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14 Jan 2022 8 minute read

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Old school adaptation

Moushumi Basu reports from Assam, India, on the people turning to traditional ‘home grown’ strategies to...

17 Oct 2021 5 minute read

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Without water, there is no life

Industrial agriculture is drying up the land in Almeria, Spain. Vitalie Duporge speaks to activists and...

Visit Organic For All to support small organic farmers struggling with the production costs of organic food.

22 Sep 2020 7 minute read

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Organic food is a ‘human right’, says leading food scientist

To stamp out pesticides from our fragile food systems is to protect those most prone to ill health, Friends of the Earth’s...

11 Jun 2020 4 minute read

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The hidden polluters

Agricultural air pollution seems to be a tough nut to crack. Amy Hall explores the air-pollution problem...

A worker wraps an iceberg lettuce at a lettuce plantation in Pulpi, near Almeria, southeast Spain February 13, 2017. Picture taken February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

26 Apr 2020 4 minute read

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The plight of Spain’s migrant workers

Many in Southern Spain's migrant workforce have long been alleging systematic exploitation from employers. Clare...

Protesters against Argentina’s hunger crisis gather for a brew, 5 September 2019. They had camped out overnight in front of the Ministry of Social Development in Buenos Aires. CAROL SMILJAN/NURPHOTO/PA

21 Apr 2020 6 minute read

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Argentina’s big squeeze

Why is hunger growing in a country known as an agricultural powerhouse? Amy Booth reports from Buenos Aires...

Glyphosate and Roundup: a Monsanto protestor. Photo: Donna Cleveland, CC-BY-2.0

22 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Time for Roundup to wind up?

After decades muddying the science, Monsanto may at last account for its weedkiller’s effects, writes Claire...

5 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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If we all became vegan tomorrow

The Guardian repeats the myth that becoming vegan is the ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth....

Peasants feed world: examples of the rich variety of foods produced by peasant farming.

14 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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The road to food sovereignty

Peasants, not industrial agriculture, are the way to feed the world, argue Pat Mooney and Nnimmo...

1 Nov 2017 5 minute read

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How corporate giants are automating the farm

Precision agriculture is where it’s at – according to the corporate giants. Jim Thomas inspects their plans...

Indigenous people, set to be robbed of their land rights, took their protest to Brasilia – to be rebuffed by armed forces.

1 Oct 2017 7 minute read

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Agribusiness seizes Brazilian power

Vanessa Baird writes on how agribusiness has mounted a coup against rural Brazilians.

2 Feb 2017 4 minute read

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A bee-friendly path to a healthier future

In Italy, organic farmers are helping to keep pollinators – and crops – flourishing.

24 Jan 2017 4 minute read

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Little insects, big impact

By introducing bee hives to their fields, Indian farmers are improving productivity – and lives.

4 Jul 2016 8 minute read

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In Venezuela's difficult times the grassroots are stronger

The time has come for rural communities to play an important role in the country, reports Tamara Pearson.

1 May 2016 8 minute read

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'Because the river told me'

Peasant farmers resisting the violence of agribusiness. By Nils McCune.

15 Apr 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Fighting for Food

The farmers are putting their lives on the line in the struggle to grow our food, writes Ben O’Hanlon.

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