Climate breakdown threatens food supply
Why I joined Extinction Rebellion climate movement, by Jeremy Brown.
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Re-using plastic won't solve the problem
Environment journalist Lucy Siegle on the new Waste Strategy.
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There's no such thing as cheap food
Environment and health should play a part in price, writes Dan Crossley.
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Eat less but better
As the debate around meat consumption continues to rage, Emily Muddeman examines the issue.
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Our oceans can't wait, we need action now
Plastic reduction is not fast enough, says Greenpeace's Elena Polisano.
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- Climate change
- Farming
Radical change needed to stop climate breakdown
Why I joined the Extinction Rebellion movement to peacefully call for radical action to tackle climate breakdown and protect our society and future food supplies
By Jeremy Brown - 14th January 2019
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- Politics
- Local sourcing
Brexit food comments are blasé and ignorant
Leaving the EU in March is the worst time of year from a self-sufficiency in veg perspective - the 'hungry gap' period is when we rely on imports from Europe
By Emily Muddeman - 8th January 2019
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- Veganism
- Animal welfare
What's the point of Veganuary?
Since the Veganuary campaign launched in 2014, more than 250,000 people worldwide have taken the pledge to try veganism for the month of January. 2019 has already broken records, with 14,000 people…
By Emily Muddeman - 4th January 2019
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- Plastic
- Food waste
Waste strategy is a failed Christmas present
The new Waste Resources Strategy paints a fantasy circular economy while avoiding the real issue of how we can use less plastic, writes environment journalist Lucy Siegle
By Lucy Siegle - 19th December 2018
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- News from the farm
Welcome to Wicked Leeks
With the number of vegans hitting unprecedented levels and plastic shooting up the agenda, 2018 was the year sustainability went mainstream.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- News from the farm
- Growers and suppliers
Mixed farming helps beat Brexit uncertainty
This morning we started picking the purple sprouting broccoli, this afternoon we’ll move onto the Savoy cabbages, then it’s time for the caulis. It’s a daily juggling act to get the right number of…
By Cathy Case - 18th December 2018
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Guy's Latest Posts
- Local sourcing
- Farming
Please tell our leaders where bananas come from
When the sun is out, looking 10 years forward, I can (just) imagine UK food and farming, shaped by policies tailored to our own needs, thriving outside the EU – and perhaps even reversing some of the…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 10th January 2019
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- News from the farm
To plant or not to plant?
Despite rising average temperatures, climate change has, if anything, made us more conservative and risk-averse in our planting dates
By Guy Singh-Watson - 4th January 2019
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- Employee ownership
- Soil
Coming back to earth
I hope you return to post-festive routine well rested, well fed, and full of resolve to eat your way to corporeal and planetary redemption in 2019.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 2nd January 2019
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