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The energy crisis has sparked greater interest in renewables projects as farmers look for opportunities to slash their own bills or to diversify into producing energy for the National Grid.

A conservationist has warned that adopting a land sparing approach to food production would lead to ecological apartheid.

A conservationist has warned that adopting a ‘land sparing’ approach to food production would lead to ‘ecological apartheid’.

The Government has set out a raft of legally binding targets, including a 40 per cent reduction in on-farm nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants and a 16.5 per cent increase in woodland cover, to help boost the natural environment.

Ministers have been accused of allowing England to free ride on Scotland and Wales to meet climate targets for farming.

Ministers have been accused of allowing England to ‘free ride’ on Scotland and Wales to meet climate targets for farming.

Prospects for a scalable, high-integrity market for farm?soil?carbon?have taken a step forward with the publication of minimum requirements for?soil?carbon?codes.

Tress planted outside woodlands could be worth as much as £3.8 billion, a new Government study has claimed.

Wheat is successfully being produced in an indoor vertical farm using no soil or pesticides and less water when compared with conventional methods.

Upto 1,000 hectares of Oxfordshire agricultural land is set to make way for a giant solar farm that could sit amid community allotments and bee hives, it has been revealed.