INTENSIVE farming practices provide the perfect environment for bacteria and viruses to spread across the world and increase the risk of epidemics, scientists have said. Their warning comes following ...

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to ban intensive livestock farming in their country. Provisional results listed by the Swiss Federal Chancellery show 62.86% of voters rejected the motion. The ...

The Crop Protection Association (CPA) criticises the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission report, Our Future in the Land, for its absence of science (Letters, 22 July). As much as they’d like ...

A major decline in British wildlife species over the past 50 years has been linked to intensive farming practices. One in 10 UK species are threatened with extinction, according to the State of Nature ...

Countryfile viewers slam ‘hideous’ intensive dairy farming for ‘enslaving’ cows for milk VIEWERS have been left fuming after watching tonight’s episode of Countryfile after the nature programme shone ...

Scientists evaluate the evidence that intensive livestock farming is causing pandemics, and find that intensive farming could actually reduce the risk of future pandemics compared to 'free range' ...

Intensive, high-yielding agriculture may be the best way to meet growing demand for food while conserving biodiversity, say researchers. But their study says the approach makes sense only if it is ...

All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops? On Saturday 12 December, ...

Intensive 'land-efficient' agriculture could be better for the environment than eco-friendly or organic farming, according to East Anglian researchers. A new study, led by scientists from the ...

PRINCE CHARLES has condemned the “devastating effects” of intensive farming on the countryside and called for a return to traditional methods. Lamenting the ecological damage caused, he said farmers ...

Rising emissions of nitrous oxide from farming are putting world on track to exceed 2C heating The spread of intensive farming is threatening to jeopardise the world’s chances of meeting the terms of ...

Once again we are faced with a crisis in the farming industry. Globalisation, the free-market, increased trade and unsustainable food production methods have caused problems like this to be far more ...