
Tag: Health







Most bio-plastics just as toxic as conventional plastics
April 26, 2024





USDA confirms bird flu in multiple dairy herds
April 4, 2024

Neurosis about contamination is threatening local food
April 3, 2024


RCF champions mental health and sustainability
April 2, 2024

“Slurry pollution as damaging as sewage”
March 28, 2024

Farm data to help inform buying decisions by public bodies
March 27, 2024

Future Farming funding boost to sugar beet innovation
March 25, 2024





Carbon footprints fall when nutritional value is considered
March 14, 2024










European Parliament votes to criminalise ecosystem destruction
February 29, 2024


European citizens face exposure to pesticides through fruit and veg
February 28, 2024

Purposing plants to combat extreme urban weather
February 26, 2024

Cost of living crisis causing loneliness epidemic for young people
February 15, 2024

First Scotland-wide drugs and microplastics test of rivers launched
February 13, 2024

Beans and pulses can transform school meals
February 13, 2024

Climate change: Fungal disease endangers wheat production
February 5, 2024

Euro NGOs initiate legal challenge against EU glyphosate re-approval
January 30, 2024


Supermarkets accused of “acting like a cartel”
January 24, 2024


Farmers’ concerns about cultured meat go beyond the farm gate
January 23, 2024

The importance of retained woodland in future housing developments
January 18, 2024

Gaza: Hostilities leave the entire population at risk of famine
January 18, 2024


Closed greenhouses leak an alarming number of pesticides
December 13, 2023

New penalty notices for farm animal health and welfare offences
December 13, 2023

Alarm bells ignored as Africa continues to face deepening food crisis
December 11, 2023




The Elders’ calls to action for COP28
December 6, 2023

Annual cost of UK obesity soars to £98 billion
December 6, 2023

Wheat allergies may instead be allergies to glyphosate
December 4, 2023



A taste of the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024
November 29, 2023

UK government “fails to ban routine farm antibiotic use”
November 22, 2023

UK food security summit “focussed on symptoms rather than causes”
November 21, 2023

Low income households need permanent access to Healthy Start Scheme
November 21, 2023


Investigating the “halo effect” of food claims
November 15, 2023


Government communication hampering avian flu control measures
November 9, 2023

Genetic discovery promises high-iron vegetables and cereals
November 8, 2023

Government complacent over rural mental health
November 6, 2023

M&S Food donates one million meals in new partnership with FareShare
November 3, 2023

Strength in diversity – mapping healthy microbiome relationships
November 3, 2023


Glyphosate-based herbicides linked to leukaemia in early life
October 30, 2023

Farmers and growers to be given continued access to pesticides
October 26, 2023

Public sector standards may be feeding antibiotic crisis
October 16, 2023

Global impact of disasters on agriculture costs $14.5m per hour
October 16, 2023

Avian flu causes another challenging summer for seabirds
October 13, 2023

Climate crisis is costing $16m/hour in extreme weather damage
October 13, 2023

Gene editing could help tackle spread of bird flu
October 12, 2023

300,000 northern households given new access to nature
October 11, 2023

Genetically engineered soil microbes could threaten soil health
October 10, 2023

What is gene editing, and is it a force for good?
October 9, 2023

Funding to help improve safety on Welsh farms
October 9, 2023

Fighting a rare “Super El Niño” in Somalia
October 9, 2023


Full short-term ban on glyphosate could be counterproductive
October 6, 2023


Criminal complaint against Bayer for concealing glyphosate risks
September 29, 2023

Disadvantaged young people to enjoy more outdoor experiences
September 28, 2023

Risk of pandemic increases in human-dominated eco-systems
September 19, 2023