How plant-based diets reduce disease
At what age should I start eating a healthy diet to reduce my risk of cancer? The answer may surprise you, writes gut health specialist Dr Alan Desmond.
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Feeding rebellion and fighting extinction
Why we've been sending pallet loads of veg to feed the protestors. By Guy Singh-Watson.
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Farming is a feminist issue
Now is the time to recognise the crucial role women play in farming and food, writes Fran Price.
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WIcked Leeks Ellis
Wicked Leeks' new cartoonist with his take on sustainability, food politics, and anything in between.
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Let food lift your spirit
Society has too much of a utilitarian approach to food, but I'm convinced there is something more to it than physical nutrition, writes Alex Henderson.
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Choosing a new life
Jo Limb worked as a lawyer in London before relocating to Devon to run a Riverford franchise with her husband and a life built around family, food and outdoor living.
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Responsible capitalism: a manifesto
Capitalism is flawed, we need to do better, writes Guy Singh-Watson.
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Can business be a force for good?
Why shouldn't vegans eat burgers, too?
We should be making it easier for people to move to plant-based diets, writes Emily Muddeman.
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- Meat
- Veganism
Ellis: The new taboo?
As the meat versus plant-based debate hots up, Ellis imagines a time in the future where perhaps smoking isn't the only social exclusion...
By Ellis - 24th May 2019
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- Health
- Meat
How plant-based diets reduce disease
At what age should I start eating a healthy diet to reduce my risk of cancer? The answer may surprise you, writes gut health specialist Dr Alan Desmond.
By Alan Desmond - 22nd May 2019
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- Cartoon
- Environment & ethics
Ellis: Rounding up the truth
Ellis looks at the latest Monsanto-glyphosate lawsuit, which rested on documents that lawyers said showed the agrochemical giant pressured regulatory agencies and scientists.
By Ellis - 17th May 2019
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- Food waste
Supermarket buying promotes waste – but there's hope
Food waste is a complex issue and one that can leave you feeling hopeless. But that doesn’t mean it can be ignored, writes Emily Muddeman.
By Emily Muddeman - 15th May 2019
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- Diversity
- Climate change
Ellis: Make Earth great again
Ellis hopes that recent news about species extinction and climate breakdown will inspire empowerment and action in both politics and everyday lives.
By Ellis - 10th May 2019
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- News from the farm
- Growers and suppliers
Why asparagus is the perennial pay-off
When I started converting to organic in 2006, I decided it would only work for us if we started with crops that weren’t readily available in the UK, writes Riverford's organic asparagus grower Clive…
By Clive Martin - 9th May 2019
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A life devoted to cucumbers or chaos
Having walked the fields and seen the best crops we have grown in our ten years here, my contentment almost matches the smug cacophony of croaking frogs lazing in the water.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 24th May 2019
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Subsidies that cost the Earth
The management being discouraged with reduced payments is almost exactly what the Wildlife Trust wanted to see more of; your money is being used to encourage us to damage the environment.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th May 2019
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- News from the farm
- Growers and suppliers
Common endeavour for a collective future
Last weekend we held our biannual suppliers conference; a gathering of the 60 farmers, from Devon to Yorkshire to Andalucía, who keep the Riverford boxes full and varied through the year.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 3rd May 2019
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