Food

Growing vegetables in seawater could help with fresh water shortages.

Growing vegetables in seawater could be the answer to feeding billions

A ladybug on a flower.

Insect decline could massively increase food bills, warn scientists

Urine spread on crops yielded good results according to the chamber of agriculture in France.

Could human urine replace chemical fertilisers?

Workers transfer harvested palm fruits to a transport truck before being processing into crude palm oil (CPO) at a palm plantation in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.

World’s biggest palm oil producer introduces surprise ban on exports

A Frankenchicken unable to use her legs.

Frankenchickens: How supermarkets ‘profit off nightmarish cruelty'

EU allowing more land to be used for animal grazing labelled "counter productive"

Ukraine war could delay EU sustainable farming plans

Perfeggt eggs

Are vegan eggs ready to hatch?

06/03/2022

Norway launched a Noah's ark of the plant kingdom in 2008 that will protect crop seeds from distaster.

Doomsday seed vault opens its doors for a rare deposit

17/02/2022

A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of cultivated meat.

China's meat-free five year plan is set to be 'game changing'

31/01/2022

One in five Brits will be incorporating vegan dishes into their Christmas dinner this year

How to feed your hungry vegan this Christmas

15/12/2021

Dr Indroneel Chatterjee is encouraging Entomophagy as a natural solution to the climate crisis.

Meet the doctor encouraging people to eat insects to save the planet

08/11/2021

The McPlant burger launches in 250 McDonald's restaurants around the UK

I tried the new McPlant burger and 'it just tastes great'

20/10/2021

An innocent baby, unaware of all the microplastics in her

Babies are full of microplastics, new research shows

01/10/2021

Bees congregate around a honeycomb.

The great wall of bees: Watch China’s daredevil beekeepers in action

30/09/2021

A fisherman unloads the day's catch from the "Edouard François" trawler off the coast of Port-la-Nouvelle, southern France

The future of sustainable food looks more blue than green

25/09/2021