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Food systems & production

Why crop diversity matters for our future

Ancient crops on modern plates

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What are New Genomic Techniques?

How ‘gene editing’ and ‘gene transfer’ are affecting your food

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The Farm Reviving Agriculture in Party Capital Ibiza

Discover a Community Approach to Food Security at Juntos Farm

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Regenerative Agriculture: How Did It Start And Where Is It Headed?

The origins and contradictions of a new food movement.

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A Home For Wild Mammals in the Heart of the Farmlands

Cultivating conservation in agriculture

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Lab-Grown Meat, the Idea That (almost) Changed the World

The rise, fall, and return of lab-grown meat

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Seaweed Farming: Silver Bullet or Something Else?

The pros and cons of seaweed farming

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Can Big Companies Really Go Regenerative?

Genuine progress or cashing in?

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No Dig’ Gardening: A Quiet Revolution

The benefits of soil first farming

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Shared Ground | Renewables and Farming on Limited Land

The best of both worlds

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What Will We See in Farms of the Future?

Is there a ‘perfect’ model for farming?

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When Less is More: A Portrait of No-till Farming

A soil-first approach to building resilient local food systems

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Is Polyculture The Key To Food Security?

Is growing multiple crops a better way to farm?

Farming For Gender Equality | Agroecology in Practice

Can farming solve gender inequality?

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Carbon Farming | Is It Really a Solution?

Is carbon farming our silver bullet?

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Fungi in Sustainable Food Production

Is fungi the answer to sustainable food production?

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Food Forests | Sustainable Agriculture, Nature’s Way

Are food forests the agricultural future?

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Desertification: The Vicious Cycle Between Land Degradation and Climate Change

A threat to food production?

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Participatory Food Cooperatives

An alternative way to shop your groceries

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7 Alternative Ways To Grow Food and Community

Initiatives around the world bringing people together around food

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Amaranth: A staple of the past and a crop for the future

Can an ancient grain feed the future?

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The World Of Hunting on the West Coast of Norway | Interview

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How Forgotten Crops Help Combat Climate Change

Looking beyond the ‘big four’

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5 Lessons Agriculture Can Learn From Ecology

How ecological principles can change the sustainability of agriculture

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Farming The Food Chain | Low Trophic Aquaculture

Are we farming the right species?

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The Power of Pulses | Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Could pulses transform agriculture in Sub-Sarahan Africa?

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Edible Insects | Ask the Expert

What do we need to know about edible bugs?

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Regenerative Farming | Ask The Expert

Can better farming practices revive our soils?

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5 Ways To Lower Cattle Methane Emissions

Can we lower methane emissions from cattle?

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How Should We Regulate Genome-Edited Crops? | Opinion

Arguing for a focus on the plant, not the technology

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How to Reduce Methane Emissions | Could Seaweed Animal Feed Be The Answer?

How seaweed reduces methane emissions from cattle

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Precision Farming: Can it Really Work?

It depends.

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Seaweed Harvesting in The Netherlands I Ask the Expert

“Never tried seaweed? You're missing out!”

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Regenerative Agriculture | A Portrait in Greece

“It all starts with healthy, living soil”

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Circular Microfarms | What They Can Teach Us

Do farms really need to be big to succeed?

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Cleaning The Seas with Mussel and Oyster Farms

Sustainable ocean farming flexes its mussels

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Microalgae | 4 Interesting Ways To Eat Algae

The steaks and Omega-3 of the future

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Mushroom Farming & Processing | Ask The Expert

Mushrooms can be enriched with Vitamin D?

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How Digitalisation Improves Aquaculture Management

Combining traditional knowledge with data

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Farmed Fish | The ASC Certification Label | Buying Sustainable Aquaculture

Does your fish have the ASC label?

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Keeping Chickens in Schools | How it works

Raising school chickens can be a great teaching resource

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Agro Robots | Which Robots Actually Work On Farms?

Can harvesting robots handle fruits and vegetables?

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Blockchain In Agriculture | Digitalising The Food System

Could a digital approach create food transparency?

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How Fig Trees Restore Forests and Biodiversity

Can figs help restore lost land?

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Banana Plantations | 3 Sustainable Practices

Can bananas be produced more sustainably?

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Will Agricultural Robots Replace Human Agricultural Labour? | Opinion

The short answer is no.

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What It’s Like Raising Chickens In Your Backyard

What does it take to own chickens?

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Raising Chickens In The City | Ask the Expert

Can you keep chickens in the city?

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How Plants Are Grown In Space | Space Food Technology

Can astronauts grow their own food?

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Alexa, How Should We Farm?

Farms use artificial intelligence?!

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Urban Farming | Grow Your Own Food

How to grow food in cities!

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Permaculture in Svalbard | Ethical Arctic Farming

Is it possible to grow food locally in the arctic?

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Insect Farming | How Insects Help Reduce Food Waste

There are so many ways insects help our environment & agriculture.

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Environmental Impacts: Organic vs Non-Organic Pesticides

What's the difference?

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Are there pesticides in organic farming?

Actually, yes.

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What Is Organic Food | Is it really chemical-free?

Is it really possible to grow chemical-free food?

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Pesticide Alternatives | Organic Farming

Keeping crops pest-free without conventional pesticides

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Fish Farming | 3 Commonly Farmed Fish

What do you know about aquaculture?

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Aquaponics | Sustainable Urban Farming

So, what is aquaponics?

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Seaweed | Growing & Harvesting Farms

Here’s how British seaweed farms are growing and harvesting this sea plant.

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Vertical Farming | What’s the Deal Anyway?

Do you know how vertical farms work?

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How Flies Make Farming More Sustainable

Have you ever tried an insect? Maybe you won't have to!

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How to save your food from pesky birds

As cute as birds are, they can waste money, time, and most importantly, food.

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Insect Crop Combat: Beetles vs Aphids

Why do farmers want predatory insects in the middle of their field?