Farming destroyed UK rivers to meet food demand – here's how we fix it
20 June 2023
Rivers are awash with manure, fertiliser and pesticides from farming. This is more polluting even than sewage, so what can be done?
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First virtual all-day event: What is the future of food?
9 December 2020
Thousands of people participated in New Scientist's first all-day virtual event to get a glimpse of the future of food and agriculture from world-leading specialists. Layal Liverpool joined them
Lab-grown meat will be on your plate soon. It won't be what you expect
19 February 2020
Forget fake steaks, the first cultured meat we're likely to eat will be shrimp. How will it compare to the real thing? Will it be better for the environment? And will people eat it?
There is an answer to the world's deadliest human-elephant conflict
16 October 2019
Sri Lanka has the world's highest rate of human-elephant conflict – last year alone, it killed 70 people and 300 elephants. A simple solution can make all the difference, if people are willing to try it
Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields
21 August 2019
In greenhouses across China, scientists are exposing lettuces and cucumbers to powerful electric fields in an attempt to make them grow faster. Can electroculture work?
The world's supply of rubber is in jeopardy. Can we find new sources?
15 May 2019
Rubber is essential to modern life, but the trees that provide it could be wiped out by a deadly disease. Some scrubby weeds may provide the unlikely solution
Back to the wild: How nature is reclaiming farmland
9 August 2017
Farmland is shrinking for the first time on record thanks in part to consumer choices. What does this mean for the environment and the future of food?
