Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
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Farming – Analyses
As climate change threatens their food supply, migratory birds may find help in an unlikely place.
Agroecology could be an effective way to address food insecurity and respond to the climate crisis. However, significant hurdles remain.
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that soil healthy for growing everything from food to forests.
NZ’s sheep industry could be one of the biggest losers with the rise of alternative proteins. Once profitable industries will need to be ready to pivot away from animal-based products.
We’ve known about dryland salinity for a century. But while we’ve made progress, the problem hasn’t yet been solved.
Despite improvements in disaster response management since the Abbotsford floods of 2021, long-term animal welfare remains woefully underappreciated in B.C.
Green subsidy reforms are alienating farmers reeling from sky-high production costs.
Cattle are major producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But there are methods that can reduce their climate impact – if ranchers have incentive to use them.
In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water and crops.
Human health depends on having a liveable planet and this is inextricably linked to food systems.
Nano-enabled pesticides could pose huge risks and they aren’t being regulated effectively enough yet.
Kenya’s smallholder farmers aren’t using antibiotics properly, some are of poor quality and some antibiotics are being found in milk.
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
At the farmers’ protests in Brussels in February, there were some who demanded for authorities to cut back red tape, while others rallied against market concentration. But such a polarisation isn’t insurmountable.
As we go from fishing to fish farming, we should borrow restorative approaches from permaculture.
Incentives have so far benefited large landowners and created lifeless plantations.
Why are French farmers blocking the roads? An academic who has been studying discontent within the farming world since 2019 provides some clues.
The health of our soils is poor – and getting worse. Here’s why that matters and what we can do about it
One hundred years after the founding of the once-mighty Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the time might be ripe for a revival of Prairie farmer co-operatives.
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of chicken vocalizations, identifying patterns in the birds’ communications.
Switching to a plant-based diet could save lives.
The great Irish poet left a legacy of astonishing poems that speak to new readers with their deep wisdom and quietly devastating imagery.
Vaccinating livestock against common disease not only improves animal welfare, it’s good for the planet too.