Is veganism a female lifestyle?
With over 80 per cent of Veganuary participants as female, Emily Muddeman asks whether there is a cultural barrier to men moving away from animal products.
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A flexitarian diet...for dogs?
Meat-free pet food is on the rise as brands get in on the action to 'cut the paw-prints' of our furry friends, but is it a fad or here to stay?
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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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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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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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Food sustainability is nothing without equality
For anyone with an interest in changing the way we produce and eat food, tackling inequality and poverty are not sideline issues.
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Not just for Christmas
My cooking tip is to par boil, then fry them in butter and bacon with a bit of garlic, writes grower Jake Richardson.
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- Cartoon
- Meat
Ellis: Apocalypse Cow
Ellis on George Monbiot's prediction of the end of all farming as we know it and 'Apocalypse Cow'.
By Ellis - 17th January 2020
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- Diversity
- Farming
- Meat
A wake-up call to farmers and foodies
Diverse ideas and ecosystems are key to a truly sustainable agricultural revolution and the best takeaway from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, writes journalist Anna Turns.
By Anna Turns - 16th January 2020
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- Grow your own
- Seeds
- Organics
Starting the year with heritage seeds
The new Grow Your Own Wicked Leeks series is written by Garden Organic, the national charity for organic growing, and brings you seasonal advice on what to do in your own organic patch.
By Sarah Brown - 6th January 2020
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- Veganism
- Meat
Meat and masculinity: Is veganism a female lifestyle?
With over 80 per cent of Veganuary participants as female, Emily Muddeman asks whether there is a cultural barrier to men moving away from animal products.
By Emily Muddeman - 31st December 2019
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- Meat
- Flexitarianism
The flexitarian diet…for dogs?
Meat-free pet food is on the rise as brands get in on the action to 'cut the paw-prints' of our furry friends, but is it a fad or here to stay?
By Lloyd Bickham - 18th December 2019
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- News from the farm
- Organics
Not just for Christmas
You might think come Christmas day I’d be sick of sprouts but I love them – my cooking tip is to par boil, then fry them in butter and bacon with a bit of garlic, writes grower Jake Richardson.
By Jake Richardson - 11th December 2019
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- News from the farm
- Meat
- Climate change
Apocalypse Cow and the end of farming
For now, I will continue to sit on the fence: advocating much less meat, rewilding the least productive 20-30 per cent of land, more perennial food crops, a lot more dahl, and as much lab-grown meat…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th January 2020
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- News from the farm
Grim in the fields, grimmer in the woods
With just a few light frosts, and the squirrels still active, it has been an absurdly mild winter so far in Devon – but a horribly wet one. Thankfully, a dry start at our farm in France allowed us to…
By Guy Singh-Watson - 8th January 2020
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- News from the farm
- Climate change
- Renewable energy
Whose future? Their future.
We have just completed the second largest rooftop solar panel installation in the South West and we are investing heavily in electric vehicles.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 5th December 2019
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