For farmers, big and small, Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) keeps them in business, and it’s a big slice of the European Union’s budget too, representing over a third of the entire expenditure. After years of negotiations,...

France Benoit says the COVID-19 pandemic and food security motivated her to build Le Refuge, a 5,000-square-foot garden in a former parking lot in Yellowknife.

Only 19 out of the 176 migrant workers on farms in Windsor-Essex County have completed the tests for COVID-19 on-site. Ontario premier Doug Ford and migrant worker advocates are calling for an increase in testing.

Thailand is the world’s second-largest exporter of rice but is likely to drop down the list this year.

What is the EU's Common Agricultural Policy? Safeguarding food supplies for nearly 450 million people is no easy task, but it’s one of the European Union’s main policy missions. Since 1962, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has...

Indoor farming startup AppHarvest is now publicly trading on the Nasdaq under ticker "$APPH." Jonathan Webb, Founder and CEO of AppHarvest and David Lee, President of AppHarvest, joined Cheddar to discuss the scalability of the business.

Three children were killed and seven other people were injured in an incident involving a tractor southeast of Montreal. The tractor had been transporting 10 people — six children and four adults — in its front bucket.

Suspended flights and high freight charges have brought down exports, and locust attacks have severely damaged the fruit.

More forest is being lost every year - mainly for farming - despite conservation efforts.

Farmers have banded together to get seasonal workers into the fields to save their businesses.

The Ontario towns of Leamington and Kingsville have some of the highest rates of coronavirus infection in Canada, with large outbreaks on farms and at greenhouses. Santiago Escobar of the Agricultural Workers Alliance says undocumented...

Some farmers say emergency aid announced by the federal government doesn’t go far enough to cover the financial losses incurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

India’s lockdown is hurting its crucial farming sector which employs about half of the country's workforce.

Gaza appears to have kept coronavirus under control, but it has put an extra strain on the economy which was already struggling because of strict blockade by Israel.

Despite a surging US economy, Midwestern states key to President Donald Trump's 2016 election victory are lagging behind the rest of the nation.

Israeli blockade presents challenges in transporting Gaza strawberries to consumers in the occupied West Bank.

Should meat eaters be expected to pay more for their meal as a way to counter the environmental cost of what's on their plate? That's the question that European lawmakers will be asked to consider today. A new report, by a Dutch advocacy...

Authorities are implementing containment measures to prevent further spread.

Nepal is sounding an urgent alarm for climate financing. The country is grappling with deepening vulnerability to climate change. From fragile highlands to threatened livelihoods, the impacts are severe, forcing entire villages to be...

Nepal is sounding an urgent alarm for climate financing. The country is grappling with deepening vulnerability to climate change. From fragile highlands to threatened livelihoods, the impacts are severe, forcing entire villages to be...

Heavy monsoon rains are wreaking havoc in many parts of India. Many states across India are now experiencing severe flooding, which is endangering lives and bringing daily life to a standstill. Watch in for more details!

The federal government is facing legal action from United Food and Commercial Workers. Advocates say it's failing on its responsibility to protect agricultural workers when it comes to pesticide safety.

Chase Marquardt is using a drone instead of traditional equipment this season to help seed his farm near Thorsby, Alta., just outside of Edmonton. Could this be the future of farming?

New data from Statistics Canada says B.C. farmers are having difficulty turning a profit, citing challenges like climate change and U.S.-Canada trade barriers. The report highlighted losses as large as $457 million in 2024 — the largest...