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. Â 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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