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Becky Blench

Becky is a lifestyle and food writer for Wicked Leeks and a Riverford co-owner, where she works as PR and social media assistant. Creativity is at the heart of her career journey as an artist and craftsperson, having worked for over a decade in sustainable design and shoemaking in Devon. Feeling part of something that brings positive change is important to her, and partly why she chose to work at Riverford. Outside work, she is happiest when drawing nature and enjoying good food with friends. 

Articles by Becky Blench

    • Food waste
    • Technology

    Best apps to help you cut food waste

    From community food sharing or family meal planning to buying a ‘Magic Bag’ of leftover food from your favourite café – read our round-up of the best food waste apps and resources.

    By Becky Blench - 4th March 2021

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    • Food waste

    Why should we reduce food waste?

    The stats about how much food we waste are everywhere, but less talked about is how food waste that ends up on landfill emits methane and contributes to climate change.

    By Becky Blench - 26th February 2021

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    • Food waste

    How to store food and cut waste

    Choosing how to store your leftovers can actually preserve food for longer and cut down on waste, as Becky Marshall finds out.

    By Becky Blench - 23rd February 2021

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    • Eating & drinking
    • Recipes
    • Organics

    Loaves of goodness

    Celebrate Real Bread Week by making your own organic sourdough, or buying from your local bakery – slow-fermented for flavour and nutrition, it’s bread to brighten up any meal.

    By Becky Blench - 18th February 2021

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    • Eating & drinking
    • Recipes

    Best new pancake recipes

    Are you a lemon and sugar stalwart, enjoy toppings galore or perhaps a savoury stomach-warmer? Read our best new pancake recipes for tips, tricks and inspiration.

    By Becky Blench - 11th February 2021

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    • Eating & drinking
    • Recipes

    A feast fit for a restaurant

    Get the table set with some beautiful ‘tablescaping’, swap the saggy joggers for something swish and recreate these vibrant flavours for a home-cooked feast fit for a restaurant.  

    By Becky Blench - 28th January 2021

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Latest articles

    • Diversity
    • Environment & ethics

    Wanted: Female leaders

    For International Women’s Day, social advocate and environmentalist Jennie Stephens tells Anna Turns why diverse leadership can unlock social and climate justice.

    By Anna Turns - 7th March 2021

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    • Ethical business
    • Climate change
    • Biodiversity

    UK banks linked to deforestation, report finds

    Barclays, HSBC and NatWest are among UK banks found to be linked to deforestation in Brazil as spotlight on unethical finance grows.

    By Jack Thompson - 4th March 2021

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    • Food waste
    • Technology

    Best apps to help you cut food waste

    From community food sharing or family meal planning to buying a ‘Magic Bag’ of leftover food from your favourite café – read our round-up of the best food waste apps and resources.

    By Becky Blench - 4th March 2021

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    • News from the farm
    • Ethical business

    'When we whistle, you jump'

    As we became employee owned and I renounced control, protection of suppliers was written into our founding documents; last month, this was crystalised into a new Supplier Charter.

    By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th March 2021

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    • Food waste
    • Climate change

    Confessions of a kitchen bin

    Environmental journalist Anna Turns weighed her household waste after a week before setting a mission to reduce it with the help of tips and tricks from food waste experts.

    By Anna Turns - 2nd March 2021

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    • Biodiversity
    • Climate change
    • Environment & ethics

    Caterpillars and tackling the biodiversity crisis

    A caterpillar spotted while gleaning a field for leftover crops sparked a conversation around the connection between species, writes Chantelle Norton.

    By Chantelle Norton - 2nd March 2021

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