Tag: farming
BAD APPLE: Farmer in Spain’s Valencia investigated for exploiting 26 workers and housing them in ‘precarious and unsanitary’ conditions
A CITRUS fruit farmer in Picassent (Valencia) is being investigated by the Guardia Civil after he was found to be employing 26 workers without...
Investigators in Spain’s Valencia develop system to cut use of pesticides and ration water
A TEAM of Valencian scientists has developed a new system to diagnose crop infections that can greatly reduce the use of pesticides. The technology created...
BUY LOCAL: Agricultural union in Spain’s Valencia urges consumers to support regional and national producers
To set the balance right, the Valencian co-op makes a simple suggestion: buy Valencian and Spanish produce, if possible directly from farmers at markets or from small businesses.
FROM FARM TO FORK: EU announces farming overhaul to improve animal welfare and tackle climate change
Other aims of the European strategy include tackling climate change, protecting the environment, ensuring fair economic returns for producers at every stage of the supply chain, and boosting organic farming.
BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Iberian wolves expected to return to Spain’s Valencia region within the next five years
WOLVES are expected to return to the Valencia region. Leading biologists believe that the combination of dwindling population figures in rural areas and the increasing...
Spain’s Ministry of Health warns of possible link between COVID-19 and minks
A RECENT case in the Netherlands has shed new light on the possible source of coronavirus as minks have been confirmed as hosting the...
COVID-19: Lack of migrant workers puts Spain’s supermarket fresh food stocks in jeopardy
This year, due to coronavirus and the closure of national borders, the agricultural industry has lost an estimated 75,000 workers
Scientists compile first ever census of DEADLY BACTERIA which is killing trees in Spain’s Andalucia
128 different parasites have been discovered lying in Andalucia's soil
Man suspected of stealing 1,200 kilos of avocados arrested in Spain’s Granada
The farm’s owner was alerted by a neighbour during the theft, who spotted the youngest of three suspects
Nine arrested over 11 separate forest fires in six different provinces in Spain
Police data has revealed that over the last 15 years almost all forest fires in Spain are in some way sparked by human activity
BEAST FROM THE EAST: Andalucia’s Christmas chestnut crops DESTROYED by wasp from China
SWEET chestnut harvests in Andalucia have been decimated by insects from the Far East this Christmas. The chestnut gall wasp from China is thought to...
Hundreds of piglets drown at farm in Teba during Malaga floods (WARNING: Distressing image)
The animals drowned after the town of Teba, north of Marbella was hit by over 400 litres of rain per square metre in just 24 hours
How an Andalucian weed promoted literacy in Victorian Britain
“THE English ceased to be one of the most aggressive, brutal, rowdy, outspoken, riotous cruel and bloodthirsty nations in the world and became one...
Frost and drought causing widespread shortages in Spanish vegetable crops
FROSTS across Spain are causing widespread shortages of vegetables with suppliers scrambling to find alternatives to avoid a repeat of last year's crisis. The January...
‘Ecocide’: Super-intensive olive farms fingered for water shortages in Almeria
Now 400 times more water is being taken from an important Almeria aquifer than enters, an alarming situation that is being blamed on a surge in super-intensive olive production in the zone
Spain urged to improve treatment of farmed rabbits
The EU parliament is asking Spain to introduce legislation that will end ‘cruel’ practices inflicted on rabbits
Property focus: Idyllic Genal Valley finca up for sale
The owners would like to pass the finca on to a younger, more energetic family who hanker after ‘the good life’
NGOs say no to poisonous pesticides in Spain
Environmental groups lobby Spanish government to cut down by 30%
Huge guacamole factory planned for Axarquia
The new 700sq m factory will be close to Velez-Malaga
Drought destroys cereal crop
Dry weather has played havoc with cereal production in Malaga province
German bean sprouts not Spanish cucumbers to blame for deadly E.coli outbreak
Spanish farmers could now see millions in compensation after they were wrongly blamed
Spanish cucumbers are not to blame for the E.coli outbreak
Spain is now seeking compensation
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