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Green News

Veganism could be key to reducing farming's carbon footprint

A new study has identified reduced meat consumption and tree-planting as viable solutions to global warming.

Living

Can a chocolate bar end poverty? The story of radical equality

'The Other Bar proves a combination of technology and consumer choice can tackle poverty.'

Europe News

The Brief: a level-playing field with EU funding

Closing the gap between rich and poor- a great aim of regional development funding. One proposal is to improve the food production system. The urban agriculture model is being tested in the suburbs of Brussels with the goal of creating more sustainable food chains in cities.

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland: What does business make of Johnson’s Brexit plan?

Many traders are highly critical of the UK PM’s proposals to replace the Irish border backstop.

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Italy

Watch: Fun in the Alpine sun, until the cows come home

It's back to work for northern Italy's cows, who are returning from their Alpine summer holidays. The cows spend summer eating mountain grass before returning to their stables for winter.

World

EU warns climate change could wipe out crop production in Europe

Crop and livestock production is projected to decrease and may even have to be abandoned in parts of Europe’s southern and Mediterranean regions due to the negative impacts of climate change, according to officials.

Living

How to become a more sustainable meat eater

We all know that we should try to eat less meat for the good of our health and the environment, but how can we make wise choices when it comes to the meat we do buy?

United Kingdom

'Antibiotic resistance could kill us before climate change'

Resistance to antibiotics could pose a greater threat to human survival than climate change, Britain's chief medical officer has warned.

Living

4 deliciously wholesome forage-to-fork experiences to try this Autumn

From feasts on hidden riverbanks to mushroom picking in remote Scotland, these wild foraging and dining experiences are a celebration of their natural surroundings.

Bulgaria

Pork industry at risk as swine fever hits farms across Eastern Europe

Pork industry at risk as swine fever hits farms across Eastern Europe. More than 120 000 pigs have been slaughtered in Bulgaria in an attempt to limit the number of swine fever cases.

World News

Trouble brewing? How coffee producers miss out as your coffee goes up

At the end of 2018, a bag of coffee cost the average UK coffee drinker €6.50 however coffee was selling at just $1 (0.89 cents of euro). So how come there is such a disparity between the market value and its retail price?

Angola

This 360° video shows how Angola is building new farms

In partnership with aipex

Angola is dedicated to becoming agriculturally self-sufficient. Fazienda Tip is a new farm in the country - view this 360° video to see how it works.

Destinations

Are eco farm retreats replacing the club scene in Ibiza?

We went along to La Granja hotel to learn about why guests leave feeling reconnected to nature.

Netherlands

Watch: World's first floating farm in operation in Rotterdam

The aim of the initiative, said designer Peter Van Wingerden, was to shorten the distance between the production and consumption of food.

Turkey

Watch: Shepherds in rural Turkey trek 30km on dusty path every day

While there is a shorter, less dusty path available, shepherds take the more difficult route through the valley.

France

Cows with 'portholes' into stomach filmed by animal rights group

An undercover video released by a French animal rights group showed live cows whose sides have been perforated with a "porthole" into their stomach to study their digestion.

Germany

Egg production farms continue practice of mass culling of male chicks

The mass culling of male chicks is widespread at egg hatcheries around the world because they don't lay eggs and industrial farming has no use for them

World

UK suffers from shortage of seasonal fruit pickers this summer

There's been a considerable drop in the number of seasonal workers from Europe choosing to work on British farms due to increased competition from countries such as Germany and the Netherlands.

Italy

'Biblical' plague of locusts wreaks havoc on Sardinian farmlands

Sardinian farmers say it could be too late to halt a 'bibilical' invasion of locusts destroying crops and affecting their livestock.

World News

Campaigners collect a million signatures in bid to end battery farming

“This is a huge victory. It is the largest win for farm animal welfare, ever. Not only that, it is the largest coalition that has been brought about in the name of farm animal welfare. We are phenomenally proud of this collaborative effort."