3+ hour, 13+ min ago  (487+ words) A quiet countryside retreat has unexpectedly become the centre of a growing controversy after plans involving Ellen De Generes' Cotswolds farm triggered an archaeological investigation. But instead of discussions about horses and rural living, attention has shifted to ancient Roman…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (993+ words) Britain is facing mounting warnings over its food system, with experts cautioning that the country could be drifting towards a serious food emergency unless urgent reforms are introduced. A group of leading food policy specialists has warned that the UK…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (626+ words) The Trump administration is rushing to import more migrant farmworkers to fix an agricultural labour crisis that its own immigration policies created. Federal officials have overhauled the H-2 A temporary agricultural visa programme, which allows US employers to hire foreign workers…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (234+ words) To fill the gap, farmers have already started relying on the H-2 A visa programme during harvest time. The programme has expanded significantly in recent years and now accounts for a sizeable portion of the farm labour force. While it sounds…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (564+ words) Britain's biggest grocers " Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons " have stopped taking pork from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire after an undercover ten-month investigation by Animal Justice Project (AJP), alleging routine cruelty, from beatings to botched killings. Tesco stated: 'We take…...