Sales of organic food and drink have increased marginally in 2013, following a decline during the recession. The Soil Association hopes that sales will be boosted...
Whaling: rugged Scandinavian men with spears and harpoons chasing poor, defenceless whales out of their natural habitat, before slaughtering and eating them. It’s fair to say...
Retailers can refuse edible products because these don’t satisfy shape or blemish standards criteria, a new report has found. Up to 40% of perfectly eatable food...
It was 7am and the sun in Gjógv, on the northern tip of the Faroe Islands, was peering through the clouds on the horizon, casting a...
Aquaponics – A farming method that is somewhat unorthodox and relatively uncommon in today’s shifting conditions, but at the same time symbolises a great deal of...
The EU parliament is preparing for a crucial vote that could decide the fate of the biofuels industry on Wednesday. The plenary vote in Strasbourg will...
Resource scarcity affected partly by global warming may be an underlying cause of conflicts such as the Syrian civil war, say researchers from Anglia Ruskin University....
The UK’s first Community Energy Fortnight began on Saturday, hoping to inspire and engage people with the concept of community energy. Francesca Baker looks at what this means,...
Neil Brown, sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) fund manager at Alliance Trust Investments, writes why healthier food is an increasingly important sustainability theme. The drive for...
Deciding what to eat has never been so complicated. Equally, the potential effect of those decisions has never been so profound. Everyone wants to eat ‘well’...
He was Jamie Oliver’s right-hand man at Fifteen Restaurant, his team have cooked for the Prince of Wales and he helped set up the UK’s first...
Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe has said that the government is ready to help fund plans to stop the spill of radioactive water that is leaking...
The world’s first scientifically produced burger was tasted for the first time by food critics on Monday, who described it as “close to meat”. The burger,...
The government has unveiled a competition to find the most effective plants that could be used as advanced biofuels – without using crops grown for food...
A major new report has highlighted some key principles by which the government should centre its food sustainability policies. Commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food...