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The once humble, low-cost staple more than doubles in price, putting many fish and chip shops at riskWhether it’s fried, baked or mashed, potatoes have traditionally been a low-cost staple food in the UK – but not any more.A surge in costs is clobberin…
Motion to adopt Better Chicken Commitment carried by 96%, but directors cited need for low pricesFeathers are flying at the Co-operative Group after thousands of its members voted to improve welfare for chickens reared for meat at the annual meeting on…
Use of pesticides and fertilisers identified as most significant factor behind loss of 550 million birds from skiesThe use of pesticides and fertilisers in intensive agriculture is the biggest cause of the dwindling number of birds in the UK and the re…
Exclusive: Sunak urged to take urgent action to solve food crisis at meeting with Defra and farmersImmigration and food prices must increase to solve the food crisis, ministers are to say at a summit.Rishi Sunak will be joined by ministers from the Dep…
Cavendish made to resist fungus threatening variety worldwide is seen as safety net for growers if industry wiped outGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastScientists have submitted Australia’s first genetically modif…
Package of measures will help farmers maintain production and avoid food shortages after hottest April everThe Spanish government has approved a €2.2bn (£1.9bn) plan to help farmers and consumers cope with an enduring drought that has been exacerbated …
Former soldier is transforming his land on Bodmin Moor with tree planting and natural regenerationTripling Britain’s temperate rainforest is the goal of a new charity founded by a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who found solace in this unique and bi…
PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ platesSome of the United States’ most widely used food pesticides are contaminated with “potentially dangerous” levels of toxic PF…
Discovery of ‘anti-cannibalism’ pheromone raises possibility of spraying crops with similar chemical as non-toxic insecticideLocusts are voracious eaters with appetites that extend to members of their own species. Now scientists have discovered an “ant…
World’s biggest grain trader accused of ‘shoddy due diligence’ on deforestation and alleged rights violationsThe world’s largest grain trader, Cargill, is facing a first-ever legal challenge in the United States over its failure to remove deforestation…