French winemakers have suffered the worst frost damage to their crops since the 1990s as fears grow that grape vines could yield the smallest harvest for 40 years. The damage done by several nights’ of frost this week threatens to destroy grape harvests in some of the country’s best-known and prestigious wine-producing regions. Farmers across the country lit … Read more
British farmers have enjoyed a bumper Brussels sprout harvest this year after the UK’s sweltering summer, with giant specimens double the size of normal crops. In the lead up to Christmas the demand for the popular festive vegetable rockets, often leaving many yuletide dinner makers disappointed. But thanks to the scorching summer sprouts are in … Read more
Corn moon lights up British skies: Last full moon of the season puts on stunning show after summer of below-average sunshine First full moon of September, known as the ‘Corn Moon’, photographed over Hengistbury Head in Dorset It will reach its peak at around 6.22am today and continue to illuminate the sky again overnight until … Read more
Corn moon lights up British skies: Last full moon of the season puts on stunning show after summer of below-average sunshine First full moon of September, known as the ‘Corn Moon’, photographed over Hengistbury Head in Dorset It will reach its peak at around 6.22am today and continue to illuminate the sky again overnight until … Read more
Kulap is a pig-tailed macaque who should be living in a huge, matriarchal family, chattering in the trees of the lush rainforests of Southern Thailand. He is intelligent and sociable, able to communicate thoughts and feelings — perhaps to his siblings and devoted mother, who should have been by his side for years, protecting and … Read more
Strawberry yields forever: Warm weather sees British growers harvest one of the country’s biggest ever hauls The sunshine will make the berries sweeter than in previous years Record levels of sunshine in recent weeks have led to an estimated 20 per cent increase in strawberry production Tesco has bought an extra 300 tons of British-grown … Read more
Desperate vineyard owners have flown Romanian fruit pickers in to Italy by private jet in a bid to save their grape harvests. One of the fruit pickers who was flown to the northern Italian town of Termeno said it was the first time they had been on a plane. Italy’s vines have not stopped growing during … Read more
Researchers are harvesting people’s protective mask selfies from Instagram without consent to try and use them to improve facial recognition software By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 20:17 BST, 19 May 2020 Researchers have been harvesting selfies of people wearing protective masks from social platforms like Instagram in … Read more
Residents on a small island off the coast of Belize have begun harvesting fresh drinking water from the air after shipments from the mainland were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The residents of Caye Caulker Island, 20 miles off the coast of Belize City, are using 23 solar-powered hydropanels from Zero Mass Water to … Read more
Britain needs 80,000 more volunteers to harvest its crops in the next few months despite a 10,000-strong land army already signing up. Some 10,000 volunteers across 500 UK farms will not be enough, Stephanie Maurel, chief executive of the charity Concordia, told The Guardian. Asparagus is set to be picked from next month but workers … Read more