Who decides how our land is put to use? With food security and energy crises on the horizon, the Government’s new think-tank needs to pull its socks up, says Simon Fairlie
… had been devoted to ‘social and market trends’ and that ‘the programme needed to … the requirement to ignore ‘social and market trends’. In the UK, the land ownership is …
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come:
Grow your own Tim Lang | 1st April 2008 News Urbanisation Self-sufficency Climate Change Food Waste Globalisation Food Security Local Food Production Food Security Food And Health Processed Foods …
Can food crops really be engineered to thrive - and to yield more - under drought conditions? After 25 years we're still waiting for the flood of evidence, says Prof Jack Heinemann
… water for farming to get worse. If these trends continue, insufficient food production …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
All hands to the plough Ed Hamer | 7th August 2008 News Community Agriculture CSA Farming Forres Scotland EarthShare Farming Agribusiness Factory Farming Food Security Organics Green Living Food And …
Can big ever be beautiful where organic foods are concerned? Ed Hamer gets to grips with one of the environmental consumer’s greatest dilemmas
Corporate organics Ed Hamer | 22nd May 2008 News Organic Food Health Food Green And Blacks Rachels Seeds Of Change Stonyfield Heinz Bernard Mathews Organics Organics Agribusiness Fair Trade …
Our excessive appetite for meat is taking a heavy toll on the planet, but as Simon Fairlie explains, the arguments used to depict omnivores as environmental super-villains are far too simplistic.
A meaty issue Simon Fairlie | 1st October 2008 News Meat Environmentalism Sustainable Food Agriculture Livestock Cows Farming Agribusiness Animal Husbandry Factory Farming Food And Farming …
As biotech companies hoover up patents, Geoff Tansey considers what we could end up paying for our future food supply
The driving use of genetic engineering Geoff Tansey | 1st November 2008 News Gm Focus Gm Patent Patents Intellectual Property Rights Biotechnology Food And Farming Science And Technology …
With vast areas decimated by industrial farming, the salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise in popularity has had on the European landscape, and at some more sustainable brands.
… concern over the environmentally damaging trends in European olive farming, and calling …
Can traditional water-harvesting systems teach us how to solve contemporary water problems? Michael Kenneth Cowan says we have a lot to learn from the ancient and troubled ecology of the Middle East
… current global population and development trends, some 360,000 more people will need …