Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before.

Food supplies are at risk of being hit by serious disruption as soaring energy prices threaten to create a shortage of carbon dioxide crucial to farming, industry bosses have warned.

It’s hard to believe that slightly more than ten years ago SA hosted the Soccer World Cup of 2010.

A heightened awareness of mortality in the wake of higher death rates has translated into many taking an increased interest in their financial legacy.

Neonicotinoid pesticides including acetamiprid and imidacloprid (that are responsible for deaths of millions of bees) are affecting developing human nervous system and may even harm developing brains of the unborn babies, experts at European Food Safety Authority say.   

Tropical forests are well known for being the “lungs” of our planet. Through photosynthesis, the trees in these forests produce oxygen and remove enormous amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to mitigate global warming.