Postcards: Retired hens revitalise Cyprus olive groves

MICHELE KAMBAS, of Reuters, reports on how hundreds of “retired” hens are being deployed in a pilot project to boost yields, counter disease and manage food waste…
Attacked by settlers and blocked by soldiers, Palestinians face grim olive harvest

Burin, West Bank Reuters Palestinian olive farmer Khitam Najjar dreams of just one season where she can gather the harvest in peace. But it’s not this year. As she and her son approached their olive groves near the village of Burin in the occupied West Bank last week, Israeli soldiers stopped them, telling them they […]