How we engineered the food crisis | Henry Miller
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Mar 2011
Thanks to dysfunctional regulation of genetic engineering and misguided biofuels policy, the world's poorest are going hungry. Food prices worldwide were up by a whopping 25% in 2010, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, and February marked the eighth consecutive month of rising global food prices. Within the past two months, food riots helped to trigger the ousting of ruling regimes in Tunisia and Egypt.
 England | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness | Education

Letters: How to boost food production in Africa
Guardian Unlimited | 07 Dec 2010
It is great that new research from Harvard University is challenging pessimistic views of Africa as a continent unable to feed itself (Africa can feed itself in a generation, says author, if leaders take up cause, 3 December). However, the expensive and failing technology GM should have no role to play in this - not even selectively.
 England | Genetically Modified Organisms | Livelihoods | Science and Environment

British dairy industry becoming unsustainable, warns farmers' union
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Nov 2010
Farmers' union leader Peter Kendall has issued a chilling warning that milk and cheese prices could rise and the country could become reliant on imports unless action is taken to create a sustainable British dairy industry. Kendall, president of the National Farmers' Union, complained that the...
 England | Economy | Farming Practices | Livestock

British Beekeepers Association to stop endorsing bee-killing pesticides
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Nov 2010
Beekepers' group ends commercial relationship with pesticide manufacturer whose product killed bees. The British Beekeepers' Association hastoday announced plans to end its controversial practice of endorsing pesticides in return for cash from leading chemical manufacturers.The endorsement of four...
 England | Agriculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Economy | Farming Practices

Farmers next to GM fields benefit from pest reduction, study shows
Guardian Unlimited | 07 Oct 2010
US study finds reduced numbers of crop-damaging pests on corn farms that adjoin those growing GM crops. Farmers growing conventional corn next to GM crops can benefit from the reduction in crop-destroying pests without paying the premium for GM seeds, a new study has shown.The research, published...
 Agriculture | Farming Practices | Genetically Modified Organisms | Health and Environment

Bitter fruit: The truth about supermarket pineapple
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Oct 2010
These days, sweet pineapple come with a sour aftertaste, with production marred by allegations of environmental damage, union-busting, chemical poisoning and poverty wages. Late morning, and the suffocating heat of Costa Rica's rainy season has turned the air over the plantation leaden. On the horizon, where the spikes of thousands of pineapple plants merge into a grey-green fog, sits a spraying machine.
 Farming Practices | Human Rights and Environment | Land Pollution | Soil Degradation

Two thirds want GM to be kept off their plate - new opinion poll
Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. | 15 Jun 2010
Two thirds of people in the UK don't want GM food. - 72 per cent would pay extra for non-GM food. The survey comes as Friends of the Earth and GM Freeze have learnt that that US- owned food retailer Asda has abandoned its commitment to GM-free eggs and poultry. The campaigning groups are calling on Asda and other supermarkets to respond to public opinion by pledging to keep GM out of the nation's meat and dairy.
 United Kingdom | Farming Practices | Genetically Modified Organisms

Most UK farmers say not feeling climate change
Reuters | 23 Apr 2010
An increasing number of British farmers say they are unaffected by climate change, a survey found on Friday.
 United Kingdom | Climate Change | Farming Practices

Most UK farmers say not feeling climate change
Reuters | 22 Apr 2010
An increasing number of British farmers say they are unaffected by climate change, a survey found on Friday.
 United Kingdom | Agriculture | Climate Change | Farming Practices

Animal health campaigners welcome delay of 'battery farm' dairy
Guardian Unlimited | 13 Apr 2010
Plans for a giant dairy condemned as a "battery chicken farm for cows" have been withdrawn after protests from animal welfare and environmental campaigners.Proposals submitted by Nocton Dairies for the UK's largest dairy farm, where 8,100 cows would produce 250,000 litres of milk a day, have been put on hold while "technical issues" are addressed.
 United Kingdom | Farming Practices | Livestock