Scientists predict what will be top of the crops in the UK by 2080 due to climate change
While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that ...
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Crops revolution: England allows gene-edited food to be developed commercially
Gene-edited food can now be developed commercially in England following a change in the law, reports BBC. Supporters of the technology say it will speed up the development of hardier crops that ...
Tenth of England’s farmland must be rewilded to hit climate targets, ministers estimate
About 760,000 hectares — or 9 per cent of England’s agricultural land — will need to “change away from agricultural land for ...
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Gleaning: The ancient practice fighting modern food waste
In a potato field in Cornwall, England, volunteers sift through wooden ... and in the U.K., unharvested crops contribute an estimated 6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually ...
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Survey of New England farms aims to identify damage ahead of federal funding
Massachusetts agriculture officials are asking farmers ... year provides $220 million to eight states including all of New England. And the survey will help to determine just how much ...