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Factory farms make antibiotics weaker

6 Dec 2012 3 minute read

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Factory farms make antibiotics weaker

Chris Grezo on drug-resistant killer bacteria disproportionately killing people in the Majority World.

3 Dec 2012 5 minute read

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A bitter harvest for Palestine’s olive growers

As the picking season draws to a close, Noreen Sadik meets farmers affected by Israeli repression.

Barclays’ ‘A-MAIZING returns’

5 Nov 2012 3 minute read

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Barclays’ ‘A-MAIZING returns’

It’s time governments took on the banks and put a stop to food speculation, says Miriam Ross.

Suicide – the only way out of debt?

10 Oct 2012 4 minute read

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Suicide – the only way out of debt?

Leah Borromeo reports on the tragic plight of India’s cotton farmers.

In praise of Honduras' forest gardens

11 Sep 2012 4 minute read

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In praise of Honduras' forest gardens

Wayne Roberts visits a backyard forest that combats climate change while offering an abundance of food.

No water, no crops: how this year’s North American drought will impact you

13 Aug 2012 5 minute read

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No water, no crops: how this year’s North American drought will impact you

Our governments need to wake up to the new reality of food insecurity, says Wayne Roberts.

SOS Dairy: British farmers against throwaway prices

10 Aug 2012 4 minute read

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SOS Dairy: British farmers against throwaway prices

As producers discuss the next steps of their fairer trade campaign, Amy Hall looks at the wider context of...

Swazi boys win science prize

31 Jul 2012 1 minute read

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Swazi boys win science prize

Libby Powell reports on two teenagers and their unique innovation.

India’s modernity onslaught

27 Jun 2012 3 minute read

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India’s modernity onslaught

Mari Marcel Thekaekara laments the remorseless rejection of traditional ways as India rushes towards its...

Rio+20: The Great Greenwashers

5 Jun 2012 2 minute read

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Rio+20: The Great Greenwashers

The UN Earth summit will take place June 20-22. Here's introducing some of the worst environmental truth spinners trying to...

1 Jun 2012 10 minute read

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Introducing... The Eight Great Greenwashers

Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of...

Rothamsted GM trial: cow genes on toast, anyone?

18 May 2012 3 minute read

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Rothamsted GM trial: cow genes on toast, anyone?

The battle for hearts and minds is in full swing as the clock ticks down on a mass anti-GM action planned for later this month...

6 Jan 2012 8 minute read

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Sumatra: this land is my land

Daniel Pye reports from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’...

Bangalore’s urban agriculture boom

24 Nov 2011 3 minute read

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Bangalore’s urban agriculture boom

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on how Bangaloreans, fed up with soaring vegetable prices, are growing their own...

Chicken à la injection

1 Nov 2011 3 minute read

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Chicken à la injection

Wild stories fly around about chicken farming but the reality remains less than wholesome, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara...

1 Nov 2011 13 minute read

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The food rush

Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no...

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