Goat Power: how herding is empowering women in rural Africa – in pictures
Farm Africa’s revolving goat scheme The scheme involves setting up women’s livestock groups, formed of mothers…
Over half UK’s 24m Halloween pumpkins destined for food waste
More than half of the 24m pumpkins carved for Halloween in Britain this year will not…
UK ‘will take 700 years’ to reach low-carbon heating under current plans
Ministers must come forward with stringent new plans for low-carbon heating, as targets to insulate homes…
‘Hijacked by anxiety’: how climate dread is hindering climate action
You’re browsing in a supermarket and fretting mildly about the air miles of some green beans.…
Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
In November 2018, I travelled to Guangzhou, a city of about 14 million people in southern…
Country diary: lilies marooned from the glacial story
Mere glitter dazzles between air and water, disrupting shadows of the surrounding woods, distracting the eye,…
Turnaround group flies under the radar to pick up bargains
Quietly going about its business, Retail Ecommerce Ventures is a Florida-based vehicle designed to hunt out…