Fiona Harvey
COP28: Farming is major part of agenda at this global climate crisis conference
Greenhouse gas emissions from farming and the land use change that often accompanies it, such as clearing forests and drying ...
Viewpoint: Green groups urge ending biofuel use to address global food shortages
Biofuel is derived from food crops, including wheat, maize and edible oils. The World Food Programme has warned that the rising prices ...
UK edges closer to embracing CRISPR gene edited crops, breaking further from the EU
Research into the gene editing of plants in the UK will become much easier with new rules brought forward by ...
‘Geoengineering’ the atmosphere to slow climate change would threaten agricultural production
Proposals to combat climate change by reflecting the sun’s rays back into space would cause widespread crop failure, cancelling out ...
Megafarms: ‘US model’ large-scale livestock farms offer efficiency—and consequences
Intensive farming of livestock offers many advantages over traditional open ranges, not least economies of cost and scale, more efficient ...
UK advisor holds up GMO crops as more environmentally friendly than organic
Organic farming could be worse for the climate than conventional farming methods, one of the government’s scientific advisers has said, ...
American industry groups pressuring EU to allow GM imports
Britain and other European Union member states are under increasing pressure from North American business groups to open their borders ...
GM food: British public ‘should be persuaded of the benefits’
The British public should be persuaded of the benefits of genetically modified food, the environment secretary will tell the UK's farming industry on ...
