Agriculture/farming

Letter From Guizhou

That matcha in your cup? It probably didn’t come from Japan

The Gui Tea plantation is one of the largest matcha farms in China’s Guizhou province, which is known as the matcha capital of China.

Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest

Israeli machinery uproot olive trees near the Palestinian village of Deir Nizam near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

UN appoints Trump nominee Lindberg to head World Food Programme

Canada, EU face limits to relationship after symbolic EU overture to Carney

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

UN accepts Trump nominee to head World Food Programme

Dutch roads and rail lines blocked as farmers start fires in budget protest

Pipes had been found attached to railways in more than 20 locations in the Netherlands.

Malaysian farmers feel the heat as vegetables and fruits wilt

The farmers have little choice but to water their fields more frequently and put up nets to shield their crops, further increasing their expenses.

Salmonella outbreak linked to pumpkin seeds infects 81 in France

Wars, droughts, trade rows push world food prices to four-year high

Wars in Ukraine and Iran, along with heatwaves across Europe, are pushing grain prices to three-year highs.

France gives farmers €1 billion to recover from record heatwaves

FILE PHOTO: French firefighters work to extinguish burning haystacks in a field at a farm near Loretz-d'Argenton, in the Deux-Sevres department, during a heatwave affecting a majority of the country, France, June 25, 2026. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo

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