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Bananas growing on a tree

Environment

Bananas threatened by devastating fungus given temporary resistance

A way to make Cavendish banana plants temporarily resistant to Fusarium fungus could lead to new ways to protect them from Panama disease

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Feeding farm by-products to livestock could boost our food supply

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Humans

How miracle berries turn sour foods sweet

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Health

Some artificial sweeteners can raise your blood sugar

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JE4DFK Raw meat fridge with steak, beef and pork in Sainsburys supermaket, East Sussex, UK

Environment

These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

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Humans

How to make a delicious chilli hot sauce by harnessing fermentation

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Chillies growing in glasshouse at West Dean

Humans

How to grow chilli plants in cooler climates

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Humans

How to make the best cup of cold-brew coffee

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Society

We should celebrate the diversity and knowledge of farmers' markets

Comment

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Environment

Campaigners propose food alliance to reduce climate impact of farming

Food campaigners hope to persuade countries to join a sustainable farming alliance that could launch at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt

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Environment

Future of UK farming up for grabs ahead of government land use plan

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Environment

England food strategy ducks big questions on health and environment

Analysis

Space

How lessons learned from space exploration could feed the world

Comment

Environment

UK to relax law on gene-edited food in post-Brexit change from EU

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