Unilever denies some female employees at its Rainforest Alliance-certified tea plantation in Kenya are subjected to sexual harassment. But Dutch research outfit SOMO paints a very different picture. Verity Largo and Andrew Wasley report
… a day of uji (maize porridge) with salt. No sugar,' says Oberon. 'We’ve got twenty minutes … Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
… crops including jatropha, palm oil, soya and sugar cane, to rising food prices and … to a new analysis INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? You can … to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
… crops including jatropha, palm oil, soya and sugar cane, to rising food prices and … to a new analysis INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? You can … to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental …
Our national taste for shellfish is leading to exploitation of our shores by criminal gangs, putting human health and fragile environments at risk. Andrew Wasley reports
… INVESTIGATION The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol Brazil is hailed as a biofuels … families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently …
Jordans cereal bars and Warburtons bread have been found to contain traces of glyphosate - a controversial herbicide that campaigners say poses a risk to human health. Andrew Wasley reports ...
… of the Western diet, comprised primarily of sugar, corn, soy and wheat. "Glyphosate's …
Faced with threats, draconian gagging laws and even violence, journalists and activists investigating the secrets of the global food industry tread a dangerous path, says Andrew Wasley. Additional reporting by Sarah Stirk
… a bad taste in the mouth Unlike tea and sugar, the fresh milk we drink with our cuppa …