- Grow your own
Storing summer treats
Store your summer bounty of fruit, root veg, beans and potatoes and keep your cupboards full of homegrown produce over winter, writes Sarah Brown in this month’s GYO column.
By Sarah Brown - 1st September 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Climate change
Summer of seasonal eating
This year’s staycations are a great opportunity to make the most of the abundance of British produce and make a few climate-friendly eating tweaks to your diet, writes Becky Blench.
By Becky Blench - 18th August 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
- Local sourcing
A taste of Galicia
Home of the Padron pepper, Galicia is famed for its abundant produce, food culture and exceptional seafood. While we may have to wait for holidays abroad, now is the time to bring a taste of Spain…
By James Evans - 4th August 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Top five summer sweetcorn recipes
From July to early October is the season for fresh corn – deliciously sweet, golden like the sun and bursting with flavour. Read our favourite recipes and enjoy summer sweetcorn at its best.
By Becky Blench - 29th July 2021
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- Recipes
Celebrating the best of British summer fruit
UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
How to BBQ summer fruit and veg
From blistered and charred aubergines to grilled watermelons with whipped feta – read on to find out how to BBQ all your favourite summer fruit and vegetables.
By Becky Blench - 15th July 2021
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- Recipes
The best summer veg you didn't know you loved
Make friends with kohlrabi's peppery crunch, enjoy a leisurely globe artichoke or find out why summer turnips are having a moment - here's our round-up of the best lesser-known seasonal summer…
By Becky Blench - 15th July 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
How to make elderflower cordial
Summer in a bottle! For a few weeks every year the air becomes heavy with the floral fragrance of elderflower blooms - here's how to transform them into elderflower cordial.
By Bob Andrew - 6th July 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Welcoming the summer flush
The teams in the tunnels are now very busy picking cucumbers, spring onions and basil, plus ‘sideshooting’ tomatoes, which funnels the plants’ energy into producing good fruit.
By John Richards - 30th June 2021
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- Environment & ethics
- Farming
Trade deals risk sustainable food future, warns Dimbleby
Author of the National Food Strategy Henry Dimbleby has said he is “very worried” that new trade deals jeopardise the chance for a sustainable food transformation in the UK.
By Nina Pullman - 22nd October 2021
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- Food waste
- Climate change
- Eating & drinking
Roots to Fruits: Scare yourself into eating pumpkin
This Halloween Louise Gray is making sure her pumpkin is for eating, not just carving
By Louise Gray - 21st October 2021
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- Meat
- Climate change
- Health
Brits are eating 17 per cent less meat
New data suggests Brits are eating less red but more white meat, despite campaigns seeking to inform around soy in poultry feed linked to deforestation.
By Nina Pullman - 21st October 2021
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- Recipes
- Eating & drinking
Best pumpkin recipes for Halloween
Make your own Halloween-themed seasonal feast with these recipes for pumpkin fritters, spiced curry or warming salads, or try madeleines with pumpkin custard and cinnamon meringue.
By Emily Muddeman - 21st October 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Last tomatoes mark the end of summer
This week in the polytunnels, we’ve finished picking the very last cherry tomatoes, which means I can no longer pretend to myself that it’s still summer.
By Ed Scott - 21st October 2021
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- Farming
- Climate change
- Fashion & beauty
Watch: A hemp revival
Wrongly associated with the effects of marijuana, hemp is a highly sustainable crop that can be used for food, textiles or building materials. We find out more.
By Wicked Leeks - 15th October 2021
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