A vegan student studying animal management has won a battle with her college over the right to skip a farming module that would have have involved a trip to an abattoir – forcing tutors to find her a ‘more suitable’ assessment. Fiji Willets, 18, didn’t expect the topic of farming to come up when she … Read more
A vegan student studying animal management has won a battle with her college over the right to skip a farming module that would have have involved a trip to an abattoir – forcing tutors to find her a ‘more suitable’ assessment. Fiji Willets, 18, didn’t expect the topic of farming to come up when she … Read more
More farming to feed world’s growing population will threaten thousands of species with extinction unless we eat less meat, study claims More than 20,000 species will lose part of their current habitats a study found The animals that are set to suffer include elephants, lions, zebras and baboons Projected mean habitat losses were greatest in … Read more
More farming to feed world’s growing population will threaten thousands of species with extinction unless we eat less meat, study claims More than 20,000 species will lose part of their current habitats a study found The animals that are set to suffer include elephants, lions, zebras and baboons Projected mean habitat losses were greatest in … Read more
Murdoch Jr ploughs into green farming company AppHarvest The start-up is building the world’s largest greenhouse It hopes to open the huge indoor farm in Kentucky in the autumn By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 He quit his father’s … Read more
Animals that carry infectious diseases like Ebola and the virus causing COVID-19 thrive in human-made habitats such as cities and farmland, scientists have found. Researchers reviewed 184 studies of 376 host species – animals that pass a virus to humans – including bats, birds, rodents and primates. They found the conversion of natural habitats to human-used … Read more
Top of the agenda for many big firms across Britain and the world in recent years is to find ways to help reduce their environmental footprint and become more sustainable. This has been driven by consumer demand for change and warnings over irreversible damage by large companies, who can make small improvements to help that … Read more
Until the pandemic came along, The Archers seemed indestructible. Nearly 70 years old, Radio 4’s everyday story of country folk is the world’s longest-running drama, and still draws several million listeners every week. At any rate, it used to. Whether it will have such a large and happy audience when Covid-19 finally departs our shores … Read more
British butterflies are at risk of being wiped out by intensive farming as conservation measures are failing to protect some of the country’s rarest species, a study found. Species under threat include Duke of Burgundy, the Dingy skipper and the High Brown Fritillary, researchers have warned. Conservation efforts around the margins of agriculture are not … Read more
The billionaire ruler of Dubai is receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in EU grants, including funding for his luxury Highland hideaway. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s Wester Ross estate received more than £80,000 and his Newmarket horse-breeding and horse-racing operation received in excess of £316,000 in 2019. Despite being one of the world’s richest men, … Read more