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Making the Amazon from the Atacama
The nation seems to have found a magnanimity and can-do attitude in a way that gives me hope for humanity and for our planet.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 3rd April 2020
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Valuing what is close
If there is a silver lining to this cloud, it may be that we learn to value more what is close – be that vegetables or people.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 26th March 2020
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- Ethical business
- Growers and suppliers
Rain, lettuce and ethics from the Vendée
I am determined that Riverford will never stoop to the bullying and abuse that supermarket buyers routinely practiced on me before I started the veg box scheme.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 12th March 2020
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- Packaging
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Introducing our zero packaging veg box
Sometimes you need a jolt to shake you out of a rut; to quote Walt Whitman, you need to “re-examine all that you have been told and dismiss that which insults your soul.”
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2020
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- Organics
Growing caulis is in my Cornish heritage
There’s nothing quite like the peppery taste of a fresh organic cauliflower from Cornwall in the middle of a British winter.
By Paul Badcock - 27th February 2020
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- Climate change
- Ethical business
Give us action, not words
Just like Michael Gove, the reality is that oil company CEOs can say whatever they want, without any fear of being held accountable for their promises.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 19th February 2020
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- News from the farm
An early season for leafy veg
Leeks due in January were pulled in November; January King cabbages were cut in October; Hungry Gap kale planned for April is being picked in February, and even the wild garlic is early.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 13th February 2020
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- Farming
Bitcoin, barns, and Butternut squash
After sorting through decaying gourds in search of the one in four that survived the damp and cold of a Devon winter, I have decided to spend some money insulating and damp-proofing the barn.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 5th February 2020
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- News from the farm
Herbs and a happy anniversary
This month, on 20th February, is my tenth Riverford birthday; ten years since I started as a grower at our farm in Hampshire, Riverford on Upper Norton Farm.
By Chris Wakefield - 29th January 2020
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Food union helps ‘devastated’ eating-out sector
A new food union in Bristol is fighting to save livelihoods of chefs and suppliers after coronavirus restaurant closures leave supply chains reeling.
By Nina Pullman - 8th April 2020
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- Local sourcing
- Inequality
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.
By Anna Turns - 8th April 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Food waste
How to cook with a veg box
What to cook first, how to meal plan and what to do with unusual veg: food writer Stacey Smith talks through how to cook with a veg box.
By Stacey Smith - 6th April 2020
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- Dairy
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New milk on the block
Manufacturers say it’s better for our health and better for the planet, but how does pea milk stack up against the alternatives?
By Megan Tatum - 3rd April 2020
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- News from the farm
Making the Amazon from the Atacama
The nation seems to have found a magnanimity and can-do attitude in a way that gives me hope for humanity and for our planet.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 3rd April 2020
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- Inequality
- Ethical business
Who feeds the vulnerable?
A new short film from Wicked Leeks on food banks and coronavirus, and how fresh produce supplies are still being delivered to the most vulnerable during the Covid-19 outbreak.
By Christian Kay - 3rd April 2020
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