Green labelling of food to show the impact of its production on the environment could lead to major changes in consumption, Lucy Neville-Rolfe of British retailer Tesco said on Tuesday.

“Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said Tuesday tests had confirmed a second foot-and-mouth outbreak in southern England as he awaited an initial report into biosecurity at a vaccine laboratory suspected of being at the center of the cases.”

Changing weather patterns caused by Climate Change have affected crops in the Ivory Coast. Low rainfall in that region has seriously affected crop production. In response, crops need to be modified to adapt?

“We can’t stay here doing nothing. Since we can’t change the climate, we can adapt our agriculture to the climate,” said Amoncho Adiko, head of research at the CNRA.

A report from Environmental Research Letters shows that crops yields worldwide have dropped by 40 millions tonnes a year as a result of rising temperatures. Though this is a small percentage of total harvests, it’s not a promising trend.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its recent report, has predicted that global warming would mean Asia would be getting less rainfall, affecting agricultural production and leading to food and water shortage.

Interest in ‘ethical wines’ is fast increasing, but what do buyers really get for their money?

Food flown into the UK could be stripped of its organic label if the Soil Association goes ahead with controversial plans to deal with major loopholes in its rulebook.

Armed groups in Colombia are driving peasants off their land to make way for plantations of palm oil, a biofuel that is being promoted as an environmentally friendly source of energy.