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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Moral Money
      Crunching on crickets: Are edible insects a new frontier in curbing emissions? Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a clash between rich and developing countries over global tax reform

      A worker sorts through a large collection of insect larvae
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Anglo American’s high-stakes bet on a new way to feed the world

      The mining group plans to invest $9bn in a Yorkshire mine that will produce a fertiliser mineral for which there is currently little demand

      Montage of images showing a persons hands holding a pile of crumbled polyhalite, with green crops in the foreground and the Woodsmith logo on a yellow background behind
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Food Prices
      Global food price inflation set to fall in 2024, says Rabobank

      Lender predicts prices of sugar, coffee, corn and soyabeans will weaken as production increases

      Workers carry harvested wheat on a farm in Pakistan
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU seeks Ukrainian grain for Egypt as part of Cairo support deal Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the EU’s dirty ‘carbon bombs’ hiding under its green facade

      People sit on a public beach and swim in the Danube as boats pass by on the water on August 20 2023 in Izmail, Ukraine
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      News in-depthSpecial Report
      Sustainable Food and Agriculture

      Soya is one of the world’s most important crops. We look at China’s bid to grow more, and Brazil’s plans for greener production. Plus: biotech palm oil; Italy’s water crisis; low-methane livestock; EU soil tussle; how chicken conquered the world

    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Appetite for soya hinders China’s self-sufficiency drive

      Political will confronts geographical reality as Beijing tries to rely less on foreign farmers

      Aerial view of workers gathering fresh green soyabeans in Zhejiang province
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Red, juicy, heat resistant: the hunt for a climate-proof apple

      Pomologists know how to grow the perfect fruit. But as the world gets hotter, can they save it from extinction?

      Red tutti apple
    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Agricultural commodities
      UN calls for more scrutiny of food traders

      Report blames biggest companies for profiteering while consumers suffer worst bout of inflation for a generation

      A load of corn is poured into a truck, at a grain storage facility in Ukraine
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Asahi Group Holdings Ltd
      Asahi chief warns climate change could kill the pint

      Japanese brewer expects hotter temperatures to reduce barley yields and hops quality over next three decades

      Asahi chief Atsushi Katsuki
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian grain ship leaves Odesa despite Russian blockade

      The vessel is the first to dock in and set sail from Ukraine since Moscow reneged on international deal

      alau-flagged general cargo vessel Resilient Africa loaded with grain, leaves the sea port of Chornomorsk
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      Ukraine war and the west’s relations with China reshape global trade

      Also in this newsletter: hedge fund warning, California sues Big Oil, Biden takes on US drugs industry

      Bulgarian grain producers protest
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine intensifies efforts to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade

      Two vessels dock at Chornomorsk as Kyiv makes use of unilateral shipping corridor

    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      Islamic scholars rule on how to make lab-grown meat halal

      Industry starts to explore certification for products to fit religious dietary regulations

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    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      How British chicken got caught in the country’s economic storm

      The poultry industry is facing an onslaught of different upheavals that have thrust the once fast-growing sector into crisis

    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Turkey’s Erdoğan says grain deal to be revived ‘soon’ after talks with Putin

      Russian leader offers different interpretation and insists Moscow will not re-join until the west meets its demands.

      Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Sochi
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Tim Hayward
      Ultra-processed food furore leaves a woolly taste in the mouth

      The unpalatable truth is that tackling the market forces that drive down quality and price would mean a political intervention

      Slices of pan bread
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Mining
      Ukraine war thrusts fertiliser minerals to centre of food security debate

      Prices are back at prewar levels but mining companies are expanding production in anticipation of rising demand

      A man looks at a store of potassium chloride
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      News in-depthUK agriculture
      ‘We’re in the lap of the gods’: UK farmers contend with extreme weather

      Food supply chains are coming under threat because of climate change

      Andrew Blenkiron
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine seeks to restore Black Sea shipping despite Russian threats

      Cargo vessel Joseph Schulte’s journey from Odesa to Istanbul enabled by onshore maritime defences

      The vessel sails past a lighthouse at the end of a jetty towards open water
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine defies Russian threat as container ship leaves Odesa

      Vessel safely clears Ukrainian waters despite Moscow’s warnings

      Container ship Joseph Schulte leaves the port of Odesa bound for Istanbul
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      News in-depthChinese agriculture
      China expands farmland in bid to cut foreign food reliance

      More than 170,000 hectares have been reclaimed in a drive to cut imports amid global supply chain fears

      An aerial photo showing a machine seeding corn and soybean at a field in Liaocheng, in China’s eastern Shandong province
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Grain exports back in Russia’s sights in Ukraine war

      Fears for global food security as Moscow pushes for a greater share of wheat trade

      A ship coming from Ukraine loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia launches drone strike on Odesa port and grain silos

      Attack pushes food prices higher and adds to concerns over global supply

      Firefighters battle a blaze after Russian drones damaged a building in Izmail, a city in Ukraine’s Odesa region, on Wednesday
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      News in-depthIndian economy
      India’s food price inflation raises risks for Modi government

      Cost of rice and tomatoes has soared due to erratic monsoon ahead of crucial elections next year

      People walk past tomatoes displayed at a vegetable market in Mumbai, India
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Trade Secrets
      Global food crisis that resolutely fails to happen Premium content

      Putin’s attempts to destroy Ukrainian farming and starve poor countries haven’t worked

      Ship being loaded with grain
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