Ben Goldsmith: “We’re part of a bigger, far grander mystery beyond our perception”
The environmentalist and author on how the death of his teenage daughter inspired him to rewild his farm.
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Why “franken-chicken” shouldn’t be on the menu for the coronation
A court case has demanded an end to the breeding of fast-growing chickens – and the damage it causes the…
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Consider the noble octopus
The Canary Islands will soon host the world’s first industrial octopus farm. But there is no humane way to slaughter…
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Is Brexit to blame for the UK’s tomato shortage?
Bad weather and energy prices are at fault but the effects of Brexit, both direct and indirect, are also to…
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Minette Batters: “Food cannot be the poor relation to the environment”
Minette Batters, head of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), doubles down on food security in the face of green farm…
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Clarkson’s Farm is yet more proof that nimbys run the world
A planning system that says no at the slightest hint of opposition, and to hell with our economic decline, is…
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New Year promises won’t resolve our meat problem
Just under a third of Brits say they are going reducetarian this year, but we need more to meet climate…
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“We have an open goal”: how Labour plans to unlock the climate vote
A new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
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