Rush to secure trade deals could lead to a lowering of standards and poorer quality food in supermarkets... READ MORE›
And we can ask our local leaders - from city mayors to school district boards to hospital management - to help, by widening our food options... READ MORE›
Prehistoric women had stronger arms than modern-day rowers, likely due to the rigors of early farming, which included tilling fields and grinding grain by... READ MORE›
Mpati grows basil and other herbs at the farm using a hydroponics system on top of the city's Chamber of Mines building... READ MORE›
Cactus pear plantations can function not only as a water reserve but also absorb carbon dioxide in arid and semi-arid regions, it added... READ MORE›
Published November 22, 2017 5 13 pm China's has an annual trillion pork market... READ MORE›
But the climate impact of plant-based and clean meat is only the tip of the iceberg... READ MORE›
Global cropland totals 1.87 billion hectares 4.62 billion acres, 15 percent to 20 percent higher than earlier estimates, according to a map released Tuesday by the U.S. Geological Survey... READ MORE›
It also participated in a 20 million funding round for Bowery Farming, which uses robotics to grow leafy greens indoors... READ MORE›
A total ban on insect-harming pesticides in fields across Europe will be backed by the UK, environment secretary Michael Gove has revealed... READ MORE›
Six years ago, Adewale moved to Pullman with 6,000 in his pocket -- money he'd earned from the vegetable harvest at his farm in southwest Nigeria... READ MORE›
OWC is a global sammelan dealing exclusively with organic farming... READ MORE›
There has been a spike in awareness of the impact that intensive farming techniques are having on the world's soils and its biodiversity... READ MORE›
Glyphosate is found in 60 percent of UK bread and environmentalists welcome a ban but industry warn of uproar among farmers if herbicide is phased out... READ MORE›
The 2017 World Food Prize Laureate said the world needs to help Africa to rapidly modernise its agriculture and unlock its full potential to feed the world... READ MORE›
Colombia's peace commissioner Rodrigo Rivera speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota, Colombia October 12, 2017... READ MORE›
WWF says alternatives to industrially farmed animal feed must be developed to stop biodiversity loss... READ MORE›
At least 50 farmers have died from suspected pesticide poisoning in Maharashtra since July, according to officials and media reports... READ MORE›
WWF report finds 60 percent of global biodiversity loss is down to meat-based diets which put huge strain on Earth's resources... READ MORE›
Its time the world woke up to the real impact of modern, industrial farming, says Philip Lymbery, author of Farmageddon and the Deadzone... READ MORE›
One quarter of all economically active women worldwide were engaged in agriculture in 2015, statistics from the International Labour Organisation show... READ MORE›
Chinese researcher wins Norman Borlaug Award 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
This 'agrobiodiversity' is a precious resource that we are losing, and yet it can also help solve or mitigate many challenges the world is facing... READ MORE›
There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Almost 200 of the 1,200 varieties in Deb's collection have been sourced from Koraput's farmers, indicating that villagers have not abandoned their native seeds for modern varieties... READ MORE›
In July, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture added Deqing's freshwater pearl farming to China's list of most important agricultural heritage... READ MORE›
The business volume of the fair increased to 69.9 billion RMB in 2015 from 15 billion RMB 15 years ago, making the event a significant symbol of China's market-oriented agriculture... READ MORE›
During that visit he declared that Chinese farms should be modeled after the Kimberley farm, according to the news release from Iowa Sister States commission... READ MORE›
On Monday, Brazil and India were the latest countries to outline their plan to reach land degradation neutrality ... READ MORE›
According to researchers at the Botanical Gardens at Kew in the UK, there are plenty more ways we could be harnessing the power of plants... READ MORE›
The report says pesticides have catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health and society as a whole, including an estimated 200,000 deaths a year from acute poisoning... READ MORE›
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is identified by the report as a dominant influence in the pollution, due to its market strength in chicken, beef and pork... READ MORE›
The technology, from a Lettuce Bot to crop drones to robotic strawberry pickers, is still in its infancy... READ MORE›
In fact, clear solutions already exist for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry... READ MORE›
In this case, Monsanto denied requests by university researchers to study its XtendiMax with VaporGrip for volatility... READ MORE›
Rising temperatures and the resultant stress on India's agricultural sector may have contributed to increase in suicides over the past 30 years, research shows... READ MORE›
The German chemical company Bayer said it will take over U.S. seed giant Monsanto to become one of the world's biggest agriculture conglomerates... READ MORE›
We are expecting Canadian shoppers to be Trumped at the grocery store, said Sylvain Charlebois, lead author of the report... READ MORE›
Bayer and Monsanto said on a Wednesday call that they would be seeking antitrust approval in 30 global jurisdictions... READ MORE›
Scotland is to ban the growing of genetically modified crops, the country's rural affairs secretary has announced... READ MORE›
Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows... READ MORE›
Storey became Barnard's co-founder and Plenty's chief science officer, splitting his time between Wyoming and San Francisco... READ MORE›
These farmers produce the majority of food in developing countries--and so are instrumental to global food security... READ MORE›
By 2020, Paris aims to have transformed 33 hectares, or 330,000 square metres, of its unused urban space into urban agriculture... READ MORE›
Many of the local initiatives addressing food waste in Milan also focus on having a strong social impact... READ MORE›
The researchers suggest that organic farming can be a very competitive alternative to industrial agriculture when it comes to food production... READ MORE›
Environment Agency figures show severe incidents are weekly occurrence as farms struggle with cost of pollution prevention despite subsidies... READ MORE›
China's fight against hunger has remained relatively stable over the last 15 years, with its hunger reduction rate slowing only marginally since its high from 1992 to 1997... READ MORE›
Ugly produce just resonates with people, says Figueiredo, who also gets Imperfect Produce deliveries... READ MORE›
If the world's 75 million unwanted pregnancies were prevented, the global population would rise more gradually to 8.4 billion by 2050 and then fall... READ MORE›
Farmers say Eastern Europeans are reluctant to work on British farms after the Brexit vote... READ MORE›
Farmers will be able to use blacklisted pesticides linked to serious harm in bees after the UK government temporarily lifted an EU ban... READ MORE›
AeroFarms and other companies developing similar controlled growing climates claim to be transforming agriculture... READ MORE›
The Norwegian council for biodiversity Sabima has lobbied the government to provide a budget for farmers to maintain meadows and other ecologically important areas... READ MORE›
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO in 2012 the United Kingdom ranked 22nd for meat consumption per person... READ MORE›
"If the sanctions give a chance to develop local farmers, to develop sustainable agriculture, it is very good... READ MORE›
Bargains can be found in South Dakota, but you better move quickly in California, which is getting pricey... READ MORE›
All agriculture and environment treaties for nature and wildlife will have to be rethought... READ MORE›
However, the researcher found that another alternative - lab-grown meat - did not show such big advantages... READ MORE›
The idea of transparency in the food chain to encourage a change in the culture is gaining ground... READ MORE›
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