From sheep to street food
What happens to a farmer who can't send his lambs to slaughter? In the second of our mini meat series, meet the farmer who sent his sheep to sanctuary and switched to street food.
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How to have an ethical summer
From breaking the flight habit to choosing eco-friendly sunscreen - here's how to have an ethical summer.
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Wicked Leeks Ellis
Wicked Leeks' cartoonist with his take on sustainability, food politics, and anything in between.
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Guy's news...
Founder of Riverford Guy Singh-Watson writes a weekly column with news from the farm and more...
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Why should we care about food waste?
The stats about how much food we waste are everywhere, but less talked about is how food waste that ends up on landfill emits methane and contributes to climate change.
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Welcome to Wicked Leeks
Introducing the new online magazine for sustainable food and ethical business.
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What is responsible capitalism?
How plant-based diets reduce disease
At what age should I start eating a healthy diet to reduce my risk of cancer? The answer may surprise you.
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Sustainability: A luxury you can't afford
How can sustainable food ever become mainstream against a backdrop of austerity Britain?
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Why food is political
Politics plays a vital role in shaping where our food comes from, whether through climate change actions, Brexit, or subsidies to farmers.
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- News from the farm
- Organics
Booming success for Riverford suppliers
Next week's annual BOOM awards will pick the very best organic products - we highlight some of Riverford's suppliers who are among this year's finalists.
By Emily Muddeman - 18th June 2019
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- Environment & ethics
UK’s first land-based prawn farm opens
The farm is a step forward in sustainable production of one of the world’s most popular seafoods by reducing food miles and environmental contamination.
By Nina Pullman - 18th June 2019
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- News from the farm
A perfect start
Sitting in the warm and dry, listening to the thunder and watching the pounding rain outside being sucked into the parched soil, brings on a feeling of intense contentment – made all the better by…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 13th June 2019
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- News from the farm
Employee ownership, one year on
When I first asked our staff about employee ownership in 2003, with the suggestion that it could be financed by them forgoing their annual profit share for 20 years, they told me where I could stick…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th June 2019
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- Meat
- Farming
From sheep to street food
What happens to a farmer who can't send his lambs to slaughter? In the second instalment of our mini meat series, Wicked Leeks meets the livestock farmer who sent his sheep to sanctuary and switched…
By Nina Pullman - 31st May 2019
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- Farming
- Soil
Soil, clover and the wealth of organic
In his book, Given Half a Chance, Edward Davey met the late organic legend Peter Melchett for a tour of his organic farm in Norfolk.
By Edward Davey - 31st May 2019
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Latest news
- Plastic
- Packaging
Food scraps could make plastic alternative
Food scraps could be turned into a plastic alternative thanks to £60 million of new government funding earmarked for research into sustainable packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Climate change
- Organics
Organic climate report is ‘naïve’, says Riverford founder
Guy Singh-Watson has hit back against a new study that claims organic food has a higher climate impact than its conventional counterpart.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Climate change
- Politics
David Attenborough speaks out at COP24
Naturalist and TV presenter David Attenborough used his speech at the climate summit COP24 to urge governments and countries to take action on behalf of the world’s people.
By Nina Pullman - 10th December 2018
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- Soil
End ‘violence’ against soil to protect future of food
Treating soil less violently and moving away from a ‘one solution fits all’ approach to agriculture could help ensure food production can continue for future generations.
By Nina Pullman - 30th November 2018
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- Ethical business
- Packaging
- Plastic
Reduce, not recycle, is Greenpeace plastic message
Recycling plastic does not go far enough to tackle to scale of the pollution crisis and instead the focus should be on using less in the first place, acccording to leading NGO.
By Nina Pullman - 26th November 2018
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- Environment & ethics
- Packaging
'Farm-to-bin' will shape next era of sustainability
The definition of what people understand by sustainability is expanding, according to a new report.
By Nina Pullman - 15th November 2018
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