The palm oil industry is notorious for causing deforestation, but would switching to coconut be a better alternative? Megan Tatum reports from Malaysia.
By Megan Tatum - 28th October 2020
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Palm oil plantations are ravaging much of Borneo and Sumatra, but is boycotting it really the answer? David Jesudason investigates a world of cash crops and a legacy of colonial debt.
By David Jesudason - 3rd September 2019
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Iceland has chosen to play ignorant about their failure to meet palm oil pledges. But conscious consumers are naturally questioning – it is an insult to them to think they wouldn’t notice, writes…
By Emily Muddeman - 11th February 2019
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We’re very pleased to be able to say that from the start of 2017, Riverford has been 100 per cent palm-oil free. For the most part, this was straightforward to achieve: we added ‘no palm oil’ to the…
By Ellen Warrell - 13th December 2017
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Most British strawberries today are grown in coconut fibre under acres of polytunnels and the season has been extended far beyond summer, writes Louise Gray in her latest Roots to Fruits column.
By Louise Gray - 23rd July 2021
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UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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Market forces have driven agriculture towards specialisation and scale; the increased yields have reduced the price of food over the last 70 years, but with catastrophic environmental costs.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd July 2021
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British farmers are trialling alternatives to soya in animal feed, known to cause deforestation in the Amazon.
By Jack Thompson - 19th July 2021
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As the summer holidays approach, Anna Turns tries a new green cooking book with her daughter and finds a wealth of education and creativity.
By Anna Turns - 19th July 2021
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‘The Angry Chef’, aka Anthony Warner, tells Jack Thompson why food doesn’t have an ‘easy answer’ and why feeding the masses is a forgotten side of sustainability.
By Jack Thompson - 16th July 2021
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