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 …
Reeling from California's decision to ban glyphosate, fearful of 're-evaluation' by EU and US regulators, and facing ruinous cancer claims in federal courts, the US chemical industry are fighting back, writes Carey Gillam. Their key argument: don't trust independent doctors and scientists - trust us! And as they just told a California court, profit must come before people.
… is nothing new. Whether it's cigarettes or sugar-laden sodas, the companies that make …
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 …
The EPA's release of an internal memorandum last month showing the increasing use of the cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate looked like a welcome opening up of information to the public, writes Carey Gillam. But then it was suddenly withdrawn, along with other related documents - though not before she grabbed her copy and reviewed the scale and scope of glyphosate usage.
… as farmers treat fields for weeds. Use with sugar beets, also genetically engineered as …
Each year the US Department of Agriculture manages to test for over 400 pesticides in food, writes Carey Gillam. But glyphosate, the world's biggest-selling herbicide, is not among them, even as evidence of its dangers mounts. It's time for USDA and EPA to stop their buck-passing - and give consumers their right to know.
… with glyphosate, including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, canola and even in some cases, …
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 …