In her book The Big Ratchet, Ruth DeFries explains how humanity went from hunger to plenty by making more efficient use of Earth’s resources. Even with more people than ever before, “Our current problems are more about abundance than about lack of food. Our species has never had to grapple with such surplus,” she writes.
No it is not April Fools Day, and yet The Guardian has surpassed itself with its latest attack on ordinary British families: by claiming diners are “chauvinistic” and “smug” for eating Brown Sauce. The bizarre claim came from Tony Naylor,
Shoppers will finally be told how the meat they are buying was killed after a European Commission review, potentially ending years of concern over Halal slaughter. Environment Minister George Eustice has given the clearest signal yet that meat products will
