- Health
- Farming
Organic diet ‘reduces glyphosate’ exposure
A new study has found that an organic diet can reduce the amount of glyphosate in the body within six days.
By Nina Pullman - 12th August 2020
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- News from the farm
- Environment & ethics
- Technology
Gene editing will fall at the same GM hurdles
Genome editing is a powerful research tool, with huge potential to aid our environmental challenges – but all the signs are that it will be used to take us further in the wrong direction.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 23rd July 2020
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- Health
- Environment & ethics
Pesticide giants making billions from hazardous chemicals
A third of sales from top five pesticide companies are in chemicals classed as ‘highly hazardous’, at odds with corporate ‘sustainability’ PR image.
By Nina Pullman - 20th February 2020
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- Meat
- Climate change
Battle of the burger
Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat are leading the way in the plant-based burger market. But which one is more sustainable? Emily Monaco investigates.
By Emily Monaco - 24th September 2019
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- Organics
It's time to reject glyphosate in bread
Buying or baking organic bread is not just delicious, it is an act that supports the farmers who are brave enough to step out of the conventional farming system, writes Vanessa Kimbell.
By Vanessa Kimbell - 22nd August 2019
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- News from the farm
Too clever for organic?
I spent last week with my team in the French Vendée, attempting to learn from this year’s mistakes, plan crops for next year, and form some sort of plan to mitigate Brexit risk.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 16th November 2018
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Latest articles
- Environment & ethics
- Health
Is it time to introduce a ‘Feeding Tariff’?
Applying lessons from the renewable energy sector where feed-in tariff subsidies helped increase production could help provide sustainable healthy food for all.
By Kate Carfrae - 24th November 2020
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- Farming
- Events
Alternative farming event goes global
The Oxford Real Farming Conference is open to citizens, campaigners and farmers from across the world for talks from leading voices in organic and regenerative farming.
By Jack Thompson - 24th November 2020
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- Animal welfare
- Organics
What makes egg yolks orange?
Rumours abound that high welfare hens produce orange egg yolks, but that’s not necessarily true.
By Nina Pullman - 23rd November 2020
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- Climate change
- Politics
Wind power and electric vehicles set for major funding
The government’s 10-point green plan includes major investment in wind and electric vehicles but is weak on tree planting and omits food and farming altogether.
By Nina Pullman - 19th November 2020
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- Ethical business
- Local sourcing
Shop local online this Christmas
All the tax these smaller businesses would normally generate is being siphoned away from the economy and our communities – but we can still choose to buy local online.
By Becky Blench - 19th November 2020
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Top five winter salads
When you focus less on what you think a salad should be made of and expand your veg horizons, some very exciting things can happen on your plate.
By Becky Blench - 18th November 2020
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