- Health
- Eating & drinking
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.
By Nina Pullman - 6th August 2020
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- Inequality
- Health
Hidden hunger and the stigma of poverty
Food poverty isn’t easy to talk about but free school meals are a vital safety net for low-income families, writes Becky Marshall.
By Becky Marshall - 31st July 2020
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- Inequality
- Health
- Farming
Diet is the ‘foundation of equality’
Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy links inequality, poor diets and health risks and outlines first steps to a sustainable food system.
By Nina Pullman - 29th July 2020
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- The big interview
- Ethical business
- Health
Ethics beneath the skin
From the health of our guts to the soil we farm, beauty icon and farmer Liz Earle MBE shares her philosophy for traceability, provenance and a regenerative future.
By Anna Turns - 21st July 2020
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- Health
- Farming
- Ethical business
Coping with Covid in rural Africa
Pamela Ebanyat, acting country director for Send a Cow Uganda, writes about the challenges caused by Covid, and how the team are adapting to support family farmers.
By Pamela Ebanyat - 1st July 2020
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- Health
- Organics
The master mineral
Magnesium is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in diets due to poor soils, processed foods, alcohol intake and stressful lifestyles, but simple changes can turn that around.
By Emma Rushe - 17th June 2020
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- Farming
- Climate change
- Health
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.
By Nina Pullman - 11th June 2020
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- Inequality
- Health
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.
By Jez Fredenburgh - 9th June 2020
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- Politics
- Animal welfare
- Health
Over 500k sign petition to protect food standards
Public awareness is growing over the threat to British standards of food and animal welfare after Jamie Oliver backs campaign in video on Instagram.
By Nina Pullman - 5th June 2020
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Latest articles
- Farming
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Dam it: Meet nature’s engineers
How one Cornish organic farmer has reintroduced beavers in a bid to reduce flooding in the local area and improve climate resilience.
By Anna Turns - 6th August 2020
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- Eating & drinking
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.
By Nina Pullman - 6th August 2020
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- News from the farm
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Having a field day
Jack Thompson has been redeployed from a sales rep to a picker on Riverford's Devon farm. In this two-part newsletter, he writes about life in the fields.
By Jack Thompson - 5th August 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
How to deal with a courgette glut
Fry them, bake with them, add Indian spices or sprinkle with sheep’s cheese – read our top inspiration for how to cook with courgettes.
By Becky Marshall - 4th August 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Local sourcing
Spend ‘Eat out’ vouchers at indies, public urged
A campaign is urging the public to spend their government vouchers at independent restaurants to prevent closures and support local ecosystem of suppliers and staff.
By Nina Pullman - 3rd August 2020
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- Inequality
- Health
Hidden hunger and the stigma of poverty
Food poverty isn’t easy to talk about but free school meals are a vital safety net for low-income families, writes Becky Marshall.
By Becky Marshall - 31st July 2020
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