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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
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
TOKYO (AP) — Clad in an elegant kimono of pale green, tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kaneko uses a tiny wooden spoon to place a speck of matcha into a porcelain bowl. She …
Matcha madness leaves Japan’s tea ceremony pros skeptical Read More
Angelo Rocha meets with his team at eight in the morning to organize the day’s tasks at Quinta da Comenda, a beautiful property in São Pedro do Sul, a municipality …
The small revolution of Portugal’s winegrowers Read More
The meat industry may have enlisted environmental groups to persuade people to “feel better” about eating beef, despite the sector’s ballooning emissions of climate-heating pollution, according to a public relations strategy …
Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly Read More
The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, analyses 16 examples of food price rises across the world that followed periods of extreme heat, drought or rainfall over 2022-24. A “striking” example, …
Mapped: 16 times extreme weather drove higher food prices since 2022 Read More
Popular in the US, where the organic food market has struggled to gain traction, regenerative farming is now gaining momentum in Europe too. A farmer-led lobby called the European Alliance …
New green farm lobby digs into Brussels, setting up turf war with organics Read More
The Danish government will introduce Europe’s first carbon tax on agriculture, after a five-month negotiation with farming and conservation groups ended in a historic agreement on Monday night. From 2030 farmers will …
Denmark sets first carbon tax on agriculture Read More
“Coca leaf prices are down and cocoa prices are up.” It’s as simple as that, says cocoa farmer Óscar Gómez, who close to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated …
Cocoa price surge in global market lures Colombian farmers away from coca cultivation Read More
A squabble among EU countries over whether to grant Ukraine’s vast farming sector another year of emergency, no-strings-attached access to their markets could well be a taste of what’s to …
EU discord over Ukraine free trade spells trouble for Kyiv’s accession hopes Read More