132 results for agriculture

12 August 2010

Urban gardening: We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German capital.

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…

17 January 2013

China heads to Australia on the hunt for arable land and Germany goes back to boat-building basics.

18 February 2016

A new Asian-oriented airport in Queensland and efforts to wean Sri Lanka off costly dairy imports.

17 August 2008

Ukrainian chicken farming ruffles feathers, and Hong Kong gets a taste for the grape.

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…

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…

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.

17 June 2010

Honolulu, our top-ranking US city for the third year running, wants to shed its honeymoon hotspot image. The film industry, renewable energy and agriculture are helping transform it into a new Pacific power.