Experiences Watch these elephants smash their way through a crop of giant pumpkins Oregon Zoo in Portland hosted its 23rd Annual ‘Squishing of the Squash’ festival to usher in the Halloween season. 25/10/2021
Living Updated: Which fruit and vegetables are in season in Europe right now? From apricots in Austria to sweetcorn in Sweden, this is the ultimate guide to seasonal produce across Europe. 23/08/2021
Nature Europe’s reliance on used cooking oil is fuelling deforestation A new report suggests turning wasted chip fat into clean energy is actually making climate change worse. 21/04/2021
Nature Are Bangladesh’s floating gardens the future of farming? Vegetables could be safer in the hands of this ancient water-based planting method. 12/04/2021
Eco-Innovation The underground vegetable farm thriving in London’s wartime bunkers World War Two tunnels under the UK capital have been transformed into a space for urban farming. 07/04/2021
United Kingdom This photo sparked a big police response amid fears it was a human toe Can you guess what it is? 08/01/2021
Business Exploring Valencia's abundant and special fruits and vegetables In Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast, Here We Grow explores a garden with 400 varieties of citrus fruits and also the persimmon harvest. We discover the bountiful universe of Spain’s abundant and delicious fruits and vegetables. 22/10/2020
Living Plant-based diets could remove over a decade of global CO2 emissions Research shows how reducing our meat consumption could "drastically" reduce the effects of climate change. 08/09/2020
Green News What could a post-pandemic food revolution look like? Now could be the perfect time to get in touch with where our food comes from. 13/05/2020
Green News How to make your garden more eco-friendly A few simple steps to transform your garden into a sustainable sanctuary. 04/05/2019
world news EU fruit and vegetable consumption: how much does your country eat? In 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27 %) ate fruit at least twice a day, according to a survey of the European Union (EU) population. A further 37 % of the EU population ate fruit once a day and the remaining 36 % ate fruit either less frequently or not at all during a typical week. 01/04/2019
Living Organic gardening on the rooftops of Monaco Ex-model Jessica Sbaraglia developed her urban gardens next to the world's most expensive apartments. 15/06/2018
United Kingdom Forest Green Rovers — the first vegan football club in the world Hailed by FIFA as the "world’s greenest football club", the Forest Green Rovers' vegan diets are credited with boosting the team into League Two. 14/02/2018
View View: The cruelty cycle Animals are not here “for us”, they are not here to become our property or to be slaughtered and harmed, writes Camille Bello 03/11/2017
world news Tattooed cucumbers in the fight against plastic A distributor of fruits and vegetables has found a way to burn ‘organic’ labels onto produce to replace stickers or plastic wrapping. Dutch firm 12/09/2017
United Kingdom UK vegetable shortage leads to rationing Severe weather in southern Spain has led to a shortage of lettuce, broccoli, courgettes and aubergines. Supermarkets are rationing stocks to help deal with the problem 03/02/2017
world news ISS astronauts poised to eat lettuce grown in space The international Space Station crew is to take one giant leaf for mankind when it tucks into vegetables grown in space. A batch grown last month 10/08/2015
futuris Fresh and safe from field to plate “Cases of food poisoning from vegetables affect more people and lead to more hospitalisations than those from meat.” While it may come as news to 17/11/2014
My Europe Series Food safety and the lessons to be learned “Hello I’m Chris Burns and welcome to the Network where we connect into a matrix of news makers to get to the heart of an issue and watch out – 23/06/2011
