With Shoppers Wary of Illness, Farmers Destroy Millions of Heads of Lettuce

29 August 2026 at 12:00

After a drop in demand driven by a nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis, California growers are plowing lettuce back into the soil and laying off workers.

Sovereignty, farming and fishing: Iceland votes on its future with the EU

The Guardian

By: Miranda Bryant in Hvammur · Þorlákshöfn and Reykjavík

29 August 2026 at 09:00

Country holds a knife-edge referendum that cuts across political divides on taking step closer to Brussels after Trump threats towards Greenland

For a long time, the prospect of becoming the third generation to run his family farm was an exciting one, says Davíð Clausen Pétursson.

Icelandic farmers were starting to get higher prices for their meat and milk, debt was no longer an occupational prerequisite and innovation was on the rise.

UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns

The Guardian

By: Fiona Harvey Environment editor

28 August 2026 at 18:13

Brazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farming

The UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat, in light of concerns over the safety of imports.

The National Farmers’ Union in England and its sister organisations in the devolved administrations wrote to the government on Friday warning that public health was at risk.

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