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sheep in Devon, UK

Environment

Future of UK farming up for grabs ahead of government land use plan

A fierce debate is taking place over the future of the UK farming, and how to feed people while fixing the biodiversity and climate crises

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A tractor cultivates the ground for rapeseed oil crops at the Westons Farm, in Itchingfield, south England, on March 28, 2022. - Hungry cows at Westons Farm jostle for position at the feeding trough, blissfully unaware that Ukraine's war has sowed more turmoil for UK farms ploughing through Covid and Brexit fallout. Farms like Westons have therefore become more and more reliant on animal slurry to grow crops and cut costs. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

England food strategy ducks big questions on health and environment

Analysis

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

Space

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

Comment

Wheat fields

Environment

UK to relax law on gene-edited food in post-Brexit change from EU

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Man inside Tesco

Society

No UK supermarket is willing to say it will stock gene-edited food

News

Gene edited vitamin D tomatoes

Environment

Gene-edited tomato offers new plant-based source of vitamin D

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Man carrying grain

Environment

Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

Insight

Planting out sweetcorn in blocks.

Humans

How to grow the best sweetcorn you've ever tasted

Regulars

A stock image of an insect burger

Environment

Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent

News

vegan sausages

Technology

Stress-testing sausages may give vegan products a meat-like mouthfeel

Plant-based alternatives to sausages can sometimes lack the textures of meat products, and testing the mechanical properties of the foods explains why

News

Environment

Why is there a sunflower oil shortage and what can I use instead?

News

Video

The underwater sea farm that's like a space station

Video

Health

Purple 'superfood' tomato could finally go on sale in the US

News

Humans

How to create a delicious deep-fried ice cream dessert

Regulars