Farming has a huge impact on our planet. The World Wildlife Fund reports that farming consumes about 69% of the world’s fresh water. Agriculture also accounts...
For tens of years farmers have maintained the agriculture industry through industrial agriculture, producing the greater part of our produce via this system that utilizes huge...
When most people think about helping the environment, their first instinct is to switch to a hybrid car and install solar panels. However, the meat industry...
It seems like farmers markets are popping up everywhere these days — and with good reason. Customers are demanding answers about where their food came from...
Yesterday saw EU agriculture ministers continue to fail to agree on the proposal for a new organic regulation. The Progress Report presented by the Slovak Presidency...
Last year, 15 million people were displaced due to weather-related disasters last year – almost twice as many as those who fled due to war and...
The 22nd session of the Conference of Parties (COP 22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is scheduled to take place in Marrakesh...
Delegates at the London Chocolate Forum were address today (October 7) by Ivorian cocoa farmer, Fortin Bley, who warned that without an increase in efforts to...
An announcement today shows the European Parliament’s opposition to the authorisation proposal for cultivation and for import and use in food and feed of five GMOs. A clear...
The private sector is being encouraged to take important action on antimicrobial resistance by an international group of 75 stakeholders with $189 billion in assets under management....
The competitive nature of the agriculture industry means ensuring healthy crop growth is essential. Consequently, most farmers choose to use chemical aids and soil enhancers that...
New research published in PeerJ has identified the most serious future opportunities, as well as threats, for pollinating species which provide essential agricultural and ecological services across...
It has been revealed today – by a new Defra survey – that, among other things just nine percent of UK farms consider emissions as ‘very...
Organic farming claims agriculture should contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions Brussels, 20 July 2016 – The organic food and farming movement welcomes the Commission’s proposal...
We are living in a world where population growth is putting a serious strain on the wellbeing of our planet. The last two centuries have seen...