Anxieties around the relationship between livestock agriculture and the environmental crisis
are driving sustained discussions about the place of beef and dairy farming in a sustainable …

This paper reviews the shifting fate of legumes in UK agriculture. Legumes were once a
common part of crop rotations, providing food and feed, while enhancing soil fertility and …

Understanding what motivates farmers to adopt “climate-smart” regenerative practices is
critical for developing the right policies, incentives, outreach, and support mechanisms. This …

A Plantationocene is a threshold for understanding planetary change. Rather than attributing
environmental transformations to the universal agency of humankind, a Plantationocene …

This paper proposes planetary rural geographies to counter the narrative of planetary
urbanisation, which has contended that the whole planet has been urbanised and can be …

The idea of the modern city continues to inform urban policies and practices, shaping ideas
of what infrastructure is and how it ought to work. While there has long been conflict over its …

Microbiome research shows that human health is foundationally intertwined with the ecology
of microbial communities living on and in our bodies. This challenges the categorical …

Growing awareness of environmental issues and their relation to consumption patterns has
given rise to calls for sustainable consumption across the globe. In this article, we focus on …

Recent discoveries on the importance of microbes for human biology, health, and culture,
the rise of antimicrobial resistance, and developing technological advancements necessitate …

Social and political policy, human activities, and environmental change affect the ways in
which microbial communities assemble and interact with people. These factors determine …