In the first of a two-part special on the soil-to-soil textiles movement, Ursula Billington unravels the disconnect with where our clothes come from, and spotlights some of the women working to pull the wool from our eyes. […]
The FAO expects former Soviet countries like Ukraine to play an important role in feeding the world the coming decades. But questions remain about who will benefit from the oncoming agricultural gold rush. […]
Peter Crosskey gives his take on the Fair Trade Advocacy Office’s report “Who’s Got The Power, Tackling Imbalances in Agricultural Supply Chains”. […]
Geopolitical strife is having an effect on the ground and in the vegetable producing fields of France… […]
UK overlooks its precarious food security with a GBP 21bn trade gap. Peter Crosskey investigates. […]
Fancy some added chlorine, growth promoting hormones, animal byproducts and some extra GM feed? Welcome to the world of TTIP… […]
TTIP & local food double speak exposed by our UK correspondent Peter Crosskey […]
How will land sales be managed in Romania? Attila Szocs investigates. […]
Animal confinement and antibiotics are just two areas where a race to the bottom might work against organic standards on both sides of the Atlantic. […]
Will the precautionary principle and other stalwarts of the European project be eroded by TTIP? […]
Arc2020 UK Correspondent Peter Crosskey gives his prognosis of TTIP stakeholder engagement […]
Yesterday the European Commission announced a public consultation on the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) part of the TTIP. […]
Peasants and citizens protesting against fracking are confronted with increased police brutality […]
Combined with a new EU regulation, growing Polish export of poultry is causing fear in the UK. […]
After a week of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Friends of the Earth states some key concerns […]
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