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Culture Series

Meet the Swiss couple giving their cattle a better life, and death

Georg and Claudia Blunier have been living their dream of sustainable farming in the Swiss mountains for 8 years now.

Netherlands

Dutch farmers angry over measures to reduce nitrogen emissions

The Netherlands government unveiled mandate reductions of up to 70% of nitrogen oxides in many places and 95% in other areas to protect nature.

United Kingdom

Crops go to waste as UK farmers struggle to find workers

Workers from eastern parts of Europe who were picking crops pre-Brexit have not returned and farmers are having to look for replacements further afield to places like the Far East.

Earth Series

Meet the film director who built his own house out of hemp

After turning 60 and welcoming his first granddaughter, Steve Barron felt the need to give something back to the planet and began researching how to build a house out of hemp.

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Ecotech

World’s largest vertical farm could help the UK cut food miles

Comfortably larger than any other facility of this kind, it is due to open later this year.

Travel News

Why has this advert been banned from all UK airports?

UK airports have rejected an anti-leather advert on the grounds it might offend customers, animal activists claim.

Nature

Regenesis: George Monbiot busts damaging farming myths in his new book

Farming is the greatest cause of environmental destruction, but we have the tools to regenerate, writes Monbiot, in his blistering new book.

Focus

African Development Bank invests billions in climate change adaptation

In partnership with the African Development Bank

The African Development Bank is investing billions in Africa's economies to help the continent grow and adapt to climate change. Focus reports from the AFDB's annual meeting in Accra, Ghana.

Climate

One-third of the world’s corn could be at risk from climate change

What will be missing from our supermarkets when the US Midwest is too hot for corn?

Culture Series

Meet the pig farmer putting animal welfare and sustainability first

Meet the Dutch pig farmer putting animal welfare and sustainability first

Earth News

Shocking rise in toxic pesticides on European fruit, says study

Is the fruit and veg you’re buying laced with cancer causing chemicals?

Earth News

Growing vegetables in seawater could be the answer to feeding billions

Freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce and some farms are looking for alternatives.

Earth News

Climate change in court: German farmer sues Volkswagen

Why are a car manufacturer and farmer in court over climate change?

Food and Drink

Swiss brothers seek to save the Swiss mountains by bottling it as gin

As young Swiss people move to the cities for jobs and opportunities, three brothers are determined to help sustain the economy of their small mountainous village by bottling up original liquors

Ecotech

As G7 commits to banning Russian oil, is fermented fuel the answer?

Wheat husks, pulped sugar beets and onion peelings could help curb Europe’s energy crisis, as farmers brew up biogas from agricultural waste.

Ukraine

Ukrainian farmers export their harvest via Romania

Neighbouring countries are updating their port infrastructure to help with international exports, while Ukrainian farmers call the bomb squad to defuse undetonated explosives.

My Europe Series

How war is hitting Ukraine's farmers and menacing world food supplies

Nearly 25 million tonnes of grains are stuck in Ukraine and unable to leave the country.

Ecotech

Could human urine replace chemical fertilisers?

French researchers and NGOs have been experimenting with human urine-based fertilisers and the result have been promising.

Earth News

Cow face masks could help cut methane emissions from burps

The innovative design has won a nearly €60,000 prize backed by Prince Charles to help develop the idea in the future.

Earth News

Frankenchickens: How supermarkets ‘profit off nightmarish cruelty'

"It's story about animal cruelty, essentially, on an industrial scale."