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Environment

Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

As the world warms, vast areas of wilderness in Russia, Canada and Alaska will become more suitable for farming, threatening the local wildlife

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Environment

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

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Life

Egg sex screening aims to stop slaughter of billions of male chicks

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Wheat harvesting in Kansas

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Curiously cool summers in US Midwest linked to crop irrigation

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Environment

Cutting pesticide use on farms doubles abundance of wild pollinators

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Environment

Microplastics found in the soil on farms used to grow crops

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Free range pigs digging food in the dirt

Life

How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?

Features

CF2MRN Sheep grazing on the banks of the River Till at Twizel, a tributary of the River Tweed.

Environment

Farming destroyed UK rivers to meet food demand – here's how we fix it

Features

Cheese Store at The Ethical Dairy

Environment

Why I can once again eat cheese with a clear conscience

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Larry Brown, owner of Brown's Farm, which produces sustainable eggs for NestFresh, walks around the property in Gonzales, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Farmers are betting they can profit further with specialty eggs by adding another layer of premiumization: eggs from a special type of sustainable farm that can be trumpeted as being better for the planet. Photographer: Mary Kang/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

We already have ethical options for replacing industrial farming

The industrialised food system harms the environment and animal welfare, but new ways of farming are now addressing these issues and further change is coming

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Photos of solar sheep and an eco-winery capture Italy’s green journey

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Environment

Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

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Life

Honeybees benefit from strips of native plants embedded in farmland

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Humans

Hunter-gatherer genes gave European farmers an immunity boost

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