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Most people in the UK have little idea that the food in their fridge is closely connected to extreme weather now sweeping Brazil. The UK imports more food from Brazil …
The hidden cost of Brazil’s climate crisis for UK supermarkets Read More
As hundreds of Starbucks workers go on strike across the US to protest the company’s unfair labor practices, its union is telling customers to boycott the company in hopes of pressuring it to return …
‘Don’t Buy Starbucks!’ Says Union as It Launches Nationwide Strike Against Coffee Giant’s Unfair Labor Conditions Read More
One afternoon, in mid-May, Nancy was eating with five of her coworkers. All of them are Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya women from the municipality of Cobán — located in Alta Verapaz, …
Indigenous Guatemalans denounce exploitation on Mexican farms: ‘Bananas are worth more than us’ Read More
A landmark legal case in Kenya is challenging the Seed and Plant Varieties Act, which criminalises the age-old practices of saving, sharing, and selling uncertified seeds. These laws prioritise commercial …
Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience Read More
The Mint editor, Henry Leveson-Gower, describes how joining the club could raise the tempo of environmental regeneration. Earlier this year, a group of farmers who had formed under the banner …
Time to go clubbing Read More
Is it time to call time on pub closures in the UK? J Mark Dodds warns that we are losing more than our place at the bar. Once the heart …
A few too many? Read More
Sofia Casas warns of another shade of greenwash. With COP-30 approaching this November in Belém – in the heart of the Amazon – the term “bioeconomy” has become a powerful …
Bioeconomically speaking Read More
Jia-Ren Tan charts how the Malaysian state has plundered the fruits of the labours of the country’s family farms. In April 2025, state enforcement officers arrived in Raub—a highland town …
A whiff of betrayal Read More
MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland’s thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn’t know where he and …
Trump’s trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril Read More
The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled …
Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow Read More