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Soil health and dairy farming in the UK

Although healthy soil means more nutritious dairy products, modern intensive farming methods pollute and degrade the environment. However, a regenerative agriculture movement is kicking back against mainstream industrial farming.

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Maria McKinney on ‘Sire’

All my grandparents were farmers; I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farms and helped neighbours herd sheep and cattle into the field. My body of work called ‘Sire’ looks at the genomics of modern cattle breeding.

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The side effects of lithium mining

Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.

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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.

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  • Livestock and trachoma control
  • Neapolitan beef / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Neapolitan beef / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Minty lamb steak / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Minty lamb steak / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Casseroles for Winter / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Casseroles for Winter / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Pork & mushroom stirfry / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Pork & mushroom stirfry / Meat & Livestock Commission.
  • Meat matters : meat and fat / [Meat and Livestock Commission].
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