Co-op becomes first British supermarket to reject GM crops and animals without strict assessments 

Co-op joins war on ‘Frankenfood’: Store becomes first British supermarket to reject GM crops and animals without strict assessments The company has thrown its weight behind the #NotInMySupermarket campaign The food campaign is coordinated by the groups Beyond GM and SlowFood UK According to surveys, majority of UK shoppers oppose genetically modified food By Sean … Read more

Red hot crops! He’s had a few false starts, but Monty Don has mastered the art of growing chillies

With gardening, as in life, pride usually precedes a whopping great fall, so I’m tempting fate in saying I’ve learned how to grow chillies well. But it has taken a while and was preceded, if not by failure, by very average results. Nowadays I have a great supply and that, in itself, is a cause … Read more

MasterChef’s Emelia Jackson CROPS fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow out of cast photo

MasterChef’s Emelia Jackson CROPS fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow out of cast photo – prompting Reece Hignell to question if there’s ‘drama’ between the two chefs on Back to Win By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:02 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 13:08 BST, 7 June 2020 Poh Ling Yeow is the … Read more

North Korea ‘is using the bodies of political prisoners as FERTILISER to grow crops for guards’

North Korea is using the bodies of political prisoners as fertiliser to grow crops for the facility’s guards, a former captive has claimed.   The former prisoner, who used the pseudonym Kim Il-soon, exposed the monstrous practice after surviving the hell of Kaechon concentration camp, which is located north of Pyongyang.  The guards considered the method … Read more

Government to launch Land Army Pick to harvest Britain’s rotting crops

Government launches WWII Land Army-style Pick for Britain campaign asking students and laid-off hospitality workers to stop crops rotting in fields amid shortage of seasonal migrant workers Fruit, vegetable and crop pickers are largely from other countries but can’t travel Anyone out of work who is healthy will be asked to consider helping with crops … Read more

Farming crops to feed cattle is depleting the Colorado River and has put 53 species of fish at risk

53 different species of fish are at elevated risk of extinction thanks to cattle farms around the Colorado River basin, which have depleted the region’s freshwater supplies to grow water-hungry feed crops like alfalfa A new study shows cattle farms are responsible for 55 percent of the water taken from the Colorado River every year … Read more