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Sometimes climate change appears where you least expect it — like the grocery store. Food prices have climbed 25 percent over the past four years, and Americans have been shocked by the …
Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get? Read More
Sarah McKinley beats the drum for Community Wealth Building. As I write, 1,200 farmers and their tractors have occupied the centre of Brussels where I live. Their synchronised horn blasts …
Healthy, wealthy and wise Read More
Germany’s largest opposition party, the conservative CDU, blocked a decisive vote on parts of the annual budget scheduled for Friday (2 February), leaving unresolved the feud over agricultural subsidies that …
German budget blocked again, leaving subsidy feud with farmers unresolved Read More
Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and despite spending …
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up Read More
Following last week’s recommendation by the European Commission to open formal accession talks with Ukraine, Joachim Rukwied, the president of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), warned of its consequences on the …
German farmers: Ukraine membership would spell end of EU farming system Read More
NEW DELHI (AP) — Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world …
Rice crops are being threatened by El Nino after grain supplies were disrupted by the war in Ukraine Read More
Later this month, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will head to the 2023 National Agri-Marketing Association’s conference to see if its public relations campaign about beef’s sustainability can secure the national …
US: The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil Read More
BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) – European Union countries agreed on Thursday to try to reduce the number of farms covered by proposed rules to cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions …
EU countries seek to weaken livestock emission limits Read More
The UK government’s environment improvement plan pledges to restore 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wildlife-rich habitat, create or expand 25 national parks, invest in the recovery of hedgehogs and …
Environment plan for England asks farmers to restore nature – but changes are likely to be superficial Read More
Guidance on corporate targets and measurements is coming for the land sector after the announcement of qualitative global commitments. When cutting carbon emissions for the good of the planet became …
Guidance on corporate nature targets is on its way Read More