Food

‘We’re being invaded by pigs’: Spain’s pork revolution faces backlash
The country’s transformation into one of the world’s biggest pork producers is helping to accelerate rural depopulation, claim opponents of the industry
Ashifa Kassam in Balsa de Ves
06, Feb, 2023 @6:15 AM

Tesco chicken supplier should pay to clean up River Wye, says charity
Campaigners urge leading poultry producer Avara Foods to fund reparations for pollution from its chicken farm suppliers
Nicola Cutcher and Tom Levitt
03, Feb, 2023 @7:45 AM

Brown gold: the great American manure rush begins
The energy industry is turning waste from dairy farms into renewable natural gas – but will it actually reduce emissions?
Jessica Fu
02, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

M&S joins calls for EU to restrict harmful tuna fishing methods in Indian Ocean
Retailer and green groups warn of ‘high environmental cost’ of fish aggregating devices to tuna stocks and other endangered marine life
Karen McVeigh
02, Feb, 2023 @10:19 AM

'Let them eat lentils' won't save us from animal farming – we must embrace meat substitutes | George Monbiot
Our appetite for meat is destroying the planet. But the alternative is looking (and tasting) better by the day, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot
01, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds
Scientists identify parts of ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10% of human diet to reduce impact of agriculture
Graham Readfearn
26, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

Mystery of England’s crab and lobster die-offs deepens as experts find no clear cause
Report criticised after saying deaths unlikely to be down to algal blooms or pollutant and suggesting possibility of new disease
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
20, Jan, 2023 @4:54 PM

‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action
Small interventions on electric cars and plant-based meat could unlock rapid emissions cuts, say experts
Damian Carrington Environment editor
20, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

‘Feeble’ curbs will ban bottom trawling in only three marine parks in England
UK government’s piecemeal response to harmful practice attacked as too slow to stop ‘industrial fishing frenzy’
Karen McVeigh
19, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Salmon deaths on Scotland’s fish farms double – but are jellyfish to blame?
Marine farmers point finger at jellyfish swarms but campaigners call for boycott to curb ‘ever-worsening problem’ of overcrowding
James Tapper
15, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

Ministers ‘run scared’ of targeting meat consumption in land use strategy
Exclusive: England plan will omit aim of reducing area used for animal farming, key to cutting emissions
Helena Horton
05, Jan, 2023 @1:56 PM

Climate impact labels could help people eat less red meat
Information on environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, says study
Helena Horton Environment reporter
27, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM
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