- Plastic
- Packaging
- Environment & ethics
The UK's dirty plastic secret
How the UK’s failure to stop plastic waste exports is leading to dangerous environmental impacts and illegal disposal in Malaysian communities.
By Megan Tatum - 12th May 2021
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- Food waste
- Environment & ethics
A culture war on food waste
China has launched a major new attack on food waste using the power of influencers on public perception – but are there lessons for the UK in our own food waste battle?
By Megan Tatum - 5th February 2021
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- Technology
- Ethical business
Pipe dreams
What if your groceries and parcels arrived via a vast underground network of pipes, hurtling toward you on a magnetic wave? Megan Tatum investigates the green deliveries of the future.
By Megan Tatum - 20th December 2020
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- Environment & ethics
- Biodiversity
- Ethical business
Battle of the oils
The palm oil industry is notorious for causing deforestation, but would switching to coconut be a better alternative? Megan Tatum reports from Malaysia.
By Megan Tatum - 28th October 2020
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- Packaging
- Plastic
Did Covid-19 kill the zero waste shop?
Social distancing and the need for greater hygiene have forced zero-waste shops to rethink their whole concept. But will our trust in unpackaged items return post-Covid?
By Megan Tatum - 25th June 2020
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- Dairy
- Farming
- Price
Spilt milk: Covid-19 and dairy
Covid-19 has sent milk prices tumbling and caused public shock at wasted milk, but the crisis in dairy is much more long-term.
By Megan Tatum - 26th April 2020
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To an autumn more anxious than mellow
This year, for the first time, I am not soothed by Keats’ words. His complacency feels out of reach in a world rocked by Covid, Brexit, and climate catastrophe, and a farming year that refuses to…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd September 2021
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- Farming
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Sustainable farmer faces housing development threat
A traditional farmer on the outskirts of Bristol is fighting to keep her land out of the hands of housing developers.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd September 2021
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- Community
- Farming
- Organics
Ask: Is sewage used on organic farms?
Fertiliser is in the news this week, but it’s a broad area that includes anything from sewage sludge to green manure. We find out more for Your Questions Answered.
By Wicked Leeks - 22nd September 2021
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- Farming
- Health
- Climate change
‘Humanure’: Flushing for fertiliser
Treated sewage waste is often applied on farmland as a fertiliser. While contamination issues have brought controversy to the practice, is a small-scale, localised approach the answer?
By Hugh Thomas - 22nd September 2021
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- Biodiversity
- Local sourcing
Roots to Fruits: The magic of foraging
With historical links to so-called 'witchcraft', foraging for food is one of the few ways we can sever reliance on the established food and medical system, writes Louise Gray.
By Louise Gray - 21st September 2021
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- Diversity
- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
What is quince and how to cook it
Try homegrown quince poached in white wine for a delectable dessert, baked into a tagine or infused into vodka for a perfect gift or seasonal tipple.
By Becky Blench - 21st September 2021
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