‘A total, utter nightmare’: small businesses on Brexit, 10 years on
‘A total, utter nightmare’: small businesses on Brexit, 10 years on Cheesemakers, farmers, exporters and wine merchants say red tape,…
Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US
The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of…
‘This is not a hippy thing’: the startup recycling urine to make natural fertiliser
VunaNexus’s mineral fertiliser, Aurin, is approved for use on all plants by the Swiss and French authorities. Photograph: Henry Arden/Getty…
‘Hold your nerve and trust nature’: birds, bats and butterflies rebound at Somerset rewilding farm
A short-eared owl in flight at Heal Somerset. The number of bird species at the former farm has risen from…
Worker losing two fingers among 29 injuries in Scots salmon industry in 10 months
A man who had to have two fingers amputated was one of 29 staff in Scotland’s salmon farming industry seriously…
Farmer falls to his death as firefighters forced to ‘cut open silo’ in rescue bid
Firefighters were forced to cut open a silo in a desperate rescue bid after an industrial accident during which a…
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer seaweed
Green algae on Saint-Michel-en-Grève Beach in Brittany. Photograph: François Lepage/Hans Lucas for The GuardianAfter a series of deaths on the…
UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, leader of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE, is at the helm of…
Fertiliser shortages will have ‘dramatic’ effect on global food prices, warns farming boss
The closure of the strait of Hormuz has throttled global supplies of fertiliser and driven up costs for UK farmers…