Agriculture

Self-managed peasant collectives promise a more fulfilling way of organising living and work rhythms. But rural life is not without constraints.

The EU Parliament blocked legislation to reduce pesticide use in agriculture. Behind alleged concerns over food safety lie the interests of the agrochemical industry.

Over-exploitation, pollution, and land consumption are exacerbating the effects of climate change in Italy’s Pianura Padana.

Some claim that higher agricultural productivity is necessary to protect biodiversity. But such an approach can be counterproductive.

Here’s what one year of running a community restaurant in Almere taught one of its creators.

Ukraine’s reconstruction is only partly a matter for the future: housing, agriculture and the energy grid require immediate action.

Food expert Jeroen Candel on the farmers’ protests that have reshaped Dutch politics.

How the American biologist changed the course of the environmental movement through her seminal work Silent Spring.

How colonialism and continued structural injustice compound environmental disasters faced by Caribbean communities.

An anti-speciesist vision calls for a radical rethinking of our relationship to animals and an end to the idea of “responsible” livestock farming.