Sirloin, rib-eye or retired?

Meet the farmer selling meat from retired dairy cows to apply organic ethics to end of life and pioneer an alternative to the short life-cycle dairy industry.

Can B Corp make business better?

We see the most vital benefit as not marking our own homework; regular assessment will highlight areas for improvement, and help us balance competing demands, writes Guy Singh-Watson.

Oatly faces backlash over investor choice

Oat milk brand Oatly is facing criticism and delistings over its investment by a private equity firm with alleged links to deforestation and the Trump campaign.

For the love of figs

To celebrate peak Spanish fig season, grower José Maria Agusti gives us a snapshot of how this unique fruit is grown and picked on his farm near Barcelona.

The making of maftoul

Palestinian’s traditional grain is made by women farmers in the West Bank who dry bulgur wheat in sunshine before cracking and rolling it in an age-old artisan process.

Diet diaries

From FODMAP to eating disorders, our diets and relationship with food can be dictated as much by health as by choice, each with their own challenges and impact on wellbeing.

Sowing winter vegetables

This month's GYO Wicked Leeks gardening column tackles what winter veg to start sowing now to bring colour to your winter veg patch.

Lockdown has brought respect for meal plans

Lockdown has shown us a new way to live: now let’s work on flexible working, an end to best-before dates and a new respect for the agile meal planner.

Gene editing will fall at same hurdles

Genome editing is a powerful research tool – but all the signs are that it will be used to take us further in the wrong direction, argues Guy Singh-Watson.

The big interview

Beauty icon and farmer Liz Earle shares her philosophy for traceability, provenance and a regenerative future.

Rural racism: A closed door

With racism and race inequality being discussed like never before, David Jesudason hears why agriculture is still a closed shop for people of colour.

Top tips for tomatoes

From oven dried tomatoes to tomato leaf pesto, and not forgetting the ultimate fresh tomato Bloody Mary – read our chef’s top tips for tomatoes.

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Wicked Leeks issue 3

The third issue of Wicked Leeks magazine, published digitally for free, covers the impact of Covid-19 on food delivery, changing habits and farming.

Welcome to Wicked Leeks

Introducing the magazine for sustainable food and ethical business, published by Riverford.

A new model for farming?

French researchers have mapped a radical new food and farming system, phasing out pesticides, moving away from soy imports, and reducing the emissions of farming by 40 per cent.