Topic: Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) - The conversion of all UK farmland to organic farming would achieve the equivalent carbon savings to taking nearly one million cars off the road, the Soil Association said on Thursday. Britain's largest organic certification body, issuing results of a ...

HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany's incoming government drew mixed responses on Monday to its cautiously-favorable policy toward genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). The incoming coalition between the conservative and pro-business liberal parties which won Germany's parliamentary elections in September announced its core policies over the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over conventionally produced food, according to a major study published on Wednesday. Its conclusions were challenged by organic food campaigners. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said ...

Backpackers go for green vacations with stints on European farmsBackpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and making butter as a recession-beating way to sate their wanderlust. Their ticket to an earthy taste of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of organic food in France jumped 25 percent last year and more than 60 percent in three years to reach 2.6 billion euros, France's organic association "Agence Bio" said on Friday. It did not give any forecast for ...

England 1. Beechenhill Farm, Peak DistrictAn organic dairy and sheep farm with wonderful views over Manifold Valley in the Peak District National Park, Beechenhill is a delightful place. A farm trail winds through meadows and woodland, and there are three beehives, where ...

The anti-GM lobby in rich Western countries is holding back the development of modern farming technology which could help feed Africa, Britain's former top scientist said Monday. Genetically-modified crops face stiff opposition from green lobbyists and media in developed countries, and campaigners ...