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Water palaver Down Under

2 November 2010

The Murray-Darling Basin is a 1,162 sq km area that spans four states within the southeastern perimeter of Australia.

The Murray-Darling Basin is a 1,162 sq km area that spans four states within the southeastern perimeter of Australia. It’s known as Australia’s food bowl, responsible for 93 per cent of domestic food production. Until…

Opinion

Going against the grain

26 July 2010

The ancient Maya may have considered chocolate “the food of the gods”, but corn is the grain that has perennially powered the Mexican masses.

The ancient Maya may have considered chocolate “the food of the gods”, but corn is the grain that has perennially powered the Mexican masses. Indeed, Mexicans on average eat some 130kg of maize each year – almost two-thirds…

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Fertile markets

8 December 2015

Rural depopulation is the flipside of the urban success story but there are ways to make sure it doesn’t leave city-dwellers bereft of fresh produce or their age-old connection to the soil. Here are three firms ploughing…

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Africa/Middle East Briefing

17 October 2009

We sign up for a degree at the University of Seychelles, Iraq's foreign food shopping list grows as droughts dry up the rivers, Israel takes commuting to new lengths and Angola at last rebuilds... sort of.

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Better together

15 November 2012

You don’t have to do it all alone. Make sure you know who to call whether you are running for re-election, rebuilding your city or rethinking your retail business in 2013.

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Oceania Briefing

8 January 2010

Australians get the hump, Fiji loses its midwives and Aussie males get a bad reputation.

Opinion

Yes! We have no vegetables whatsoever

2 November 2012

On the breakfast and dinner tables of the seven million people who live in Hong Kong you’ll scarcely find a single product grown locally.

On the breakfast and dinner tables of the seven million people who live in Hong Kong you’ll scarcely find a single product grown locally. There are onions from the US, beef from Australia, kiwis from Chile and eggs plucked…

Film

City Farming

17 July 2013

The ancient practice of agriculture meets modern city as we explore groundbreaking farms in Japan, the US and Norway. Monocle Films visits the people bringing green growth to their thriving metropolises.

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Oceania briefing

17 February 2015

Australia's food bowl for Asia and the rise of the kiwi (the currency rather than the bird - or the fruit).

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Greek revival

17 May 2008

Taking advantage of its position at the oil and gas gateway to southern Europe, Thessaloniki has become northern Greece’s boom town. With €6bn in business investment and an infrastructure upgrade, it is now the key player…

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Land lovers

19 June 2014

Whether it’s Michelin-starred vegetables from Japan or seaweed-based skincare in the UK, rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty opens up a world of business opportunities with which city life just can’t com…

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Business briefing

18 August 2014

A former Portuguese sewing-machine factory that is now a business centre, a line of jeans made by ex-offenders and a new fleet of picnic boats in Copenhagen.

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