Revisi(ti)ng ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘The Cherry Orchard’

Sensory Evolution: Trouble in the Cherry Orchard

Understanding how and why some species become pests, while their relatives remain harmless, might help us control them. A new study looks at how sensory mechanisms evolved in an emerging pest fly species.

In the orchard: Farm worker children's moral and environmental reasoning

Cherry antioxidants: from farm to table.

The dietary consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower incidence of degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancers. Most recent interest has focused on the bioactive phenolic compounds found in vegetable products. Sweet and sour cherries contain several antioxidants and polyphenols that possess many biological activities, such as antioxida...

Economics and Farm Animal Welfare

Modelling Farm Animal Welfare

The use of models in the life sciences has greatly expanded in scope and advanced in technique in recent decades. However, the range, type and complexity of models used in farm animal welfare is comparatively poor, despite the great scope for use of modeling in this field of research. In this paper, we review the different modeling approaches used in farm animal welfare science to date, discuss...