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Environment

The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy

Headlines warn that our soil is becoming so degraded that we are heading for an agricultural Armageddon. Can that be right? James Wong investigates

Comment

vines planted in volcanic hollows

Environment

Vineyards sit in moon-like craters on a volcano in Lanzarote

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Environment

Deforestation in the Amazon could raise local temperatures by 1.5C

News

seed sowing

Comment

To feed 11 billion people, we must share crop seeds as a common good

Comment

We kill 60 billion chickens a year, and their bones get preserved by landfill

Environment

When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

News

The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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James Wong: Is the nutrition in our crops declining?

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James Wong: Is the nutrition in our crops declining?

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Close-up of cow's face

Health

Scotland’s BSE case is a reminder that many more may be out there

Analysis

A plane spraying crops

Health

Exposure to insecticide DDT linked to having a child with autism

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Life

It's ok that the public rejected GM food – after all, we did ask

Many people see the public's rejection of genetically-modified food as a failure, but I would argue it was successful public engagement, says Lesley Paterson

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Life

The second great battle for the future of our food is underway

Insight

Earth

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

News

Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Earth

A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined

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