Farming
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Why does the £5 note debate matter? Because it’s state power v minoritiesThe Bank keeping tallow, or beef fat, in the new fiver sends a message to vegans, as well as Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, that our values don’t matter
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For and against a return to the landLetters: The unemployed cannot be expected to have the transport to reach a field 10 miles away
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Beyond the backyard: urban farming helps city folk get back to their rootsAlong with fresh fruit and vegetables, city farms are providing communities with jobs, start-up programs, knowledge and social connections
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Why are herds of women conquering farming?The agricultural industry has seen a rise in female farmers in recent years – women now make up 28% of the British agricultural workforce
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UK unprepared for exiting Europe's green legislation, says LucasGreen MP says 1,100 pieces of environmental law need to be moved on to UK statute books before Britain leaves EU
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Inside the bitter sugar dispute that puts One Nation in the political sweet spotA standoff between growers and milling company Wilmar could leave Liberal National MPs like George Christensen paying the price at the ballot box
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Nicola Sturgeon accuses UK ministers of power grab over farm subsidiesFirst minister says responsibility for agricultural policy should remain with Scottish parliament after Brexit
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Could restoring ancient water tanks help build peace in Sri Lanka?After decades of violence, a programme to bolster water security weaves climate resilience into Sri Lanka’s postwar recovery
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Tackling food waste around the world: our top 10 appsFrom helping farmers avoid roadblocks in Ghana to advertising discounted dinners in Singapore, these apps are doing their bit for the war on waste
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Is America's most common pesticide responsible for killing our bees?A growing body of evidence suggests neonics threaten the health of honey bees. But some argue there’s not enough evidence to justify an outright ban
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The big issue: flood of American food will damage health and ruin farmsA trade deal to allow chlorinated chicken and unlabelled GM foods would be costly
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Our consumer habits are absurd – as the rush to fly in iceberg lettuces from the United States amply illustratesVeg crisis, what veg crisis? If we can’t have courgettes, then let us eat kale
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Fall in seasonal EU workers is main fear at first immigration inquiry hearingAt meeting in Bedford, local agricultural business leaders, residents and politicians spoke to home affairs committee MPs about immigration
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'Is this real?': the farmers forced to defend their land against the Australian militaryOnly after the election did 60 landholders receive letters informing them their land could be compulsorily acquired as part of a defence deal with Singapore
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Backyard butchers and vigilante farmers: stock rustling on the rise in New ZealandLast year thousands of valuable farm animals were poached from isolated farms to await slaughter in ‘abhorrent’ and illegal conditions
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Sikkim's organic revolution at risk as local consumers fail to buy into projectWith 66,000 farmers’ livelihoods at stake, concern is growing over the Indian state’s organic farming experiment, with locals reluctant to pay higher prices
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'Cube of truth': Anonymous hit streets with violent footage of animal farmingA splinter group of the loose online activist group reports real-world success with a vegan campaign featuring flatscreens and Guy Fawkes masks
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Free range is a con. There’s no such thing as an ethical eggSlapping ‘free range’ on a box of eggs simply hides the catalogue of routine horrors that are allowed under this reassuring banner
The supermarket food gamble may be up