Animals farmed
This series looks at how the animals that feed us live, and how the business of feeding us works. What happens to animals in the factory farming system? And what does it mean for the planet?
Festivals, fashion and feather bandits: why ostrich plumage is still worth its weight in gold – a photo essay
In the 19th century the prized feathers were more expensive by weight than gold. Today, from Strictly Come Dancing to the humble feather duster, demand remains high – and is largely met by farms in South Africa’s Western Cape
‘This is living to me’: the women swapping city life for shepherding in the Pyrenees – in pictures
Photographer Paroma Basu followed three young Spanish women who have left urban careers and retrained through the Escola de Pastors i Pastores de Catalunya, one of a number of ́herding schools opening around Spain