From ditching her car, getting creative with leftovers and buying direct from producers, Anna Turns writes about the eco lessons learnt during lockdown.
By Anna Turns - 15th May 2020
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Checking cupboards and making lists before shopping has led to households wasting around a third less food during lockdown despite buying more, a new survey finds.
By Nina Pullman - 12th May 2020
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As the government prepares to return to business as usual, Professor Tim Lang tells Nick Easen why the imbalance in UK food supply explains why it is totally unequipped for coronavirus, Brexit and…
By Nick Easen - 11th May 2020
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Now that shopping for endless stuff we don't need isn’t available to us as freely, it is heartening to see the upsurge in creativity filling the space left behind.
By Becky Marshall - 11th May 2020
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Producers of some of the world’s biggest crops, including bananas, coffee and cacao, are facing a devastating loss of income as supply chains stall.
By Jez Fredenburgh - 7th May 2020
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As Brits are being urged to apply for farm work picking fruit and veg, Matt Chittock takes a longer-term look at the UK's complex history and relationship with jobs on the land.
By Matt Chittock - 7th May 2020
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With coronavirus on top of Brexit, finding enough pickers could have been a problem, but Vicky, who looks after our 40 new recruits, describes them as 'very good'.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 6th May 2020
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Supply of surplus produce for food charities has ‘dramatically decreased’ as restaurant suppliers scale back production due to Covid-19, writes founder of Waste Knot, Jess Latchford.
By Jess Latchford - 5th May 2020
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Anna Turns explores how an alternative approach to lockdown learning can help reconnect children to nature and provide the basis for a lifelong understanding of the environment.
By Anna Turns - 4th May 2020
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World Chocolate Day will take place among growing pressure for Nestle to reverse decision to stop buying Fairtrade cocoa and sugar.
By Nina Pullman - 7th July 2020
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A sustainable packaging start-up is collecting waste fruit and veg from farms and converting it into an edible packaging material using the kombucha drink fermentation technique.
By Juliette Bretan - 6th July 2020
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Learn how to pickle radishes in this week's Veg Hack with chef James Evans.
By James Evans - 3rd July 2020
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Water is a precious resource – July's GYO Wicked Leeks column is all about how to use it wisely in your garden, maximise soil moisture and conserve water if you’re going away.
By Sarah Brown - 2nd July 2020
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Even up until the 1990s, we were the only ones growing them in the UK – that was before the health benefits around antioxidants became known and it really took off.
By David Trehane - 2nd July 2020
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As previously, transport is our biggest sin, and the final delivery to the door is the most carbon costly – so we are converting over 70 per cent of our vans to electric by 2023.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 1st July 2020
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