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Arguably, Riverford could have found ways to remain a little cheaper; we could have slowed our investment in electric vehicles, abandoned a Real Living Wage, ditched home compostable packaging, or squeezed suppliers harder.
To walk down our deep green lanes in May is to immerse yourself in the history they have seen – and to be reassured by their persistent, timeless vitality.
Although many BPOC communities possess significant agricultural knowledge, inherited from ancestors overseas or in the vibrant 'playground' of British allotments, they find themselves cut off from farming in the UK by racialised structural barriers.
On a good day, I am still a useful – if occasionally cantankerous – part of the Riverford team, and plan to continue in this way for the foreseeable future, writes Guy Singh-Watson.
A whole generation of people were introduced to activism through the anti-Iraq war movement - here's how it could help climate activists today, writes Yasmin Khan.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
Find out more about Wicked Leeks and our publisher, organic veg box company Riverford.