Opinion - Wicked Leeks

Reservoir

Opinion

How could we be so stupid?

Doing nothing and hoping for the best is not the way to fight, or cope with, climate change. We should have spent the money, and so should our water companies.

Climate change Environment and ethics Guy Singh-Watson News from the farm

Padron peppers

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Pinning our hopes on Padrons

Water Climate change Farming News from the farm

Borough market

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I feel like I’m a small island in an ocean of ambivalence

Cities Community Environment and ethics Eating and drinking

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Desperately seeking water

Only in two of our 35 summers have we not had enough water to keep crops growing; with no rain forecast in the south for a month or more, this looks like being the third.

Water Farming News from the farm

Opinion

Cultivating justice: On farming and people

Essentially what I’ve learnt is that, if we really want to tackle climate change and work toward a more ecological future, there needs to be a fundamental shift in how we relate to each other, writes Farmerama co-founder Abby Rose.

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Hotting up in the tunnels

We encourage beneficial insects to come in from outside, with judicious planting of attractive plants like fennel, which appeal to aphid-eating insects such as hoverflies and lacewings.

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Trading soil: A view from Australia

In Australia, you can already get paid to store carbon in soil but returns are poor, writes farmer Matthew Evans.