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Netherlands

Watch: World's first floating farm in operation in Rotterdam

The aim of the initiative, said designer Peter Van Wingerden, was to shorten the distance between the production and consumption of food.

Turkey

Watch: Shepherds in rural Turkey trek 30km on dusty path every day

While there is a shorter, less dusty path available, shepherds take the more difficult route through the valley.

France

Cows with 'portholes' into stomach filmed by animal rights group

An undercover video released by a French animal rights group showed live cows whose sides have been perforated with a "porthole" into their stomach to study their digestion.

Germany

Egg production farms continue practice of mass culling of male chicks

The mass culling of male chicks is widespread at egg hatcheries around the world because they don't lay eggs and industrial farming has no use for them

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World

UK suffers from shortage of seasonal fruit pickers this summer

There's been a considerable drop in the number of seasonal workers from Europe choosing to work on British farms due to increased competition from countries such as Germany and the Netherlands.

Italy

'Biblical' plague of locusts wreaks havoc on Sardinian farmlands

Sardinian farmers say it could be too late to halt a 'bibilical' invasion of locusts destroying crops and affecting their livestock.

World News

Campaigners collect a million signatures in bid to end battery farming

“This is a huge victory. It is the largest win for farm animal welfare, ever. Not only that, it is the largest coalition that has been brought about in the name of farm animal welfare. We are phenomenally proud of this collaborative effort."

Earth News

Singapore confronts food crisis with sky farms and lab-grown shrimp

Why this small but mighty island is launching its very own farming revolution.

Earth News

Estée Lauder launches sustainable scheme to tackle palm oil production

The beauty industry giant, in charge of Clinique and MAC cosmetics, debuts a new scheme to make palm oil production more sustainable in Indonesia.

Earth News

Which European country produces the most organic food and drink?

Small organic farm businesses are on the rise in the UK

World

Road Trip Day 42: Austrian farmers on EU regulations and the future of agriculture

One of the biggest issues for rural voters in the European Union elections is the future of the Common Agriculture Policy. The Commission has proposed a significant cut in farm spending to use scarce financial resources to tackle new challenges like security.

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Prince Charles and Camilla visit organic farm during Germany visit

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visiting an organic farm, tasting honey, beer, and meeting fans

Earth News

It is also known as ‘the Caviar of Grains’

It is grown in the Camargue marshes without harming the environment

Earth News

A hop farming revival is currently happening in Europe

How did European hop farmers adapt and start this resurgence in the wake of the craft beer movement?

Earth News

Prosecco seems to be on the precipice of disaster (again)

Our collective thirst for Prosecco is causing potentially disastrous consequences for the environment in North Eastern Italy where it is produced.

Spain

Spanish farmers say politicians are failing to prepare for the future

Spanish farmers say they have been ignored by politicians in Madrid and Brussels who are failing to help the region tackle depopulation and climate change

USA

Midwest flooding could dramatically change futures of farming communities

Farmers and residents who saw their land and homes swamped now wait for the floodwaters to recede — and reveal whether their hopes for the future remain.

Austria

Austrian farmer handed enormous fine over deadly cow stampede

A court in Austria has handed a huge fine to a farmer over a cow stampede that killed a German woman back in 2014.

France

'Trash cows': Farm animals swallow metal and plastic waste

Some 60,000 cows in France develop tumours and infections every year because of waste they ingest.

Italy

Sardinian farmers destroy milk in protest over falling prices

Farmers and shepherds on the Italian island of Sardinia have been pouring their milk away, saying they would rather destroy it than sell it for next to nothing.