Consensus on the future of farming in Europe
Aiming for feature stories is unreliable
Years of growing conflict between farm and environment policies reached a sudden and unexpected crossroads last September, thanks to an...
Autumn fruit highly contaminated
Exposing ongoing pesticide contamination on the anniversary of Silent Spring
Autumn fruit is highly contaminated with the most hazardous category of pesticides, the latest government data shows. High rates of...
Insect law fails to block a single pesticide in 22 years
The challenge of covering complex material
Officials have failed to block a single pesticide under EU laws supposed to protect crashing insect populations, according to an...
Dramatic rise in ‘illegal’ pesticides on fresh fruit
Over 1,000 articles for Forbidden Fruit report
There has been a dramatic rise in fruit sold to the public with residues of the most toxic pesticides that...
Misinformation campaign revealed in war on sustainable food & farming
Competing with COP for headlines
A flood of conspiracy theories, junk science and aggressive pro-meat posts online are undermining a shift to more sustainable food...
Major new EU farm policy will worsen environmental crises
Late night reaction to shape perception of a major new policy
Europe will continue major funding of harmful intensive farming practices until at least 2027. The most contentious parts of a...
