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Foreign land grabbing leaves Filipino farmers with nothing
Theodora Tsentas
26th July, 2010
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the result more...
Growing without water: how to garden in a drought
Andy Hamilton
27th July, 2010
Summer in the garden is beautiful, but hauling gallons of water from the kitchen tap to your beds is neither fun nor sustainable. Here's some tips on how to drought-proof your plot more...
UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans
Ecologist
21st July, 2010
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives more...
Aid should focus on climate resilience and less intensive farming models
Ecologist
20th July, 2010
Subsistence farming may be seen as a low rung on the development ladder but it can play a vital role in helping low-income countries to adapt to climate change says a government-funded report more...
How to protect UK rivers from invasive mitten crabs, and eat locally as well!
Eifion Rees
22nd July, 2010
Chinese mitten crabs are pushing indigenous species out of UK rivers and damaging river banks and habitats. It's time to look at how we could control them, and maybe find a new seafood delicacy to boot more...
Goldman Sachs makes $1 billion profit on food price speculation
Ecologist
19th July, 2010
'Risky and secretive' gambling on the price of coffee, cocoa and wheat is leading to unstable food prices and exacerbating poverty and malnutrition but creating billions of pounds for the banking sector more...
Why we should grow and eat more seaweed
Eifion Rees
20th July, 2010
It's one of the healthiest, most versatile 'weeds' around. Asian countries have enjoyed the benefits for centuries. So where is the market for homegrown UK seaweed? more...
EU's 'dangerous' move to nationalise GM decision-making
Ecologist
14th July, 2010
Individual countries will be allowed to ban GM crops in a move the EU hopes will stop them blocking new crops being grown by farmers in other member states more...
Life without supermarkets: forget posh organic shops; check out food co-ops
Laura Laker
13th July, 2010
To keep prices down, Laura shops around and gives food co-ops a whirl... more...
Why working holidays on organic farms help you see the world anew
Laura Laker
14th July, 2010
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is not just a cheap way to see the world - it's a hands-on way to learn new skills of sustainable living more...
EU votes against compulsory GM food labelling
Ecologist
7th July, 2010
Campaigners angry at EU's decision to keep consumers 'in the dark' over food from animals given genetically modified (GM) feed more...
How Cargill is feeding Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon
Lynn Morris
6th July, 2010
Europe's demand for cheap meat is been fed by an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation more...
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Biomass Britain: do fields of energy crops spell an end to grazing livestock?
Tom Levitt
13th July, 2010
A new vision to replace our grazing land with energy crops will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but many are unwilling to embrace its suggestions for our future diet and countryside more...
Five ways to preserve tomatoes
Lynda Brown
6th July, 2010
If you're lucky enough to have gluts of tomatoes, this extract from The Preserving Book shows you how to use them in mouth-watering recipes more...
Jatropha better suited to local communities, not biofuel markets
Ecologist
6th July, 2010
Study predicts the yields of jatropha will fall in the next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, production for the biofuel market more...
Agroecological farming methods being ignored, says UN expert
Ecologist
28th June, 2010
Success of agroecology in Brazil, Cuba and Africa should be replicated in place of current support for intensive farming techniques more...
Malawi reaps the reward of returning to age-old, chemical-free farming
Molly Stevenson
22nd June, 2010
Returning to age-old, chemical-free farming techniques is improving crop harvest for Malawian farmers more...
Why are bees in decline? New research to provide the answers
Ecologist
22nd June, 2010
Nine new studies will look at the role of pesticides, habitat loss and disease in the decline of insect pollinators like the honeybee and bumblebee more...
Industry lobbying sees EU reject 'traffic light' food labelling
Ecologist
17th June, 2010
Food industry spent €1 billion euros lobbying against proposals to help consumers make 'healthy meal' choices with a system of red, green and amber labels on the front of food packaging more...
Pay hill farmers to protect water supply and carbon sinks, report urges
Martin Wainwright
16th June, 2010
Peat stores 200m tonnes of carbon in England and hills are source of 70 per cent of the country's drinking water, say rural experts more...
Life without supermarkets: escaping choice overload
Laura Laker
14th June, 2010
Laura Laker discovers the joys of farmers' markets, the convenience of vegboxes, and the horror of plans for a nearby Tesco Metro that will threaten her local corner shop more...
Let's use the Gulf Stream to increase UK food production
Adam York
9th June, 2010
Our current patterns of veg growing mostly ignore the fact that the UK is much warmer than it should be for its latitude - and we could exploit that more...
How to garden with kids
Matilda Lee
10th June, 2010
Tips for passing on green fingers, and a taste for vegetables, to your sprogs more...
Lack of drinking fountains in parks makes kids buy fizzy drinks
Ecologist
4th June, 2010
Children may be more likely to turn to sugary drinks and ice-creams because of a lack of working water fountains in public parks in the UK, says campaign group more...
Saving and rebuilding community shops
Eifion Rees
1st June, 2010
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...more...
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