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Animal rights activists 'rescue' lambs from farm on royal estate
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» LONDON - Animal rights campaigners said on Thursday they had "rescued" three lambs from slaughter on a farm on King Charles III's Sandringham estate in eastern England.
Weeds grow at London's Chelsea Flower Show
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» LONDON - Nettles, dandelions, brambles: weeds -- once considered a scourge -- are taking pride of place at London's Chelsea Flower Show as gardeners concern themselves more than ever with biodiversity and sustainable development.
Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war
AFP, Published on 02/05/2023
» TOTANA (SPAIN) - Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.
'Plantdemic' hits Philippines as demand for greenery grows
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» A gardening craze dubbed "plantdemic" has spread across the Philippines after coronavirus restrictions fuelled demand for greenery, sending plant prices soaring and sparking a rise in poaching from public parks and protected forests.
Chelsea Flower Show bemoans gardening 'lost generation'
AFP, Published on 23/05/2016
» LONDON - Britain has a "lost generation" with no gardening skills, the Royal Horticultural Society warned on Monday, as its sprawling Chelsea Flower Show got under way with an inauguration by Queen Elizabeth II.
US, NZ take Indonesia to WTO over farm products
AFP, Published on 19/03/2015
» The United States and New Zealand have taken their farm-trade disputes with Indonesia to the World Trade Organization.
Australia, China in major free trade deal
AFP, Published on 17/11/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia and China are set to sign a free trade deal hailed by Canberra as a "game changer" that will open up billions of dollars in new export markets and counter a painful downturn in the mining sector.
Australia and China set to sign free trade deal
AFP, Published on 17/11/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia and China were expected to ink a multi-billion dollar free trade deal later Monday during a visit by President Xi Jinping, officials said.
Singapore gardens aim for UNESCO heritage status
AFP, Published on 03/04/2013
» Singapore, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is campaigning to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens declared a UNESCO world heritage site.
Nature fans get green fix at Hong Kong flower show
AFP, Published on 16/03/2013
» It's notorious for its cramped living conditions, traffic-clogged streets and polluted air, but once a year Hong Kong celebrates all things green at the city's flower show.