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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …