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  • Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

    Food · The Guardian

    Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

    Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk The vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very high risk of drought. A very high proportion – 81% – of England’s fresh produce is concentrated in parts of the country that are already experiencing water stress, according to the analysis by the nature-focused investment fund Rebalance Earth .

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  • Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

    Food · The Guardian

    Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

    Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 20 years ago, calling for a ban on the weedkilling chemical paraquat in 2004. One by one, dozens of other countries did the same as evidence of paraquat risks to human health mounted. Even the Chinese government, which owns the longtime paraquat maker Syngenta , halted domestic use of the pesticide a decade ago after conducting its own studies on paraquat safety and finding troubling results. In the US, two states – Vermont and California – have recently also banned paraquat, citing risks that include an association between paraquat and Par

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  • Key ally urges Trump to back US farmers amid anger over rising prices

    Food · The Guardian

    Key ally urges Trump to back US farmers amid anger over rising prices

    Iowa senator Chuck Grassley calls for embargo on diesel exports as tariffs and Iran war drive up costs for sector Donald Trump is facing growing calls, including from within his own party, to boost support for US farmers as his administration faces mounting anger over its treatment of the agricultural sector. Republican senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa called on the US president to place an embargo on diesel exports this weekend and help farmers grapple with high prices.

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  • US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos

    Food · The Guardian

    US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos

    Some experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are now Wheat prices are at their highest level in three years, which means farmer Merrill Nielsen should be getting more for his crops out of his 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) Kansas farm. Yet even as future prices for bread-type wheat are up 39%, Nielsen is unsure whether increased prices will raise his bottom line. The price of diesel fuel, which he needs to run his tractor, has hit record highs. Then there’s the erratic weather that made him lose his entire wheat crop in the spring, and drought has overtaken the southern Great Plains.

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  • ‘I spend a bagful of money and don’t fill a bag’: the energy crisis hits Bangladesh

    Food · The Guardian

    ‘I spend a bagful of money and don’t fill a bag’: the energy crisis hits Bangladesh

    The country has been left in the dark as it endures power cuts caused by the Iran war and reliance on gas imports At 1am, Halder’s alarm goes off and the 34-year-old Bangladeshi bank employee rises and heads to her kitchen. She is up at this time not for work but to cook for her family. An energy crisis paralysing the capital, Dhaka, a city of almost 40 million people , means this has become the only time when the piped gas supply is strong enough to allow cooking. The city now operates in darkness, as people try to continue their lives with power even in public areas shut off early in the evening to preserve energy.

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  • ‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump

    Food · The Guardian

    ‘It bloody works’: why the world’s oldest cheddar-maker uses a ‘milk-source’ heat pump

    Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers can draw enough heat from cows’ fresh milk to bring water close to the boil, slashing carbon emissions In many ways, the world’s oldest cheddar-maker hews to tradition. Since 1833, Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers has operated from the rolling green pastures of south-west England, milking grass-fed cows and fermenting the milk with microbial starters passed down for generations. That heritage has led to award-winning cheese, now popular across continents. But when it comes to reducing its planet-warming emissions, Barber’s is on the cutting edge. In 2024, the company began to use new ultra-efficient heat pumps from the UK startup Arkaya Energy . The devices qui

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