Farming

Can the success of Italian farmers forgoing decades of monoculture and chemical overuse be replicated on a broader scale in Europe?

As the failed recent push to reauthorise neonicotinoids in France shows, there is a risk that restricted substances could make a comeback.

In the Po Valley, investment in solar energy provides financial relief for farmers, but also poses a threat to local identity and food security.

Investigating honeybee losses in rural Ukraine points to farmers and pesticide-treated rapeseed fields. Who is behind the bid to increase yields?

Farmers in Sicily are taking advantage of warming temperatures to bring new fruits to market. Will this lift the fortunes of southern Italian farming?

Recent protests across Europe and worldwide show growing frustration among farmers. A policy U-turn on trade could bring farmers back onside.

Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war.

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.

Europe’s biggest farming lobby, together with the EPP, opposes any policy inimical to the interests of large landowners.