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UN: almost 90 per cent of food subsidies are harmful
Agricultural subsidies must be reformed to reduce the health and environmental damage they lead to, according to a new UN...
Wuhan lab theory deniers linked to China
A Telegraph investigation has found all but one scientist who penned a letter in The Lancet dismissing the possibility that...
Food treaty needed from UN Food Systems Summit
Joachim von Braun, chair of the Scientific Group for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 has called for an intergovernmental...
Pandemic leads to food poverty in rich economies
"Pandemic leads to food poverty in rich economies" The Financial Times reports that across Europe and North America, the number...
Guterres: Climate crisis poses enormous financial risk
A crucial UN climate change report says global warming of 2°C will be exceeded this century without rapid action. This...
First vertical farm for a Scotland university
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is will open a vertical farm to grow nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables with specific human health...
Climate change: Scottish farmers want a universal on-farm calculator
An independent inquiry founded by National Farmers Union Scotland and Nourish Scotland says Scotland could reduce on-farm greenhouse emissions from...
7,000 children under five will die from hunger every day
The impact of Covid will kill an extra 258 children a day from malnutrition, according to a report in Nature...
Young people want better labelling: National Food Strategy
UK charity The Food Foundation has welcomed the new National Food Strategy for England, saying it makes the case for...
Feeding cows seaweed reduces contribution to climate change
Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. And the...
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