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Singapore confronts food crisis with sky farms and lab-grown shrimp

Why this small but mighty island is launching its very own farming revolution.

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Estée Lauder launches sustainable scheme to tackle palm oil production

The beauty industry giant, in charge of Clinique and MAC cosmetics, debuts a new scheme to make palm oil production more sustainable in Indonesia.

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Which European country produces the most organic food and drink?

Small organic farm businesses are on the rise in the UK

World

Road Trip Day 42: Austrian farmers on EU regulations and the future of agriculture

One of the biggest issues for rural voters in the European Union elections is the future of the Common Agriculture Policy. The Commission has proposed a significant cut in farm spending to use scarce financial resources to tackle new challenges like security.

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Prince Charles and Camilla visit organic farm during Germany visit

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visiting an organic farm, tasting honey, beer, and meeting fans

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It is also known as ‘the Caviar of Grains’

It is grown in the Camargue marshes without harming the environment

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A hop farming revival is currently happening in Europe

How did European hop farmers adapt and start this resurgence in the wake of the craft beer movement?

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Prosecco seems to be on the precipice of disaster (again)

Our collective thirst for Prosecco is causing potentially disastrous consequences for the environment in North Eastern Italy where it is produced.

Spain

Spanish farmers say politicians are failing to prepare for the future

Spanish farmers say they have been ignored by politicians in Madrid and Brussels who are failing to help the region tackle depopulation and climate change

USA

Midwest flooding could dramatically change futures of farming communities

Farmers and residents who saw their land and homes swamped now wait for the floodwaters to recede — and reveal whether their hopes for the future remain.

Austria

Austrian farmer handed enormous fine over deadly cow stampede

A court in Austria has handed a huge fine to a farmer over a cow stampede that killed a German woman back in 2014.

France

'Trash cows': Farm animals swallow metal and plastic waste

Some 60,000 cows in France develop tumours and infections every year because of waste they ingest.

Italy

Sardinian farmers destroy milk in protest over falling prices

Farmers and shepherds on the Italian island of Sardinia have been pouring their milk away, saying they would rather destroy it than sell it for next to nothing.

Living

Sustainable farming under the streets of London

30 metres beneath the ground herbs, salads and ‘micro-greens’ are destined for some of London’s best-known restaurants.

World

The farm underneath the streets of London

A pair of London based innovators have turned a disused WWII air raid shelter into a sustainable farm supplying produce to some of the city's best known restaurants.

Living

Trend report: the food you’ll eat in 2019

Innovative products, exciting flavours and original culinary practices trending this year

Living

Would you choose lab-grown steak to help the environment?

Scientists in Israel are growing their own steaks in the hope that it could one day help to solve the problem of food production and climate change.

Denmark

Denmark hopes border fence with Germany will keep swine fever away

Denmark has started building a 70km-long fence along its border with Germany in a bid to protect its pigs from disease-carrying wild boar.

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Euroviews. The week that was: peeling back the curtain to reveal the truth | View

Our weekly round-up of all the opinions that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

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Beer and eco-innovations

Award-winning breweries worldwide are tackling the issue of climate change one innovation at a time.