Be savvy and eat organic on a budget
If you're savvy, shop around and plan ahead, organic doesn't have to cost much more than a supermarket shop.
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Feeding the future of corporate food
Speakers at the Feeding the Future event were careful to stress we can ‘do it differently and better’ this time, but it all felt a bit like globalisation come back to have a second go.
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Why we should do less to save the planet
Don’t feel guilty if you feel you are not doing enough to heal the planet. You may in fact be doing too much.
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Lifestyle changes won’t stop the climate emergency
The scale of change required for us to avert ecological disaster can only be made by governments and fossil fuel multinationals.
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Why we should spend more on food
Can we simply steal from the Italians? They see food as their identity, a friend and even a work of art, writes Joe Atkins.
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Do consumers have a choice?
Wicked Leeks Ellis
Wicked Leeks' new cartoonist with his take on sustainability, food politics, and anything in between.
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Why I'm (sometimes) an angry vegan
Veganism comes from a place of compassion and a desire to make the world a better place, writes Riverford co-owner Jon Soellner.
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Choose our children's future
A poem by Guy Singh-Watson and Ellen Warrell.
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Guy's news
Read the weekly newsletter from Riverford founder Guy Singh-Watson with the latest from the farm, food politics and anything in between.
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Benjamin Zephaniah is a beacon of hope
From turkeys to politics: why the political poet’s long-time call for equality and justice still resonates.
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- Organics
- Price
Be savvy and eat organic on a budget
I’ve realised that you might need to shop around, but if you’re savvy and plan ahead, organic doesn’t have to cost much more than a usual supermarket shop.
By Alex Ryder - 6th November 2019
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- Climate change
Why climate change should unify us
Let’s have a super-eco-Brexit where environmental protections and climate action are the priority and we remain aligned to, or even exceed, the EU’s stringent environmental regulations.
By Alex Henderson - 31st October 2019
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- News from the farm
- Organics
Leeks and carbon positive lambs
The more you look into glyphosate, the more you understand how it works, and it’s hard not to feel that it’s going to completely throw off the balance of soil health.
By Jake and Leah Harris - 23rd October 2019
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- Environment & ethics
Benjamin Zephaniah is a beacon of inspiration
From turkeys to politics: why the political poet’s long-time call for equality and justice still resonates today.
By Nina Pullman - 9th October 2019
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- Environment & ethics
Why we should do less to save the planet
Don’t feel guilty if you feel you are not doing enough to heal the planet. You may in fact be doing too much.
By Tom Hodgkinson - 8th October 2019
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- Technology
- Ethical business
Feeding the future of corporate food
Speakers at the Feeding the Future event were careful to stress we can ‘do it differently and better’ this time, but it all felt a bit like globalisation come back to have a second go.
By Nina Pullman - 30th September 2019
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Guy's Latest Posts
- News from the farm
- Soil
Record rainfall as winter starts early
We have had 19 inches of rain since 1 September; half our annual average and more than double the same period last year.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 14th November 2019
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- News from the farm
- Diversity
Asking the wrong questions
Globally we produce more food than we can eat - it’s just the wrong food, in the wrong mouths.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th November 2019
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Retrieving our roots
With recent bouts of heavy rain adding to already sodden soil, we are grabbing any chance we get to harvest the remaining roots.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 30th October 2019
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