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Humans rely on a very narrow selection of plant and animal food products, but mounting research suggests more diversity could boost local and regional economies

Natural England study suggests Agri-Environment Schemes are boosting biodiversity - but warns 'finite land’ under pressure to deliver on multiple fronts

Inflation may have fallen, but a new report highlights how the UK's high dependency on fossil fuel and food imports leaves it at major risk of climate-related price shocks

The very first farmers hundreds of thousands of years ago often made landscapes even more biodiverse, which may offer lessons for rewilding efforts today, argue Jonathan D. Gordon and Brennen Fagan from the University of York

The shift from direct payments to nature-friendly subsidy incentives promises to transform farming in England, but the transition currently faces 'widespread uncertainty and risk', the NAO has warned

Retail giant to reward members of newly formed producer group for adopting regenerative farming techniques and cutting greenhouse gad emissions

More than one-in-10 areas of prime, grade one, farmland hit by at least one flood warning during winter 2023, new analysis finds

Analysis of birdsong identifies 15 UK red list birds on farms that supply the drinks giant

UK's farms and land could be emitting more greenhouse gas than its power stations in just a decade's time, think tank analysis claims

BusinessGreen Intelligence unboxes Weetabix Food Company's efforts to source 75,000 metric tonnes of wheat a year from within 50 miles of its factory