Soil Association faces 'meat-free' backlash
Organic certification has sparked criticism after proposals that schools should have one meat-free day.
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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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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, writes gut health specialist Dr Alan Desmond.
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Europe's sustainable cities
From Sweden’s climate ‘discos’ to food forests in the Netherlands - explore Europe's best sustainable food cities.
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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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Veg on Fire
Smoking and barbequing veg is set to be the hottest trend of the year and offers an alternative to the ‘man versus meat’ stereotype, finds Anna Turns.
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Meet the 22-year-old head chef
Lewis Glanvill talks to Nina Pullman as he takes over at Riverford's Field Kitchen restaurant.
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Is there a gender imbalance in farming?
UK declares climate emergency
The UK parliament has declared a climate emergency in a world first after weeks of pressure from activists.
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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?
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 asparagus is the perennial pay-off
Organic grower Clive Martin writes for Wicked Leeks as the English asparagus season kicks off.
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Why should we reduce 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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- Cartoon
- Meat
- Veganism
Ellis: The new taboo?
As the meat versus plant-based debate hots up, Ellis imagines a time in the future where perhaps smoking isn't the only social exclusion...
By Ellis - 24th May 2019
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- Growers and suppliers
- Flexitarianism
Feeling the pulse
Hodmedod's is pioneering the reintroduction of age-old British pulses like carlin peas and fava beans back into our kitchens and onto our farms. Wicked Leeks caught up with co-founder Josiah Meldrum…
By Nina Pullman - 24th May 2019
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- News from the farm
A life devoted to cucumbers or chaos
Having walked the fields and seen the best crops we have grown in our ten years here, my contentment almost matches the smug cacophony of croaking frogs lazing in the water.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 24th May 2019
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Latest news
- Politics
Public and small farmers join forces for Good Food March
Hundreds of people took the streets of London yesterday (14 October) to call for a better food and farming system in the UK and give small farmers a voice in the new Agriculture Bill.
By Nina Pullman - 15th October 2018
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- Health
ITV donates £2m to ground-breaking veg campaign
Broadcaster ITV has donated £2 million to a campaign to promote consumption of vegetables in the form of primetime TV advertising space.
By Nina Pullman - 9th October 2018
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- Climate change
‘Unprecedented’ changes needed to tackle climate change
Shifting diets away from intensively-farmed animal products is one of changes that must happen if global warming is to be kept within 1.5 degrees, a major new climate change report has warned.
By Nina Pullman - 8th October 2018
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- Politics
- Food waste
Gove unveils new £15m fund for food waste
A new £15 million government fund will help tackle food waste and redistribute the equivalent of 250 million meals to those in need, environment minister Michael Gove has
By Nina Pullman - 3rd October 2018
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- Food waste
- News from the farm
Not snow much waste….
It’s a new week and today there’s little resemblance to the winter wonderlands our organic farms became last week, just the odd muddy, slushy white spots dotted around the fields, and a welcome…
By Emily Muddeman - 5th March 2018
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- Environment & ethics
Riverford announces palm-oil free stance
We’re very pleased to be able to say that from the start of 2017, Riverford has been 100 per cent palm-oil free. For the most part, this was straightforward to achieve: we added ‘no palm oil’ to the…
By Ellen Warrell - 13th December 2017
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