Agriculture

Blossoming business in Brussels as urban farms offer sustainable flowers

Creating a biodiversity heaven for pollinators was one of Malilo van Clooster's goals when she started her sustainable flowers business four years ago in Linkebeek, a green suburban area on the outskirts of Brussels.

Turkey launches food loss and waste reduction campaign

The new campaign plans to widen consumer knowledge of the benefits of reducing food waste and encourage the development of waste prevention habits, to help achieve profound and lasting changes in the way that people consume food.

China hits Australia with barley tariff in new blow to ties

Tariffs on barley, which will remain in place for five years, are latest agricultural commodity to be affected by deteriorating ties between Canberra and Beijing.

EU to halve pesticides by 2030 to protect bees, biodiversity

The European Commission aims to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030 to prevent the decline of bee colonies.

Pakistan probes deaths in port city of Karachi

More than 200 people have been hospitalised or treated for breathing problems since Sunday as authorities try to determine if a toxic gas leak was to blame after many patients complained of an unfamiliar odour.

Britain launches farm bill as Brexit paves way for major reforms

Britain currently abides by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy but is set to leave the European Union at the end of this month. There will be a seven-year transition period for farmers in England to adjust to some subsidies being phased out.

Mass tractor protest over environment policies hits Germany

Thousands of farmers descend upon Berlin with their tractors in protest over government plans to limit the use of fertilisers and phase out controversial weedkiller, glyphosate.

Brazil governors bypass Bolsonaro to ask for help for the Amazon

Norway and Germany, among others, have discontinued financial aid for the Amazon Fund, leading some Brazilian federal governors to appeal directly to Europe to change their minds.

Project in Turkey's Bodrum spreading green building ethos

A project that is part of a growing movement of people practicing permaculture, a movement in agriculture that encourages working with, rather than against nature,

Is a post-meat future on the horizon?

The ‘alt-protein’ revolution is coming, and we should embrace it.

More than 113 million people suffer 'acute hunger' globally, UN says

Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Syria among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine, report says.

Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

Plaintiff proves that Roundup's design was defective, it lacked sufficient cancer warnings. Monsanto developed glyphosate, an active ingredient in its weed killer, in the 1970s, and it is now sold in more than 160 countries and widely used in the US.