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.

The insect solution to soy

Could feeding insects to chickens help replace soy and reduce the deforestation impact of one of the most popular foods?

Fibres of the future

Covid-19 has sent wool prices plummeting and the sheep industry into crisis – but a fledgling movement that connects farmers with local weavers offers hope.

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?

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.

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.

The hidden vulnerable

Excluded from a rise in Universal Credit payments and as food bank demand doubles, the UK’s asylum seekers and refugees are among some of the worst hit by coronavirus.

Buzzing about B-lines

A network of insect-friendly corridors is helping repair biodiversity loss by allowing them to move between habitats and adapt to new conditions caused by climate change.

The crisis behind the commodities

Producers of some of the world’s biggest crops, including bananas, coffee and cacao, are facing a devastating loss of income as supply chains stall.

Covid-19: Who feeds the vulnerable?

Watch the new short film from Wicked Leeks to hear how food banks are continuing to deliver to those in need.

A question of ownership

A scheme helping new farmers to access land is creating a network of small-scale regenerative farms and tackle the imbalance in land ownership in the UK.