Tag: crops

“Forgotten” food crops work wins Cozzarelli Prize

Environment

Eric Kliszcz - April 11, 2024

A RESEARCH team including scientists from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has won a coveted National Academy of Sciences 2023 Cozzarelli Prize, alongside five other...

Samaritan who fed over 1,600 people during cost of living crisis left devastated as garden allotment has earth salted by cruel anonymous vandal

Community

Ivan Prothero - April 19, 2023

A SAMARITAN who has fed over 1,600 people during the cost of living crisis has been left devastated as her garden allotment has been...

Scotland to ban GMOs

Business

Deadline News Journalist - August 10, 2015

GROWING genetically modified (GM) crops will be banned in Scotland, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced. Mr Lochhead has confirmed that the Scottish Government intends...

Edinburgh University bacteria research could help protect crops

UK & World

Peter Laing - April 17, 2015

FRESH insights into how bacteria protect themselves could help develop improved products to protect plants from disease. Edinburgh University researchers have discovered how communities of...