …
Thanks to TTIP the corporate drive for free trade is once more facing critical public scrutiny, writes Alex Scrivener. But in the rush to oppose TTIP we mustn't lose sight of the context in which the deal is being negotiated - the hundreds of bilateral treaties that give corporations the right to sue in secret 'trade courts'.
Stopping the corporate power grab - it's not all just about TTIP Alex Scrivener Global Justice Now | 20th May 2015 Comment Trade Corporations UK EU USA Argentina surmi-tribe-omo-valley-cut.jpg Thanks …
Try some of the UK's best cuisine, learn from top chefs and debate the future of our food at this annual gathering of food greats in London's Earls Court
Expose your taste buds to the Real Food Festival Laura Sevier | 4th May 2010 Ethical Living Food And Farming Society Green Living Real Food Festival Laverstoke Park Farm Konstam Tregothnan South …
The European Parliament votes today on the TTIP 'trade' deal, described as a 'Bill of Corporate Rights' that will undermine democracy in both the EU and the US, writes Polly Jones. But given the extraordinary secrecy that shrouds the negotiations, few of the MEPs themselves really know what they are voting on.
European Parliament's TTIP vote - democracy itself is at stake Polly Jones | 8th July 2014 Comment EU USA Trade Corporations Politics g8-lough-erne-cut.jpg The European Parliament votes today on the …
Major world trade deals now under negotiation would allow corporations to sue governments for billions if they tighten up laws and regulations, writes Thomas McDonagh. But increasingly countries are rejecting these dispute mechanisms that undermine sovereignty and democracy.
Governments must not sign away their democratic and sovereign rights Thomas McDonagh | 3rd May 2014 Comment Trade Law EU USA transatlantic-corporate-bill-of-rights-cut.jpg Major world trade deals now …
Unlike tea and sugar, the fresh milk we drink with our cuppa is likely to come from farms in the UK. But as Tom Levitt reports, there are still serious environmental and animal welfare problems associated with the UK dairy sector
Milk: why the white stuff leaves a bad taste in the mouth Tom Levitt | 13th April 2011 News Milk Dairy Food And Farming organicmilk.jpg Modern dairy farming has become increasingly removed from the …
As Slow Food Week gets underway Slow Food UK tells the Ecologist why they are attempting to protect Britains edible Biodiversity and the artisan producers behind it.....
Eat it or Lose it: promoting and preserving real British food Cat Gazzoli | 31st May 2013 Ethical Living Health Food And Farming sfuk-ff (1).jpg As Slow Food Week gets underway Slow Food UK tells the …
A growing number of farmers are now questioning the nature of the cull and its effectiveness. And some are blaming poor biosecurity and intensive farming for the spread of TB in the UK cattle herd. Andrew Wasley and Sarah Stirk report
Badger cull a PR disaster for UK countryside, warn 'dissident' farmers Andrew Wasley Sarah Stirk | 18th June 2013 News News Food And Farming Badgers Milk Dairy Animal Health Investigation dave gill …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
Facing the farm crisis Steven Gorelick | 5th June 2000 News Agriculture Farming Crisis Agribusiness Factory Farming Small Farms Independent Business Economics Monoculture Farming Factory Farming …