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California bill could ban factory farms

A proposal to ban factory farming has fiercely divided Sonoma County leading up to November's election

Salon

Scientists dismayed as UK ministers clear way for gene editing of crops - but not animals

Advocates urge government to allow ‘precision breeding’ to combat disease, but RSPCA warns of ethical dangers

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A tense day at the sheep auction

Kendal, Cumbria: We’re changing the make-up of our livestock, and today we need to recoup some losses. So I pick up my ‘market stick’ and take to the ring

The Guardian - UK

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Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms

Big farms rake in record profits when food prices soar, while small farms struggle on razor-thin margins

The Guardian - UK

Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil's Amazon

The Independent UK

Hundreds of angry farmers to hold protest in London over Labour’s ‘death tax’ on their land

Farm owners threaten to grind capital to a halt with their tractors and other large machinery

Evening Standard

Denver slaughterhouse ban could affect food systems in Colorado and beyond

Ballot measure 309 aims to ban slaughterhouses in the city and county of Denver. If passed, the measure would close just one facility, Superior Farms, in the Globeville neighborhood north of Denver.

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UK investment helping overseas farmers struggling with climate change – analysis

The UK has co-invested in at least 348 projects helping overseas farmers struggling with climate change, the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit said.

The Independent UK

Farm schemes funding ‘review’ was last thing sector needed, says MP

A ‘review’ into farm schemes funding from 2025/26 was ‘the last thing’ the sector needed, an MP said.

Evening Standard

Strengthening wildlife numbers key to mitigate bird flu

The Invasive Species Council wants better bird protections to mitigate the impact of a deadly bird flu strain as Australia war games how to contain an outbreak.

AAP

‘Not just a museum’: Kenya’s seed bank offers unexpected lifeline for farmers

Set up to conserve traditional seeds, the Genetic Resources Research Institute is now helping smallholders diversify with crops resilient to the rapid changes in climate

The Guardian - UK

Bird Flu Virus Detected In U.S. Pig For First Time, H5N1 Case In Oregon

Officials are investigating the case of the H5N1 virus on an Oregon farm where the virus was found in a pig.

Medical Daily

The first case of bird flu has been found in a pig at an Oregon farm

Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza have continued to climb, now reaching nearly 40

The Independent UK

First U.S. Pig Infected With Bird Flu Raises Concerns

First U.S. case of bird flu in swine detected in Oregon farm raises concerns about human transmission risk.

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The Independent UK

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu

Evening Standard

Warning of ‘monumental gap’ between farming budget and what is needed for nature

The Government has announced £5 billion for England’s farming budget over the next two years.

The Guardian - AU

South Australian tomato farms expected to remain in quarantine for several months

Virus threatening Australian tomato industry contained, but experts warn more infections inevitable

The Guardian - AU

Labor has ‘pressed pause’ in fight to contain spread of fire ants, invasive species council says

Fire ants ‘not taken seriously’ by federal government, experts say

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Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather

The various regulatory systems for approving pesticides in operation around the world are crude and flawed. This has long been clear to scientists and it is deeply worrying, as this regulation is supposed to protect people and the environment from harm.

The Independent UK

Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle

Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon

The Conversation

Spreading crushed rock over farmland can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere if we do it right

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is naturally removed from the air when it reacts with certain types of rock. We can accelerate this process by crushing suitable rocks and spreading them over agricultural fields. This simple method, known as “enhanced rock weathering”, could vastly increase the rate of CO₂ removal from the…

Radio France Internationale

From Gaza to Chad, seeds find refuge in Arctic 'doomsday' vault

An Arctic seed vault designed to safeguard the world's plant diversity has received thousands of new samples, marking the largest number of depositors since 2020. The latest deposits, including Palestinian seeds, come amid growing concerns over conflict and climate change threatening food security.

Salon

Struggle to track human bird flu cases

Public health decisions largely lie with farm owners who have reported outbreaks among their cattle or poultry

International Business Times

Covid Lessons Learned? UN Summit Mulls Plan For Healthy Planet, And Humans

The Covid-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens.

Salon

Want amazing soy sauce? Head to Virginia

“If the land is good for wine, I expect it will be good for soy sauce"

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