Reviving agroforestry: How mixing farms with forests can help the UK reach net zero
RACHEL PARSONS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a small group of people in Britain are working to revive the ancient practice of agroforestry…
SPIRITUALITY ON THE LAND: AMISH FARMERS HAVE A “COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP” WITH NATURE, ARE SCEPTICAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ELIZABETH E EVANS, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reports from the US state of Pennsylvania…
Stop burning fields to cut smog and boost profits, scientists tell Indian farmers
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Every year, a choking smog descends on north-west India as the region’s farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest – a phenomenon that has helped make New Delhi one of the world’s most polluted cities. Now, scientists have come up with a method that would allow farmers to sow their […]
Is there a ‘circular’ solution to the world’s food problems?
Thomson Reuters Foundation The pesticide exposure, antibiotic resistance, air and water pollution and other factors caused by industrial food production could kill five million people a year by 2050, a new report said. That is four times the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents globally. PICTURE: Scott Warman/Unsplash. Preventing that from happening requires producing […]