Anglers will today (Friday 16 June) be welcomed back to rivers across England as the Environment Agency starts the new fishing season. Today marks the end of the close season, which has been in place since 15 March, and sees coarse fishing prohibited in rivers, streams and certain stillwaters across the country to protect vulnerable … Read more
An emergency convoy of lorries carrying donated flood equipment, including pumps and temporary barriers has today (Thursday 15 June) left the UK for Ukraine, following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region last week. Equipment donated by the Environment Agency will offer a significant capability to pump water out of flooded … Read more
The recently published research article “Plant-based protein products in the news: Mind the gap between innovation and public discourses” highlights several pros and cons of plant-based protein products as discussed in the media and perceived by the public. The media coverage of plant-based protein products between 2010 and 2018, using a sample of articles from … Read more
Rich in heritage and full of potential, millets are a sustainable, nutritious and under-valued food source
In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and plans to mitigate climate change, researchers at the University of Massachusetts have found that the rate of soil erosion in the midwestern U.S. is 10 to 1,000 times greater than pre-agricultural erosion rates. The newly discovered pre-agricultural rates, … Read more
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